What Portugal searched for on 20 October 2026

Most searched in the 24 hours to 09:20: revolut (10K+), decreto-lei (10K+), barragem de castelo de bode (10K+), fraude bancária (5K+), doca do cavacas (5K+), amares (5K+).

• revolut · revolut down10K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  On the morning of 20 October Revolut suffered a worldwide outage that also hit Portugal: the app would not open, and card payments, transfers and ATM withdrawals failed. On its status page the bank marked 31 services as partially unavailable. Revolut blamed a problem at a third-party provider (according to the Irish news site TheJournal.ie, Google's cloud in Western Europe) and said customers' money and data were safe.

  Revolut is Portugal's third-largest bank by number of customers, and many people have their salary paid into it and their direct debits set up on it. An outage like this is a good reason to keep a spare card from another bank: How to open an account at a Portuguese bank.

  Source: thejournal.ie

  

• fraude bancária5K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  On 20 October Portuguese newspapers wrote about the Court of Justice of the European Union's ruling of 15 October (case C-70/25): if money is taken from your card or account without your knowledge, for example after you click a phishing link, the bank must refund it immediately, and no later than the end of the next working day after you report it. The bank can no longer refuse by blaming your carelessness: it must refund the money regardless, and can claim it back later only if it proves gross negligence on the customer's part. It may delay the refund only if it has reasonable grounds to suspect the customer of fraud, and in that case it must inform the authorities in writing.

  The ruling is binding on courts in every EU country, including Portugal. The key condition is to report the unauthorised payment to the bank without delay. How to do that, and where else to report it: How to spot fraud in Portugal.

  Source: curia.europa.eu

  

• deportação1K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  On 20 October people were searching for "deportation", but we found no news that would explain why. Since 11 September 2026 Portugal has had new removal rules: a person can be held in a temporary accommodation centre for up to 180 days, extendable by another 180 if they do not cooperate or if documents from a third country are slow to arrive, and once a removal decision has been made they are given 10–⁠20 days to leave.

  What to do if your residence permit has expired or its renewal has been refused, and what the fines for overstaying are: Removal from Portugal: what to do if your residence permit has expired or was not renewed.

  Source: our guide

• creche feliz1K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  Creche Feliz is a state programme of free nurseries for children under three. The state pays the nursery directly, and parents pay nothing for childcare, meals or extended hours; they pay for nappies, uniforms and transport themselves. You apply for a place on the social security portal, Segurança Social Direta, or in its app, logging in with Chave Móvel Digital or your NISS social security number. You can list up to three nurseries, and the portal lets you search for vacancies by district, municipality and parish.

  We don't know why people started searching for the programme on 20 October. How to find a nursery and what to ask when enrolling: How to enrol your child in a nursery in Portugal.

  Source: seg-social.pt

  

• decreto-lei10K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  A decreto-lei is a decree-law, a law issued by the government. We don't know why people started searching for the term on 20 October: the only decree-law published in the Diário da República that day was 202/2026, on a simplified recovery process for municipalities after Storm Kristin, which does not directly affect residents.

  Source: diariodarepublica.pt

• barragem de castelo de bode10K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  On the morning of 19 October a 24-year-old man from Tomar died after falling from the Castelo do Bode dam, between Tomar and Abrantes. It is the fourth death at the dam since August 2023.

  Source: sol.iol.pt

• doca do cavacas5K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  On 19 October a 64-year-old Swiss tourist drowned in the pools at Doca do Cavacas in Funchal, Madeira; rescuers were unable to revive him.

  Source: dnoticias.pt

• amares5K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 15:35

  On the evening of 19 October an 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with a car on Avenida de Paredes in Amares (Braga district); the GNR is investigating the cause.

  Source: observador.pt