Farmers in Fundão are staging a protest demanding lower prices for agricultural diesel and fertilizers.
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The APROSERPA association has organized a 24-hour slow march protest involving approximately 80 tractors and vehicles on Friday, October 2, starting at 07:00 in Serpa and 07:30 in Vila Nova de São Bento. Participants will travel along the EN260 towards the Guadiana Bridge, where they will maintain continuous circulation between the bridge and Serpa for 24 hours to protest high production costs, including fuel prices.
Ambulance companies have suspended their planned slow-march protest following the government's decision to include them in fuel subsidy support. The Portuguese Ambulance League will now begin negotiations with the government regarding other sector issues, including payment delays from NHS (SNS) institutions, with the first meeting scheduled for 26 October.
The Portuguese Ambulance League announced a protest featuring around 100 ambulances and vehicles on Monday 26 October 2026, crossing the 25 de Abril Bridge from the South Bank into Lisbon and heading toward Parque Eduardo VII. The action protests the exclusion of private patient transport companies from government fuel subsidies, state-imposed price caps, and delayed payments from the National Health Service (SNS).