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Lisbon–Porto for €7.50: CP puts 7,000 Alfa Pendular tickets on sale at up to 80% off

1 October 2026

Portugal’s national railway operator CP started a ticket sale for Alfa Pendular high-speed trains on September 29. The trains run […]

30 September 2026

Well, we can finally breathe out. Autumn is here, and with it some good news: this year, wildfires have burned

On 30 September Portugal launches its seasonal vaccination campaign against flu and COVID-19 for autumn and winter 2026–2027. The rules

28 September 2026

Staff at AIMA, Portugal’s migration agency, will go on a nationwide 24-hour strike on October 6. The strike was called

26 September 2026

On Friday, anger over record-high fuel prices spilled onto Portugal’s roads. Around 450 trucks, according to organizers, travelled nearly 150

Listen The main loss of the weekend is Sólstafir, stranded in Iceland. In Lisbon, there are still two Brazilian concerts,

Travelling around Portugal in summer is hard work: nobody wants to climb up to a castle at noon, and the

23 September 2026

Meanwhile, AIMA has published its 2025 Migration Report. As of December 31, Portugal was home to 1,585,854 foreign nationals —

23 September 2026

An agency that is not even three years old is about to get its third head. Pedro Portugal Gaspar, who

Air Force One model at the LEGO exhibition in Lisbon. Photo: Euronews At the National Cordage Factory (Cordoaria Nacional, Belém),

22 September 2026

Since the beginning of this week, diesel has gone up by 6–6.5 cents per litre, while 95 petrol has risen

If you work in Portugal, part of your income has to go to Segurança Social, the country’s social security system.