What Portugal searched for on 30 October 2026

Most searched in the 24 hours to 15:20: binance (10K+), ranking escolas 2026 (10K+), multa (5K+), poupança (5K+), halloween (5K+), beja (5K+).

• binance · bitcoin10K+ searches
  Published 30 October 2026, 11:51

  On the evening of 29 October Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, halted withdrawals after being hacked. The exchange puts its losses at $6.3 billion, of which about $3 billion has already been frozen. It is the biggest theft in the history of cryptocurrency. According to early reports, the attacker got in through an employee's laptop and sent out withdrawals that nobody had authorised.

  Binance has promised to cover all losses from its SAFU insurance fund and its own money, and says customers' funds are safe. Withdrawals are due to resume within 48 hours; deposits, according to the exchange's co-founder Yi He, are still working. Bitcoin fell by more than 4% on Friday.

  If you keep money on Binance, you cannot withdraw it at the moment: keep an eye on announcements in the app and on the exchange's website. After high-profile hacks, scammers message and call people pretending to be "support" and ask them to move their crypto "somewhere safe". Our guide How to spot fraud in Portugal explains how to recognise this kind of scam.

  Source: cnbc.com

  

• ranking escolas 202610K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 04:59

  On 30 October newspapers published school rankings based on the 2025 national secondary school exams (years 10 to 12); the Ministry of Education data came out more than a year after the exams were sat. Private schools take the top 37 places, led by schools in and around Porto; the best state school, the Conservatório de Música do Porto, is 38th. The details are in our article School rankings 2025: private schools take the top 37 places.

  Comparisons with last year should be made with care: since 2025 every school leaver has sat the Portuguese exam, which now accounts for almost a third of all the exams in the ranking. A school's place by average score mainly reflects who its pupils are. The second measure, “academic success”, compares a school with others whose pupils are similar, and on that measure, RTP reports, private schools fall behind.

  If you are choosing a school, look at both tables and at the state school for your address: state schools enrol children according to where they live. Our guide How to choose a school in Portugal explains how this works.

  Source: our news story

  

• greve dia 2 de novembro 20262K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 04:59

  Public sector workers are striking on Monday 2 November: the STTS union and the FESINAP federation have called a full-day strike. It covers everyone who works for the state or for local councils, from school assistants and hospital orderlies to municipal police. The union expects 80–⁠90% of workers to walk out.

  There are no minimum services in schools and nurseries: if the assistants who open the building, look after the children and serve their meals do not come in, the school may not open. Check with your school in advance whether it will be open on Monday, and think about who can look after your child.

  For hospitals and health centres, an arbitration panel of the Economic and Social Council (CES) set minimum services on 30 October: emergency departments, 24-hour wards, intensive care, urgent operations, chemotherapy and dialysis will keep running, but routine appointments may be cancelled. In Barreiro, TCB town buses will be disrupted from 04:30 on 2 November to 02:30 on 3 November, and in Oeiras the council has warned that rubbish may not be collected. This is a separate strike from the general strike on 20 November, which we covered in our article on the civil servants' strike.

  Source: ces.pt

  

• greve comboios1K+ searches
  Published 30 October 2026, 11:51

  There is no strike on CP trains today, Friday 30 October: on 28 October the train conductors' union called it off after a meeting with the Ministry of Infrastructure and CP's management. Some newspapers were still reporting on 29 October that trains could be cancelled from Thursday to Saturday, but that is out of date. Alfa Pendular, Intercidades, regional trains and the suburban lines of Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra are running to the normal timetable from 29 to 31 October.

  The Lisbon Metro is also running on 30 October: the metro unions called off their own strike on 26 October. There is more in our article There will be no strike on CP trains on 30 October.

  The conductors want a pay rise, pay for weekend work, a new collective agreement and protection from assaults on trains. The union has warned that if the promises are not kept, it will call new strikes.

  

• incentivo compra carros elétricos 20271K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 13:11

  People were searching after the Ministry of Environment and Energy clarified on 30 October who will be eligible for the new electric car subsidy in 2027, which covers up to 80% of the price. It will go to families on the social electricity tariff (Tarifa Social de Energia Elétrica, a discount on electricity for low-income families) and to families with an annual income below €11,572. By the ministry's count, there are 1.576 million such families across the country, yet the scheme will fund only 20,000 cars.

  The state will pay 80% of the car's price excluding VAT, capped at €15,000, or €16,000 if you hand in an old petrol or diesel car for scrapping. A further €1,000 at most will be available towards installing a charging point. The ministry has not yet said when applications will open. We covered the announcement in our article The state will pay up to 80% of the price of an electric car for low-income families.

  There won't be enough for everyone: previous rounds of the subsidy closed as soon as the money ran out, and applications are approved in the order they are submitted. Our guide State money towards an electric car explains how the payments work and what you need to submit.

  Source: eco.sapo.pt

  

• multa5K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 04:59

  A GNR officer is on trial in Coimbra, charged with demanding €370 in an envelope from an unlicensed driver in return for not issuing a fine.

• poupança5K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 04:59

  The government has promised to review tax breaks on savings products such as PPR and Certificados de Aforro in the first half of 2027, to benefit the middle class; exactly which ones has not yet been decided. With World Savings Day falling on 31 October, the subject is getting a lot of coverage.

  Source: jornaldenegocios.pt

• halloween5K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 04:59

  31 October is Halloween, and in Portugal 1 November is also Pão-por-Deus, when children go from door to door asking the neighbours for sweets and bread. All Saints' Day, 1 November, is a public holiday; this year it falls on a Sunday.

• beja · acidente autocarro beja10K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 04:59

  On the morning of 30 October a Rede Expressos coach overturned on the EN260 near Baleizão, outside Beja: the driver was killed and seven passengers were injured, two of them seriously.

  Source: publico.pt

• aeroporto francisco sá carneiro2K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 13:11

  On 30 October a plane made an emergency landing at Porto airport after the cabin lost pressure; four passengers received medical attention.

  Source: jn.pt

• instituto nacional de emergência médica2K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 13:11

  INEM, the emergency medical service, has been called out to an average of 26 suspected strokes a day this year. Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon has also signed an agreement with it under which doctors and nurses will work for both.

  Source: publico.pt

• extradição1K+ searches
  Published 31 October 2026, 04:59

  The Judicial Police (PJ) have arrested a married couple in Sintra, wanted in the United Kingdom for €1.8 million of benefit fraud during the pandemic, and a businessman in Cascais wanted by Sweden; they now face extradition.