What Portugal searched for on 10 September 2026

Most searched in the 24 hours to 22:20: petróleo (20K+), vespa (10K+), ermesinde (5K+), fusao 1 e 2 ciclo (2K+), andré ventura (2K+), nicola (2K+).

• petróleo20K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  In the week of 7 to 13 September a litre of diesel in Portugal costs about €2.10, and 95 petrol about €2.09. That is a new high for the year, and the rise is driven not by tax but by world crude prices and transport costs.

  We have already done the sums: for the first time, tax is no longer the biggest part of the diesel price, as crude and transport have overtaken it, and the government has refused to cut fuel duty (article of 9 September). How much a litre costs today and which districts are cheapest can be seen on our fuel page: it is updated every day from DGEG data, which filling stations are required to report their prices to.

  Source: precoscombustiveis.dgeg.gov.pt

  

• vespa10K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  People were searching for vespa-asiática, the Asian hornet. The reason is grim: on 9 September in Jugueiros (Felgueiras) a hornet stung a 69-year-old man on the head while he was picking grapes. The emergency call was made at 14:39, but by the time help arrived his heart had already stopped, and he could not be resuscitated.

  What to do. Do not touch a nest yourself or go near it: keep about five metres away and report it on the STOP Vespa platform of the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests, where you mark the spot on a map and attach a photo; the municipality then removes the nest under the national plan. If you are stung, wash the area with soap and water and apply something cold; do not squeeze it or pick at it with tweezers, as that spreads the venom further. Swelling of the face or neck, shortness of breath or dizziness are not something to wait out: call 112. Anyone who has already had a severe reaction to a sting should get an adrenaline auto-injector from their doctor and carry it with them.

  September and October are exactly when nests are at their largest and people are out in orchards and vineyards.

  Source: rr.pt

  

• fusao 1 e 2 ciclo2K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  On 10 September the Education Minister, Fernando Alexandre, said in an interview with Renascença and Público that the first and second school cycles will be merged into one, running from year one to year six. That explains the search, and why the word ensino appears alongside it.

  What this means for families. At present a child has one teacher up to year four, then in year five suddenly gets around ten subject teachers at once. Under the new arrangement a permanent team, made up of a generalist teacher and subject teachers, teaches all six years, and the material is spread continuously across them, with no break in the middle. The curriculum is being rewritten together with EduQA, the state institute for education, quality and assessment, into which IAVE has been merged. First-cycle teachers, who currently teach 25 hours a week against 22 for everyone else, have been promised fewer hours.

  Nothing has been decided yet: this is the government's programme, not a decree. The arrangement will be piloted in selected schools from the 2027/28 school year, and head teachers have already asked for clarification on what will happen to the single class teacher and to the timetable. Our pages on the subject: How to enrol a child in school in Portugal and Primary school in Portugal.

  Source: rr.pt

  

• salário mínimo 20271K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  The minimum wage on the mainland is currently €920 a month gross, €980 in Madeira and €966 in the Azores. What happens in 2027 is set out in the 2025–⁠2028 tripartite wage agreement, signed on 1 October 2024 by the government, the trade union confederation UGT and four employers' confederations: under it, the minimum rises to €970 from 1 January 2027 and to €1,020 in 2028. The agreement is not a law: the amount for each year is approved separately by decree, usually in December.

  The argument now is over whether it stays at €970 or goes higher. The trade union confederation CGTP is demanding €1,100, the employers' confederation CIP replies that there is no money for anything beyond the agreed €50 rise, and the labour minister has referred the question to social concertation, whose standing committee meets in September. Until it reaches agreement, the figure from the agreement stands.

  For newcomers this is not only about wages. The income thresholds for residence permits and visas are calculated from the minimum wage (that is how they are set out in our guide How to choose a visa to move to Portugal), and so are some benefits and the limit on deductions from wages. If the minimum goes up, the thresholds will be recalculated from January, and last year's amounts on an application will no longer be enough. We do not know why people started searching for this right now: the primary sources show nothing happening on 9 September.

  Source: portugal.gov.pt

  

• rede expressos1K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  Rede Expressos, the country's main intercity coach operator, is in a dispute with Flixbus: its competitor has still not been allowed into Lisbon's Sete Rios coach station, even though a court ruled back on 8 March that it must be.

  On 4 September Rede Expressos promised to give Flixbus space from 24 September for 21 services; on 8 September it rejected accusations that it was stalling and blamed Flixbus itself and IMT permits. For passengers the point is simple: from 24 September it looks as though two operators rather than one will run from Sete Rios, which affects ticket prices and timetables.

  One change has already happened: since 1 September Rede Expressos has added stops at Comporta, Carvalhal, Melides and Alcácer do Sal on the Lisbon–Sines route, where demand has grown by 60% in six months.

  Source: eco.sapo.pt

  

• expulsão1K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  People searched for it together with the word imigração, and there is a real reason: on 10 September the Diário da República published Lei n.º 62/2026, the new foreigners law. It takes effect on 11 September.

  What changes for people with residence papers. Silence from AIMA no longer means approval: until now, an application not answered in time counted as approved; that is no longer the case. After a refusal you have between 20 and 30 days to leave, and anyone who leaves on time is banned from entering for three years instead of five. To change employer, you simply notify AIMA; there is no need to order a new card. Asylum applications lodged before 11 September will be decided under the old rules, and in such cases you have between five and ten days to appeal to the court.

  We have gone through it point by point: what the foreigners law changes and what happened to asylum applications. If you are facing forced removal, see Deportation from Portugal.

  Source: data.dre.pt

  

• ermesinde5K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  On 9 September a woman's body was found in Ermesinde, near Porto, on the site of the abandoned UNIMIL factory next to a hotel. An initial assessment suggests she died about six months ago; the Judicial Police are investigating.

• andré ventura2K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  Chega's motion of no confidence in the government, tabled over the Interior Minister, Luís Neves, was rejected by parliament on 8 September: 104 votes against, 60 in favour and 62 abstentions, including the Socialists.

  Source: eco.sapo.pt

  

• nicola2K+ searches
  Published 8 November 2026, 20:06

  On 10 September a fire broke out in the lower basement of the historic Nicola café on Rossio square in Lisbon. It took thirty people half an hour to put it out, and three female members of staff were taken to hospital, two with smoke inhalation and one with a panic attack; the neighbouring Bank of Portugal building was evacuated.

  Source: rr.pt