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School to return without mandatory COVID-19 measures // Huge fire burns through Serra da Estrela

Electricity rationing discussions and claim of ‘40% price increase’ // Catholic church sexual abuse scandal deepens

Mask rules here to stay for another month // Inflation helps hand government historic budget surplus

Heatwave killed more than 1000 people // Vaccination rates slipping for booster shots

One dead as fires devastate Portugal // Many foreign driver licences now legal in Portugal

What’s behind Europe’s airport chaos // ‘Boom’ in Azulejo thefts as criminal groups traffic them overseas

New rules for COVID-19 isolation, entering the country // Premature airport announcement plunges government into crisis

Tourism worker concerns ahead of busy summer // Parliament votes again for euthanasia legalisation

Airport border staff increase after massive delays in Lisbon // New laws to make smoking in bars almost impossible

No new restrictions as case surge passes peak // Autumn vaccine calendar to be released soon

Reports Pro-Putin Russians welcomed Ukrainian refugees // Why so many Portuguese venues still allow smoking indoors

Rapid COVID-19 tests no longer free // Mask rule change effects analysed // Brits can skip airport queue