What Portugal searched for on 12 September 2026
Most searched in the 24 hours to 19:20: polícia (20K+), demissão (10K+), incendio (5K+), celorico de basto (5K+), margem sul (5K+), serviço militar (2K+).
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incendio5K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
The fire was in Sintra, inside the town itself: around Agualva and Mira-Sintra, near the Carregueira barracks. The scrubland caught fire on Saturday afternoon, and the alarm was raised at around 4.10pm. More than 150 firefighters, 44 vehicles and one plane fought it, and by nightfall the fire had reached the mopping-up stage.
Four people were hurt, all lightly. Two were treated at the scene, and two were taken to Fernando da Fonseca hospital, one with smoke inhalation and the other after a fall. Although the fire burned right next to buildings, no homes were under threat and no evacuation was ordered.
Many newcomers live in Sintra, and every summer the same question comes up: there's a fire nearby, so what should I do? What to watch, whom to call and what not to do are covered in the guide Heat and wildfires in Portugal: what to expect and what to do.
Source: rr.pt
Sintra on the map of Portugal. OpenStreetMap, ODbL licence -
serviço militar2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
We don't know why people started searching for military service today: we found nothing that happened on 12 September. On Thursday, schoolchildren in Elvas were given a talk about the army and the country's future, and that was all. The rules have not changed. Portugal has had no compulsory conscription since 2004, service is voluntary, and this year the defence minister repeated that there are no plans to bring conscription back.
One obligation does remain, though, and it affects newcomers through their children. Every Portuguese citizen must attend Dia da Defesa Nacional (National Defence Day) in the year they turn 18. It is a single day with a talk about the army, not military service. Citizens are entered in the military register automatically in the year they turn 17, and you don't need to do anything. The summons arrives the following year, and the date and place are on Balcão Único da Defesa.
The same site lists who is exempt: people born abroad and those who have lived legally outside Portugal for more than six months. So a child who came with their parents and was later granted citizenship does not have to attend, while a brother or sister born in Portugal does. Failing to attend without a valid reason carries a fine of €249.40 to €1,247 and closes the door to public-sector jobs.
Source: gov.pt
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preço1K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
Behind the single word "price" were two searches: combustíveis próxima semana and gasóleo próxima semana, "fuel next week" and "diesel next week". In Portugal, pump prices change once a week, on Monday, and on Friday the press publishes a forecast, which is why people search for it at the end of the week.
From Monday 14 September, diesel goes up and 95 petrol comes down. Everyone agrees on that, but not on how much. Market estimates put the change at five cents a litre either way. The retailers' association ANAREC expects diesel to rise by two cents and petrol to fall by four, while Automóvel Club de Portugal expects a rise of four cents and a fall of six. Nobody can give an exact figure in advance, because each filling station sets its own pump price. On a 50-litre tank, that's two or three euros either way.
We covered what to do about it earlier today in Diesel goes up and petrol comes down from Monday. That piece also covers the ISP excise duty from Monday and the state discount. In short, it pays to fill up a diesel car at the weekend and a petrol car from Monday. But look at the stations near you rather than at the average price: on 11 September, the cheapest diesel in the country cost €1.72 a litre and the most expensive €2.394. Today's national and district averages are on our page How much fuel costs in Portugal, and tips on paying less are in the guide Fuel in Portugal.
Source: diarioleiria.pt
The fuel price portal precoscombustiveis.dgeg.gov.pt, screenshot -
polícia20K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
Officers of the PSP and GNR police forces are continuing their protests. The 2024 agreement brought them a €300 risk allowance, but the promised review of pay, career grades and the appraisal system never happened. The interior minister has invited the unions to talks on 17 September (on the allowance for passport control at airports) and 29 September (on careers and working hours). So far, no strikes cancelling shifts have been called.
Source: rr.pt
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demissão10K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
The word "resignation" on its own, with nothing alongside it to show what it referred to. Since 8 September, people have been searching for it in connection with the interior minister, Luís Neves: parliament rejected a motion of no confidence in the government, and the minister refused to step down. But we found nothing on 11–12 September to explain this particular search, and we don't know why people started looking for it overnight into Saturday.
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celorico de basto5K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
Vale de Bouro, a village in Celorico de Basto, Braga district: late in the afternoon of 11 September, during the grape harvest, a tractor dropped a crate of grapes onto people working in the vineyard. Six women were hurt, two of them seriously. They were taken to hospital in Guimarães, and 31 rescuers worked at the scene. The grape harvest is seasonal work, and newcomers are hired for it too.
Source: rr.pt
Celorico de Basto on the map of Portugal. OpenStreetMap -
margem sul5K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
Margem Sul is the south bank of the Tagus: Almada, Seixal and Setúbal. This summer the area had water cuts, worst of all in Almada in July and August. There is now a debate over whether to pipe water there from the Castelo do Bode reservoir, and environmentalists are contesting the plan. A decision is promised within the next four months; for now, nothing changes for residents.
Source: cmjornal.pt
Almada on the map of Portugal. OpenStreetMap, ODbL licence -
barco2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
A fishing boat sank off Sesimbra on Friday morning. Seven people were on board: six were pulled from the water with signs of hypothermia, and one crew member is missing. The search resumed on Saturday.
Source: observador.pt
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caseiro alves2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
Filipe Caseiro Alves has died aged 67. A radiologist from Coimbra, he was a professor at the medical school and clinical director of Hospital da Luz Coimbra. In Portugal he was known as one of the leading specialists in diagnostic imaging.
Source: diariocoimbra.pt
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fogos1K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
Fogos means "fires", and it is also the name of the website people in Portugal use to see what is burning and where right now. People searched for it because of the Sintra fire covered above.
Source: fogos.pt
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incendio lisboa1K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 18:33
The same Saturday fire in Sintra, which is in Lisbon district, hence the word "Lisboa" in the search. Details are above, in the entry for the search incendio.
Source: fogos.pt
