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The local council is offering a temporary pet‑sitting service at polling stations on Sunday, the day of the presidential election. People walking their dogs can use the service to cast their votes.
Home News More investment needed where more immigrants are in Portugal More investment needed where more immigrants are in Portugal The Migration Observatory ( OM) has called for greater public investment in municipalities with higher immigrant populations and for migration data to be incorporate

The 'preventive suspension' ordered by the municipality's mayor, intended to safeguard workers' protection, the effectiveness of services and the public interest, comes into effect immediately and will last for 90 days.

This article is part of the 17th edition of ECO magazine. The long-standing struggle of local authorities for a new Local Finance Law (LFL) that would strengthen their financial capacity without jeopardising the sustainability of municipal accounts continues. The start of negotiations in 2023 with the then António Costa government gave them some ...

The change aimed to be responsible and not compromise the municipality's ability to provide 'quality' public services, but opposition parties would have preferred a larger tax reduction.
