What Portugal searched for on 13 October 2026

Most searched in the 24 hours to 22:20: greve metro (20K+), quinta do lago (10K+), vila flor (10K+), jornada de trabalho (5K+), seixal (5K+), proteína tau (5K+).

• greve metro · greve metro lisboa20K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 04:17

  Greve metro means a metro strike. On Wednesday 14 October, traffic controllers on the Lisbon metro (Metropolitano de Lisboa), including those at the Central Control Post, are striking from 5am on Wednesday to 5am on Thursday, a full 24 hours. The unions cite staff shortages, overtime and the company's failure to honour the agreement signed on 13 April. Metro management calls the strike disproportionate and has asked for it to be called off, but as of the evening of 13 October the unions had not dropped it.

  The company has not yet said whether the whole metro will shut down. But on 9 April a strike by the same controllers stopped every line, and there was no minimum service. If you need the metro on Wednesday, allow extra time and plan to use Carris buses, CP or Fertagus trains or a taxi instead, and check the notices on metrolisboa.pt in the morning.

  The Navegante pass is valid on buses and trains across Lisbon and its suburbs. Our guide Public transport passes in Portugal: €20, €30 and €40 a month explains which one to choose.

  Source: rtp.pt

  

• jornada de trabalho5K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 04:17

  Jornada de trabalho means the working day. On 13 October a parliamentary working group unanimously approved a new article of the Labour Code: in private companies, employees with a child under 12 (or a child of any age with a disability, chronic illness or cancer, if the child lives with them) will be able to work a 'continuous day' (jornada contínua). This means taking a half-hour lunch break and finishing work earlier, by up to an hour. Civil servants already have this arrangement.

  This is not an automatic right: it requires a collective agreement or the employer's consent. Employees must apply in writing 30 days in advance, stating the period (up to five years).

  The law has not been passed yet: the article must still be approved by the labour committee and then by parliament in a plenary session. More in our news story.

  

• quinta do lago10K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 04:17

  On 12 October in Quinta do Lago (Loulé municipality, the Algarve), three Romanian workers died while waterproofing a septic tank on a building site; initial reports say they were poisoned by gas. Three more were injured. The GNR and the labour inspectorate ACT are investigating.

  Source: observador.pt

• vila flor10K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 04:17

  On the morning of 13 October, on the IC5 by the Lodões exit near Vila Flor (Bragança district), a lorry overturned and fell onto two oncoming cars: the 19-year-old son of Vila Flor's deputy mayor was killed and three people were injured.

  Source: cmjornal.pt

• seixal5K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 04:17

  On the evening of 12 October in Corroios (Seixal municipality), a 13-year-old boy died after falling from the eighth floor of the building where he lived with his father; the Judicial Police (PJ) are investigating.

  Source: osetubalense.com

• proteína tau5K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 04:17

  Scientists at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon have found nanobodies — tiny fragments of antibodies — that stop the tau protein, which is linked to Alzheimer's disease, from clumping together inside cells. For now this is a laboratory experiment, not a treatment.

  Source: rtp.pt

• vigilante1K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 04:17

  On 12 October, about 20 people attacked a security guard at the entrance to the day hospital at São João Hospital in Porto; he was slightly injured, and the PSP police restored order.

  Source: noticiasdecoimbra.pt

• fábrica1K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 04:17

  In Oliveira de Azeméis (Aveiro district), the Schmidt Light Metal plant, which makes aluminium car parts, is closing by the end of the year: 318 people will lose their jobs because orders from the Volkswagen group have fallen.

  Source: jornaldenegocios.pt