What Portugal searched for on 1 November 2026

Most searched in the 24 hours to 21:20: greve 2 novembro 2026 (10K+), avião (10K+), polícia (2K+), ryanair (2K+), colombo (2K+), dia de todos os santos (1K+).

• greve 2 novembro 202610K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 22:02

  Tomorrow, Monday 2 November, public sector workers across the country will hold a 24-hour strike called by the STTS and FESINAP unions. It covers ministries and government agencies, councils and parish councils (juntas de freguesia), hospitals and health centres, courts, registry offices and social security (Segurança Social).

  Schools will be hit hardest: no minimum services have been set for them, and many have already warned parents that they may not open or may close in the middle of the day, so it is worth checking for messages from your school in the morning. Hospitals and health centres may postpone routine appointments, tests and operations; 24-hour departments will stay open, and chemotherapy, dialysis and blood donation will go ahead as usual (Jornal de Mafra). In Oeiras, refuse collectors are also striking that day, and the council has warned that bin collections may be disrupted.

  What the unions are demanding, and which other strikes and marches are planned for November, is covered in our article Public sector workers strike on 2 November, including in hospitals.

  Source: our news story

  

• polícia · protestos lisboa10K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 08:34

  People were searching for the police after the overnight clearance of housing protesters' tent camps. After the marches on 31 October, protesters put their tents back up on Rossio in Lisbon and on Praça D. João I in Porto. At around 4am on 1 November the PSP ordered them three times to disperse and take the tents down, and a few minutes later riot police with dogs arrived in both squares. In Lisbon people were pushed back with shields and batons towards Praça da Figueira, and in Porto towards Avenida dos Aliados. For how the march itself went, see Lisbon housing march reaches Rossio without incident.

  The police cite the 1974 law on the right of assembly, under which the right to assemble and demonstrate ends at 12:30am. Lawyers dispute this reading. According to CNN Portugal, the prosecutor handling the case of the people detained a week earlier told the police that the tents on Rossio do not break the law at any time of day or night. The camps had already been cleared a week earlier, on the night of 24–⁠25 October: police detained 31 protesters and seized 171 tents, and around a hundred people were injured, according to both the authorities and the organisers.

  Housing protests have been going on since 10 October in Porto and since 17 October in Lisbon. The next nationwide marches are set for 14 November.

  Source: publico.pt

  

• ryanair2K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 22:02

  From 10 November, Ryanair bag drop desks at every airport the airline flies from, including those in Portugal, will close 60 minutes before the scheduled departure rather than 40 minutes as they do now. The rule was announced back in April, and Ryanair reminded passengers of it on 27 October.

  Anyone checking in a suitcase will need to hand it over at least an hour before departure: once the desk has closed, bags can no longer be dropped off. Passengers travelling with hand luggage only are not affected: as before, they check in online and go straight to security. The airline says the change is due to queues at security and passport control, and is meant to ensure fewer people miss their flights.

  People were also searching for Ryanair today because of a fire in the cabin of one of its planes that landed in Lisbon this morning: a power bank in a passenger's hand luggage caught fire, and the crew put it out themselves.

  Source: corporate.ryanair.com

  

• avião10K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 22:02

  On the morning of 1 November, a power bank in a passenger's hand luggage caught fire in the cabin of a Ryanair plane flying to Lisbon from Charleroi in Belgium. The crew put out the fire themselves, and airport firefighters were called out as a precaution; after landing, the plane remained in Lisbon for repairs.

  Source: dn.pt

• colombo2K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 08:34

  Centro Colombo is one of the largest shopping centres in Lisbon. Social media posts called for a "riot" there, with shops to be looted, on 31 October at 5:30pm. At the centre's request, the police stepped up security. Three teenagers who were filming videos in a sports shop were taken to a police station, and there was no looting.

  Source: observador.pt

• dia de todos os santos1K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 19:35

  1 November is All Saints' Day (Todos os Santos), a public holiday. Families visit cemeteries, and in some places children go from door to door asking for ‘Pão por Deus’ treats. This year the holiday falls on a Sunday, so there is no extra day off. For the other public holidays, see Public holidays and days off in Portugal.

  Source: our guide

• geada · temperatura · weather tomorrow5K+ searches
  Published 1 November 2026, 22:02

  Forecasters expect it to turn colder: from 2 to 4 November, night-time temperatures inland in the north and centre of the country will range from 0 to 8 degrees, with frost in places, while daytime temperatures across the country will be between 15 and 23 degrees. Rain may return by next weekend; forecasts for individual towns are in our weather forecast.

  Source: tempo.pt