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Fuel prices rise 31.4% in the European Union in September
Fuel prices for individual transport in the European Union (EU) rose 31.4% year on year in September, according to data from the European statistical service, Eurostat.
The next digital capital may not be a city at all!
For decades, we have become accustomed to thinking of large economic centres as cities. London is a financial centre, Paris concentrates companies and institutions, Frankfurt has become a European reference for data centres, and Silicon Valley has transformed a region into a world reference for technology.
Portugal This Week: News, Tourism, Immigration & Top Stories
The Portugal News brings you Portugal This Week: News, Tourism, Immigration & Top Stories
Canada and Europe want to reshape the global order. But whose vision will prevail?
Mark Carney’s push for a middle-powers alliance meets Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for influence.
Café of the Week: Café Mané in Albufeira
This is our latest coffee find in Albufeira, and one we’re happy to share. Café Mané is a popular, family-run café in the Old Town, with beautifully presented food and a welcoming atmosphere.
Wild animals banned from circus performances
Hungary will ban numerous wild animal species in circus performances from January 2027, strengthening animal welfare protections nationwide.
Alentejo establishes cultural alliance in Évora
Évora established a strategic alliance between 24 cultural entities and agents from the Alentejo region and Spain’s Extremadura region to create a “corridor” that promotes culture across these territories.
Rare Olympic torch sold for €124,000 at auction
A woman in Sweden has sold a flea-market discovery for approximately €124,000 after it was identified as a rare Olympic torch from 1956.
The next real estate revolution could start inside a factory!
Over the past few years, the debate on housing in Portugal has focused mainly on the lack of housing, rising prices, licensing difficulties and the need to speed up construction.
New Birth
This song is exactly what it says on the tin: the arrival of a newborn and the miracle that is birth.
World’s first invisible hearing implant launched
Austrian company MED-EL has introduced the world’s first invisible cochlear implant, offering independence to people with severe hearing loss.
Right to housing encampments return to squares of Lisbon and Porto
Anyone imagining that this morning’s scenes of violence were an end to ‘right to housing protests’ will be thinking again following news that protesters are set to return to the The post Right to housing encampments return to squares of Lisbon and Porto appeared first on Portugal Resident .
Not just fun – hard work too…
“The year has flown by!” Jenny, President of the Association for Protection of Animals Algarve (APAA), is right.
Prime minister accused of “failing to lead or show his face”
Politicians of all colours are reacting in a form of stampede to the scenes of violence in Lisbon and Porto last night – but the overall focus is on the The post Prime minister accused of “failing to lead or show his face” appeared first on Portugal Resident .
Switching the Brain on with Light: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Flip a switch of light and a mouse remembers a fear it never had, thanks to a protein first found in a pond alga that just won a Nobel Prize.
Drought reveals crystals beneath Pyrenees riverbed
Drought in southwestern France has exposed crystals in the Gave de Pau river, attracting treasure hunters.
PM must assume responsibility: politicians attack Luís Montenegro’s “incomprehensible silence”
With even members within his own PSD party deeply unsettled by the scenes of police violence early this morning, PS leader José Luís Carneiro has given a press conference in The post PM must assume responsibility: politicians attack Luís Montenegro’s “incomprehensible silence” appeared first on Portugal Resident .
The Monastery of Alcobaça
Founded in 1153 by King Afonso Henriques, the Monastery of Alcobaça stands as a true masterpiece of Gothic architecture in Portugal.
Portugal to celebrate science in Coimbra
Kelsey Young, one of the scientists behind NASA’s Artemis mission, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen will join international experts in Coimbra to discuss the future of space exploration.
Beach-cleaning robots expand into new environments
Autonomous robots are removing cigarette butts and litter from Spanish beaches, tackling coastal pollution.
Housing crisis: LIVRE calls for strong position from President Seguro
The silence of Portugal’s minority AD government in the face of ‘right to housing protests’, and the indignation arising from last night’s police charge on protesters, has seen LIVRE (left The post Housing crisis: LIVRE calls for strong position from President Seguro appeared first on Portugal Resident .
Road works to be developed in Porto
Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) has launched a public tender worth 3.5 million euros to redevelop the Paranhos interchange on the Via de Cintura Interna (VCI), a major urban ring road, which includes a road connection from the centre of Porto to the Asprela area.
Dozens injured as police clear protest camps in Lisbon and Porto
Police charged housing protesters in Lisbon and Porto early on Sunday, clearing two city-centre encampments in operations that organisers say left dozens injured, including some people with serious injuries. Thirty-one The post Dozens injured as police clear protest camps in Lisbon and Porto appeared first on Portugal Resident .
Burnham open to return of free movement between UK and EU
The U.K. prime minister said he wants an "honest discussion" about migration within Europe.