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Immigration crackdown unclear after heated debate // Former PM’s corruption trial begins after years-long wait // Vale Diogo Jota and André Silva

Immigration changes to be voted on this week // Heatwave breaks June record twice // Death during strike ‘could have been prevented’

Citizenship wait times doubled, expired documents extended again // Portuguese air base’s role in Iran bombing // Police boss among arrests as neo-Nazi group smashed

Government reveals details of immigration crackdown // Far-right attacks actor and volunteers // Subsidies over rent control to fight housing crisis

Stories from Lisbon’s 27 shantytowns // Brussels recommends rent control, holiday rental crackdown // PM says government will deal with left and right

PM asked to form government as Chega claims second place // Police step up checks on undocumented immigrants

Immigrants sleep on street for document checks // Airport chaos over new border system // Plans for new government, immigration’s role in vote

Far-right surges as election reinforces government’s power // Economy suffers worst fall since pandemic

Arrests over illegal immigration network that helped thousands // Train strike hits final week of election campaign

Thousands of immigrants to be told to leave country // Probes launched into mass blackout

Questions over what caused unprecedented blackout // Far-right leaders arrested over banned 25 de abril protest

Thousands of AIMA lawsuits, and permits waiting for collection // Traffickers using Portugal to sell children in Europe

Calls for AIMA change as number of immigrants hits 1.5 million // Portugal hits out at Trump’s ideological questions to universities

Trump’s tariffs to hit €5.3 billion in Portuguese exports // Tuk-tuk restrictions begin in central Lisbon and Porto

Century-old classic ginjinha spot ‘at risk of closing’ // Government proposes huge greater Lisbon development plan

Storm Martinho leaves trail of destruction and full dams // The Americans fleeing Trump for Portugal

Trump’s impact on Portugal’s wine and fighter jets // One-stop shop for NIF, health number and social security launched

President calls early elections after government falls

Parliament to vote on government’s future today // Map reveals where new holiday rentals to be banned

Government set to fall after PM calls confidence vote

PM to face parliamentary vote again, prosecutors ‘analyse’ family business complaint // Hundreds of max-priority emergency calls ‘abandoned’

Prime minister survives no-confidence vote // Portugal the OECD country where it’s hardest to buy a home

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes Lisbon // 'Switzerland, not Portugal’: Ai Weiwei blocked from entry and deported

What Trump tariffs would mean for Portugal, from avocados to steel // Separate tourist queue for Lisbon public transport?

Cop charged with murder over shooting death that sparked unrest // Five pregnant women let go from work per day in 2024

MP under investigation over bags stolen from Lisbon airport // PS admits ‘negative effects’ from immigration policy

New Lisbon airport to open by 2037, cost €8.5 billion // AIMA legalises 6000 of 400,000 waiting immigrants

Biggest yearly rent increase in 30 years // Thousands protest controversial police operation

Some big changes are coming

Court rejects Lisbon holiday rentals referendum // Two missing, two seriously injured after boat, ferry collide

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