What Portugal searched for on 13 September 2026
Most searched in the 24 hours to 22:20: bombeiro (5K+), uber (2K+), ação de despejo (2K+), temperatura (2K+), liga dos bombeiros portugueses (2K+), agressão (2K+).
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uber2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 09:33
Since 1 September 2026, app-based rides have been governed by a new law, Lei n.º 59/2026 of 25 August, which replaced the regime in place since 2018. Even what TVDE stands for has changed: it used to mean transport in unmarked vehicles, and now it means transport in vehicles provided through an electronic platform.
What changes for passengers. Taxis may now work through the same apps as Uber and Bolt, so if a car with a taxi sign turns up for your booking, it is no longer a mistake. The old cap on surge pricing has been lifted, so fares may climb higher at peak times, but the platform must clearly explain how the fare is calculated. Video recording inside the car is allowed, but only with the consent of both the driver and the passenger; it is off by default and does not record sound. The car carries a non-removable identification sign issued by the transport authority IMT (Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes).
What changes for drivers, and many of our readers drive for a living. The compulsory training courses now include a Portuguese test, oversight is moving to a new electronic platform run by IMT, and advertising inside and outside the car is no longer banned. Our glossary explains what TVDE is and how this work differs from driving a taxi: TVDE. We do not know why people started searching for this today in particular: the law has been in force since the start of the month, and the primary sources show nothing specific happening on 13 September.
Source: diariodarepublica.pt
Lei n.º 59/2026 on the Diário da República website, diariodarepublica.pt: the law was published on 25 August and is marked «Em vigor» — in force -
ação de despejo2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 09:33
This is Portuguese for “eviction case”. People seem to be searching for it because of the rental reform the papers have been writing about since the spring, and it is important not to confuse what has been promised with what is actually in force. The government approved the bill on 9 July 2026 and sent it to parliament in August, and a vote was promised for September. Until the law is passed and published, the old rules apply, even though half the reports present the future as if it had already happened.
Under the old rules, a landlord may end the contract for non-payment in two cases (article 1083 of the Civil Code): if the rent is three months or more in arrears, or if the rent has been paid more than eight days late four or more times within 12 months. In the second case, after the third late payment the landlord must send a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt stating plainly that they intend to end the tenancy. Without that letter, the fourth late payment gives them no grounds. It is these three months that the bill proposes to cut to two.
What follows is not an ordinary court case but a special procedure: the application is filed with the BAS, a single office for landlords and tenants. The landlord can use it only if the contract is on record: stamp duty has been paid or the rent has been declared on tax returns. The landlord's side is covered in our guide How to rent out your property yourself in Portugal, and what a tenant should check in the contract is covered in How to rent a home in Portugal. We do not know why people started searching for this today in particular: the primary sources show no specific decision or news on this topic on 13 September.
Source: diariodarepublica.pt
The Civil Code in its current wording on the Diário da República website, diariodarepublica.pt: article 1083 — the grounds on which a landlord may end a tenancy -
temperatura2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 09:33
The Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute, IPMA, has issued a yellow heat warning for thirteen districts: Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Évora, Leiria, Lisbon, Portalegre, Porto, Santarém, Setúbal and Viana do Castelo. The warning is valid until Monday evening, 14 September, and the reason given is persistently high maximum temperatures.
The peak is expected on 14 and 15 September: around 35 degrees across most of the country, and closer to 40 in the Tagus valley and the Alentejo. September heat is more dangerous than July heat because people are no longer prepared for it: the holidays are over, school has started and nobody carries a bottle of water any more.
Our guide Heat and wildfires in Portugal explains what to do on days like these and what you must not do in the countryside while the fire risk remains high. Fire risk is calculated for each municipality and changes daily, and it determines what is banned on any given day: bonfires, petrol strimmers, a cigarette in dry grass.
Source: ipma.pt
The IPMA warnings page, ipma.pt: this is where you look to see which level has been declared for your district -
bombeiro5K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 09:33
A scrub and pasture fire in the district of Beja, which started on Saturday afternoon, was still burning on Sunday, with 98 people, 32 vehicles and two planes fighting it. Difficult access to the site is hampering the firefighting effort.
Source: cmjornal.pt
Wildfire risk by municipality on the IPMA website, ipma.pt: red marks the places where bonfires, petrol strimmers and any fire in the countryside are banned today -
liga dos bombeiros portugueses2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 09:33
The League of Portuguese Firefighters has told the Secretary of State for Civil Protection that rising fuel prices are financially strangling the humanitarian associations that fire stations depend on, and are hurting their ability to respond to call-outs. You can check diesel and petrol prices by district on our Fuel prices page.
Source: lbp.pt
The official fuel price portal Preço dos Combustíveis Online, Directorate-General for Energy and Geology DGEG: this is also where the figures for our price page come from -
agressão2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 09:33
The PSP has arrested two people in Lisbon who, according to the police, beat up two men for refusing to give them a cigarette.
Source: observador.pt
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porto santo2K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 09:33
On the morning of 13 September, IPMA recorded a minor earthquake off Porto Santo: magnitude 2.0, at a depth of 10 kilometres, with its epicentre north of the island. Tremors like this are usually not felt, and no damage was reported. The day before, a similar quake of magnitude 1.7 was recorded off Porto Moniz in Madeira.
Source: ipma.pt
The IPMA seismic activity map, ipma.pt: dots mark tremors over the last day, week and month -
meia maratona porto1K+ searchesPublished 7 November 2026, 09:33
The nineteenth Porto Half Marathon was held on the morning of 13 September. The race started at 9am, and roads in the centre and around Foz were closed to traffic until about 1pm, when they reopened.
Source: meiamaratonadoporto.com
Porto, the Ribeira riverside. Photo: Jakub Hałun, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
