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The floodlit stone facade of the Reitoria building of the University of Porto at blue hour, with arched iron-grille doorways along an empty cobbled square.

A Student Room in Lisbon Went From €500 to €550 in a Week, and the State's Own Reference Value Stops at €500

Supply grew by 942 rooms in the capital and prices rose anyway, by about 10 percent in under a week. Portaria n.º 331-B/2026/1 says the state will cover €500 in Lisbon and €419 in Porto. The market is now above both.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

The white neoclassical facade of the Palácio de São Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Assembleia da República, with the Portuguese flag flying above its columned portico under a clear blue sky.

The UN Human Rights Chief Has Written to São Bento Asking It to Drop Three Gender-Identity Bills, and Two of the Three Parties Refused the Same Day

Volker Türk's letter reached the President of Parliament on Tuesday and became public on Wednesday. It names four treaties, warns of re-pathologising gender identity, and asks for withdrawal. Chega and the CDS said no within hours.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

An aerial view of the PSP police station in Lagos in the Algarve, a long white two-storey building with a blue Policia sign above its entrance beside a roundabout.

Reporting a Crime in Portugal

Complaint versus report, the six month clock, the three classes of crime, the free interpreter, and the eighteen offences you can file online.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

The three floodlit basalt arches of the Portas da Cidade in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, at dusk, with the harbour and a statue framed through the central archway.

Laboratory Tests Finally Name the Azores Gastroenteritis Outbreak: Norovirus Is Confirmed on São Miguel, With Pico Counting Cases Too

The regional health authority has identified norovirus in samples from São Miguel, eight days after we reported the Faial outbreak with its cause still unconfirmed. No evidence links the cases to the public water supply, and there have been no serious hospitalisations.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

The low white building of the Melgaco health centre in northern Portugal, with a red-tiled roof and CENTRO DE SAUDE lettering above the entrance, wooded hills rising behind it.

Portugal Has Confirmed Nine Measles Cases This Year, and Only One Chain of Transmission Formed Inside the Country

The Direção-Geral da Saúde gave the count to Lusa on Wednesday: nine cases notified through SINAVE between 1 January and 18 August. Three were imported, three began in Portugal, three are still being traced, and a single cluster of three was the only chain that formed.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

A black and tan Rottweiler lying on a garden lawn in front of a dense green hedge, mouth open and looking off to one side.

Owning a Rottweiler or a Pit Bull in Portugal

The seven listed breeds, the annual parish licence, the 50,000 euro insurance floor, the muzzle and one metre lead, and fines up to 3,000 euros.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

The white steel roof trusses spanning the departures level of Terminal 1 at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado airport, with yellow partidas and departures signage below.

Lisbon Airport's Expansion Reaches the Steel: Martifer Takes 3,924 Tonnes of Structure and 62,700 Square Metres of Facade and Cladding

Martifer's half-year filing puts numbers on the Humberto Delgado rebuild: 3,924 tonnes of metal structure, 17,700 square metres of facade and 45,000 of cladding across the south apron and the south and central piers. The value was not disclosed.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

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