The municipal mobility company EMEL launched a new Gira app this Tuesday. The update includes a new design, the removal of the 300-euro deposit for daily passes, and plans to reactivate all vandalized docking stations by the end of October.
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Fuel prices are set to decrease next week, with forecasts indicating a drop of 5.5 cents per litre for diesel and 1 cent per litre for petrol. Additionally, the Minister of Environment and Energy confirmed that the country currently holds fuel reserves sufficient for 92 days.
The Minister of Infrastructure, Miguel Pinto Luz, pledged the arrival of new rolling stock for the railway network every month until 2031. He also addressed the need to accelerate the execution of the PRR (Recovery and Resilience Plan) and promised improvements to address service failures on the Lisbon Metro.
Fuel prices are set to decrease this coming Monday, September 28, 2026. The reduction follows a series of recent weekly price hikes, which the population considers insufficient to offset previous costs.