Porto, Portugal
Latest news and stories from Matosinhos.
The Matosinhos City Council has completed the handover of 512 housing units, with the final 105 keys delivered to residents this week. The project, funded by a €122 million investment, aims to increase the availability of public housing in the municipality.
The Matosinhos Local Health Unit (Unidade Local de Saúde or ULS) has invested 2.2 million euros in new medical equipment, including a biplane angiograph and surgical beds. The upgrade was funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência or PRR), a European-backed initiative aimed at modernizing national healthcare infrastructure.
The PRR (Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência) is Portugal's national program under the EU's NextGenerationEU recovery fund, worth approximately €22.2 billion — roughly €16.6 billion in grants plus €5.6 billion in loans. Approved in 2021, it funds reforms and investments across housing, digital transition, climate action, healthcare, and public administration.
Payments from the European Commission are tied to specific milestones and targets. Missed deadlines or incomplete reforms can delay disbursements, affecting public works, infrastructure projects, and social programs that depend on PRR funding.
The PRR is one of the largest investment programs in Portugal's recent history and touches areas from affordable housing construction to hospital modernization, school renovation, and green energy transition. Progress is monitored by the European Commission through regular reviews.
An ammonia leak at a Docapesca ice factory in the Port of Leixões, Matosinhos, triggered a major emergency response late Friday night. Authorities evacuated a nearby festival with approximately 1,000 participants after the incident, which police suspect was caused by an explosion in a refrigeration unit. At least one person sustained minor injuries and required hospital treatment.
Galp expects its new Innovation District project, located on the site of the former Matosinhos refinery, to generate approximately 100,000 jobs. The development is projected to contribute roughly two billion euros annually to the Portuguese economy over the next 30 years. Construction is expected to transform the industrial site into a major hub for economic activity.
Socialist Party (Partido Socialista or PS) Secretary-General José Luís Carneiro has invited Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to visit local markets to witness the impact of rising living costs. Carneiro accused the Chega party of acting as a political 'crutch' for the government while criticizing the rejection of PS proposals to reduce taxes on essential goods.
José Luís Carneiro is a Portuguese politician and member of the Socialist Party (Partido Socialista or PS). He served as the Minister of Internal Administration (Ministro da Administração Interna) from 2022 to 2024 and currently holds a seat in the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República).
André Ventura, born January 15, 1983, is a lawyer, academic, and Portugal's most prominent far-right leader. He founded Chega ("Enough") in 2019 after his PSD mayoral campaign attacked the Romani community. Chega surged from 1.3% in 2019 to 22.8% in May 2025, becoming parliament's second-largest party and making Ventura Leader of the Opposition.
His platform emphasizes immigration restrictions, law-and-order policies, constitutional reform, and contains inflammatory anti-Romani rhetoric that has triggered multiple discrimination convictions and investigations. Politically classified as far-right by international media, Ventura cultivates alliances with European far-right figures including Marine Le Pen and Santiago Abascal.
The Porto City Council (Câmara Municipal do Porto) has unanimously approved a study on electric scooter accidents following the death of a 25-year-old woman. The study aims to collect data on accidents and formulate recommendations to improve safety for users of this transport mode.
The Câmara do Porto is Porto’s city council (Câmara Municipal do Porto), the municipal authority responsible for local services, urban planning and social programmes. It handles permits, local taxes and housing or social-support policies, so its decisions directly affect residents and property owners in the city.
