High temperatures are expected to persist in Portugal at least until Friday, 2026-10-16, with no rain forecast for the coming days.
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Read today’s briefingAdult education students are experiencing delays in receiving their course certificates, preventing them from proving their qualifications for employment or higher education access. The Left Bloc attributes the bottleneck to procedural failures following the recent extinction of two public agencies previously responsible for the process.
The Polícia Judiciária is conducting over 50 searches in an investigation into a scheme to evade IMT (Property Transfer Tax) using real estate investment funds. The operation includes searches at the headquarters of the Banco Angolano de Investimentos in Lisbon and Banco Carregosa in Porto.
Environmental groups are opposing plans for the Foupana dam in the Algarve, citing risks to biodiversity and concerns over intensive agriculture in a drought-prone region. The project is currently in the preliminary-study phase, and a public consultation is open until October 16, 2026, for those wishing to submit feedback.