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Five Student Residences in Lisbon and Porto, 883 Beds in All, Pass to a European Fund for a Reported 80 Million Euros

Nido Livensa has sold Nido Carcavelos, Ajuda, Santa Apolónia, Estoril and Asprela to the Ardian Rockfield European Student Accommodation Fund. Eighty million euros has moved and Portugal has exactly the same number of student beds as it had yesterday.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

The entrance to the Campus de Justica de Lisboa, with the court complex signage

Prosecutors Shelve a Third Corruption Case Against Manuel Pinho, Finding No Proof He Sent a Million Euros of Tourism Money to the Firm That Hired His Son

The Ministério Público has closed the third corruption file to grow out of the EDP case against José Sócrates's economy minister. Prosecutors could not prove he steered a state tourism contract to the consultancy that later employed him, his son and his stepdaughter.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

An orange grove planted in rows on a hillside in the Algarve countryside, with whitewashed farm buildings alongside it and green fields running to hills in the distance.

An Orange Orchard Outside Faro Is Becoming Eleven Villas Valued at More Than Three Million Euros Each

Neel Sachdev, who runs Paul Weiss in London, paid 1.5 million euros for the land at Santa Barbara de Nexe and expects the Algarve to become the California of Europe. Portuguese house prices rose 17.8 percent in the year to the first quarter, against an EU average of 5.1 percent.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

The granite church of Covas do Barroso in northern Portugal, with a stone cross on the gable and a terracotta roof, a walled cemetery to one side and wooded hills rising behind.

At Covas do Barroso, Coimbra Researchers Date the Injustice From Before the Mine, and Ask for a Binding Right to Refuse

A Horizon Europe paper from the Centro de Estudos Sociais proposes prospective environmental justice, and files Barroso under what it calls sacrificial logics. Its recommendations for Portugal include no-go criteria for mining in Natura 2000 and world agricultural heritage areas.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

The harbour at Sines in southern Portugal, with fishing boats moored inside a rock breakwater, port warehouses along the quay and cargo ships on the horizon beyond.

Portugal Has Until 12 November to File Its Sines Bid for an EU AI Gigafactory, and German Industry's Worry Is the Paperwork

EuroHPC opened the call on 30 July and closes it at 16:00 on 12 November. Portugal's Sines bid has the cables, the deep-water port and the power. The head of the Luso-German Chamber told ECO this weekend that what worries German investors is the bureaucracy.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

The columned facade of the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street, seen from the steps of Federal Hall, with crowds in the plaza and the George Washington statue at right

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Montenegro Rings the New York Closing Bell on Tuesday, a Golegã Sauce Maker Eyes Morocco, a Portuguese Fintech Lands on Pix

📋 In This Edition * The Week the PSI Set a Record and Gave It Back Twenty-Four Hours Later * Portugal Carries 3.90 Percent Into Monday, and France Spent Saturday Explaining Why It Pays 4.57 * Friday's Euribor Landed This Morning, and the Two Fixings That Matter Went Opposite Ways

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

A Prio filling station on a Portuguese roadside with a car at the pumps under the canopy and a price board listing diesel and petrol prices in euros

Diesel Tax Falls Another Cent on Monday, and the Prime Minister Refuses to Go Further: 'I Am Not Going to Be the Father of Austerity'

Friday's gazette order sets the extraordinary rebate at 10.88 cents a litre on diesel and 7.42 on petrol. Montenegro put the measures at 2,300 million euros this year and ruled out the deeper cut Iniciativa Liberal wants.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

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