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For Monday 17th August 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal! news reports that fuel prices (both petrol and diesel) are rising significantly today.
Other headlines include more than 750 firefighters battling four wildfires in the north of the country (including one that spread to Carrazeda de Ansiães), the Socialist Party kicking off the political season in Olhão, the Left Bloc proposing 14 measures to tackle the housing crisis (including a 25% affordable housing requirement), Portugal on track to exceed its PRR housing target with 28,000 homes by the end of the month, a guide for temporary workers published in Expresso, carbon taxes on air travel generating €266.6 million in the first half of the year, and Robbie Williams sharing his autism diagnosis ahead of his Lisbon concert.
#PortugalNews #FuelPrices #Wildfires #HousingCrisis #LeftBloc #PRR #CarbonTax #RobbieWilliams #Autism #Portugal2026
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