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Ponte Móvel de Leixões Pauses Service on 15 June for APDL's 90-Day €5.63 Million Rótula Swap — A28 Absorbs the Vehicle Detour and Shuttle Buses Cover the Leça-Matosinhos Pedestrian Run

Ponte Móvel de Leixões Pauses Service on 15 June for APDL's 90-Day €5.63 Million Rótula Swap — A28 Absorbs the Vehicle Detour and Shuttle Buses Cover the Leça-Matosinhos Pedestrian Run

The Ponte Móvel de Leixões — the swing road bridge that links Matosinhos to Leça da Palmeira across the entrance to the Port of Leixões — closes to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic for 90 days from 15 June 2026, the Administração dos Portos do...

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Pordata's World Environment Day Scorecard Crowns Portugal Third-Lowest EU Per-Capita Emitter While the 88% Car Modal Share Weighs on the Transport Decarbonisation Curve

Pordata's World Environment Day Scorecard Crowns Portugal Third-Lowest EU Per-Capita Emitter While the 88% Car Modal Share Weighs on the Transport Decarbonisation Curve

Pordata's 5 June Environmental Portrait ranks Portugal third-lowest EU per-capita emitter and sixth in renewables — but car modal share at 88% drags the transport tape.

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Conselho de Ministros Adopts the Visao Zero 2030 Road Safety Strategy Six Years Late — Five-Pillar Frame Targets a 50% Cut in Deaths and Serious Injuries Against ANSR's 210 Year-to-Date Fatalities

Conselho de Ministros Adopts the Visao Zero 2030 Road Safety Strategy Six Years Late — Five-Pillar Frame Targets a 50% Cut in Deaths and Serious Injuries Against ANSR's 210 Year-to-Date Fatalities

Council of Ministers approved the Estrategia Nacional de Seguranca Rodoviaria — Visao Zero 2030 on 3 June. Targets a 50% cut in deaths and serious injuries by 2030 and zero by 2050. ANSR's 2026 YTD tape shows 210 deaths, 54 above 2025's window.

The Portugal Brief 04 Jun 2026

PSP Lisbon Logs 214 Taxi-Speculation Detentions Through End-May — 132% Lift on the 2025 Period as CMT Certificate Seizure Arrives as Accessory Sanction

PSP Lisbon Logs 214 Taxi-Speculation Detentions Through End-May — 132% Lift on the 2025 Period as CMT Certificate Seizure Arrives as Accessory Sanction

PSP detained 214 taxi drivers in the Lisbon region for speculation across January-May 2026 — a 132% lift on 2025 — and confirmed CMT certificate seizure now applies as an accessory sanction.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jun 2026

Alberto Aroso Refuses the Infraestruturas de Portugal Vogal Seat He Won at the 22 May Assembleia Geral — Pitta Ferraz Chairman and Paulo Carmona CEO Press On With a Diminished Six-Name Administração

Alberto Aroso Refuses the Infraestruturas de Portugal Vogal Seat He Won at the 22 May Assembleia Geral — Pitta Ferraz Chairman and Paulo Carmona CEO Press On With a Diminished Six-Name Administração

Alberto Aroso has refused the IP vogal seat he won at the 22 May Assembleia Geral, citing a 'motivo pessoal'. The Pitta Ferraz-and-Carmona board now operates as a six-name CA pending a replacement nomination.

The Portugal Brief 02 Jun 2026

ACAP's May 2026 Tape Lifts the Light-Passenger Market 6.5% to 25,080 Units With 100%-Electric Share Hitting 27.9% — Year-to-Date Volume Hits 110,731 (+9.8%) as VW, Peugeot and Mercedes-Benz Lead the Brand Stack

ACAP's May 2026 tape lifts the Portuguese light-passenger market +6.5% to 25,080 units, with the BEV share hitting 27.9% — the first month above 27%. YTD volume climbs to 110,731 (+9.8%). VW, Peugeot and Mercedes-Benz lead the brand stack within 50 units of each other.

The Portugal Brief 01 Jun 2026

Tuesday's Greve Geral Sets Trains at 25%, TAP at 34 Flights and Carris's Hospital Lines at 100% on 3 June — Salaries, Pensions and Public Investment Drive the CGTP-UGT Demand Sheet

Tuesday's Greve Geral Sets Trains at 25%, TAP at 34 Flights and Carris's Hospital Lines at 100% on 3 June — Salaries, Pensions and Public Investment Drive the CGTP-UGT Demand Sheet

CGTP-UGT's 3 June general strike will run CP trains at 25%, TAP at 34 flights and Carris hospital lines at full coverage. Unions demand an 8% public-sector salary lift; government counters at 3.5%.

The Portugal Brief 01 Jun 2026

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