Albufeira car rampage, 11 district yellow rain warning; demagogues, populism & missing feminists

On Wednesday 26 August 2026, Carl Munson’s Good Morning Portugal reports that Algarve hoteliers are calling for a crackdown on “booze tourism” and aggressive nightlife following a violent car rampage in Albufeira.

Other headlines include the launch of a new progressive think tank (Instituto Progresso) chaired by Socialist deputy Miguel Costa Matos, yellow weather warnings for rain across 11 mainland districts, TAP expanding its maintenance business into defence while privatisation talks continue, Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel warning against demagogues and populism, the Minister of Culture commenting on the need for more active feminists, health unions preparing for a possible September strike, and Portugal’s largest solar plant (WeLink) entering insolvency after production issues, wildfire damage and lower electricity prices.

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