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Special-Education Colleges Gain a 16% Funding Boost as Three Diplomas Are Gazetted

Portugal is raising the monthly per-pupil payment to private special-education colleges by 16% to €836.60 from September, part of a batch of diplomas that also writes accessibility for students with special needs into the Basic Law on Education.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

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Pump Prices to Tumble About 12 Cents a Litre Next Week, ACP Forecasts

Diesel is forecast to fall about 12 cents a litre next week and petrol 12.5 cents, one of the sharpest drops in memory, taking simple diesel to roughly €1.931 and 95-octane petrol to €1.855, according to ACP estimates as global oil prices cool.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

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Government Insists 94% Will Not Lose Under Portugal's New Single Social Benefit

The government says about 94% of people on benefits will get the same or more once Portugal merges 13 social payments into the new Prestação Social Única. Unions dispute the figure, citing claimants set to lose up to €188 a month. Practical effects begin on 31 December.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

Traffic on the A1 motorway near Fatima in central Portugal.

Portugal's Road Deaths Barely Fell in a Decade as the Rest of Europe's Dropped a Fifth

Portugal cut road deaths by just 0.7% over the past decade while the EU average fell around 20%, a new European report finds, leaving the country well off its 2030 target.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

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Portugal's Overdue Pay-Transparency Bill Would Make Employers Disclose Salaries From 2027

A government bill would force Portuguese employers to reveal pay to job candidates and staff from 2027, transposing an EU directive Portugal was supposed to adopt by June.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

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Foreign Capital Lifts Portugal's Hotel Investment to €508 Million, Passing All of 2025 by June

Investors poured €508 million into Portuguese hotels in the first half of 2026, up 54% on a year earlier and already more than the whole of 2025. Almost all of it came from abroad.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

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The Braga Brief — Week of 7 August 2026: Sp. Braga Take a One-Goal Lead Into Europe, Noite Branca (White Night) Returns With a New Look, and UMinho Debuts Portugal's First Public Dual Degrees

Sp. Braga edge Dynamo Minsk 1-0 in the Conference League third round, with the return leg on neutral ground in Bulgaria; the Noite Branca festival hits the streets on 4–6 September with Ana Moura and Bárbara Tinoco; and UMinho launches Portugal's first public dual degrees.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

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