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A row of tall cream and pink apartment blocks on a wooded hillside on the outskirts of Lisbon, seen across scrubland beside a road

Existing Homes in Portugal Cost 18 Percent More Than a Year Ago, While Buyers With Foreign Tax Addresses Bought 10.3 Percent Fewer

INE's second-quarter House Price Index has the headline rate at 16.5 percent, a second quarter of deceleration, with 40,142 homes sold and new builds rising at 12.3 percent against 18.0 for the existing stock.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

The Rua Augusta Arch on Praca do Comercio in Lisbon, its white stone sculptures and central archway framed by the yellow arcaded buildings of the square

AIMA Counts 1,585,854 Foreign Residents at the End of 2025, and One in Six Is Not Holding a Valid Residence Card

The agency's Migration and Asylum Report for 2025 puts Brazil at 31.1 percent of the total for a sixth year and Angola second. Some 261,443 of the people counted as resident are pending cases or expired titles awaiting an appointment.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

A yellow Kamov Ka-32 firefighting helicopter of the Portuguese fire brigade in flight against a clear blue sky, with red water tanks along its fuselage

Portugal's Firefighting Pilots May Now Fly Twenty Consecutive Days, and the Consent Has to Come From the Pilot

Portaria n.º 434/2026/1 is the first change in 33 years to the 1993 rulebook on flight and rest time for aerial-work pilots. A 20-day run needs the pilot's express agreement and five consecutive days off at the end. It takes effect on Wednesday.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

A view over the terracotta rooftops of Alfama in Lisbon towards the Castelo de Sao Jorge and the church of Sao Vicente de Fora, with the Tagus estuary beyond

General Daily Briefing: Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Good morning. Here is your Tuesday briefing for 22 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a rulebook that changes how power projects connect to the grid to the death of one of the country&

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

The tree-lined Avenida Arriaga in central Funchal, Madeira, with green benches and black and white Portuguese pavement running between the buildings

Madeira's Rising Regional Minimum Wage Is Flattening Its Public Pay Scale, So the General Careers Stop on 2 October

The regional floor goes from 980 euros to 1,050 euros next year, and the union says hundreds of staff will land on it whatever their seniority. It wants 70 euros added up to level 23 of the Madeira table.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

The long grey facade of the Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon seen across its forecourt, framed by a flowering pink oleander in the foreground

Portugal's First Hundred Specialist Pharmacists Qualify in 2027. Their Regulator Wants the SNS Posts Opened Now.

The Residência Farmacêutica started in 2023 and reaches its first finish line next year, in clinical analyses, hospital pharmacy and human genetics. More than 500 pharmacists are behind them in the programme.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro's 1885 painting O Grupo do Leão, a group of artists and writers gathered around a long table in muted browns and greys

Two Painted Pilasters Stood in a Caramulo Garage for Seventy Years. Specialists Say the Painter Was Columbano.

The family of Abel Lacerda, who founded the Museu do Caramulo, lifted a cover in the garage of his house and found decorative painting underneath. The curator Pedro Lapa places the work beside the panels in the Hotel da Lapa.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

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