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Exam Re-Grade Requests More Than Triple to Over 20,000 as Portugal's First Digital Marking Season Backfires

Exam Re-Grade Requests More Than Triple to Over 20,000 as Portugal's First Digital Marking Season Backfires

More than 20,000 re-grade requests — triple last year's — have hit Portugal's national exams after the first all-digital marking, with final results due 7 August and university places on the line.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

AIMA's Regularisation Drive Leaves Roughly 30,000 'Complex' Cases From a Near-Million Backlog

AIMA's Regularisation Drive Leaves Roughly 30,000 'Complex' Cases From a Near-Million Backlog

The task force that inherited nearly a million immigration files has cleared all but about 30,000 — the harder cases that need documents, checks or a direct call before AIMA can decide.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

The Casino da Póvoa in Póvoa de Varzim lit up at dusk, its cream facade glowing with pink neon CASINO signage under a deep blue sky

France's Groupe Barrière Overhauls the Casino da Póvoa and Eyes a Lisbon Hotel Next

Groupe Barrière, the French gaming and hospitality group, took over the Casino da Póvoa from Estoril-Sol on 1 May and is planning a two-to-three-year makeover of the 1930s building, new dining and live shows, while keeping about 220 staff. It is also preparing a hotel-and-residential project in Lisb

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

A busy Lisbon street clogged with cars and a yellow tram, with the red 25 de Abril bridge rising in the background

The Average Portuguese Driver Loses More Than 12 Days a Year Behind the Wheel, a New Study Finds

A 15-country study commissioned by Autotrader finds Portuguese drivers spend the equivalent of 12 days and 15 hours a year in their cars — nearly six hours a week. Portugal ranks mid-table, above Spain but well below South Africa, in a reminder of how car-dependent life is outside Lisbon and Porto.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

Terracotta rooftops of Lisbon's Chiado quarter, with a resident tending flowers on a tiled balcony among the tightly packed old apartment buildings

Ex-Portugal Telecom Chief Zeinal Bava Signed Over €4 Million of Chiado Flats to His Children Before the Seizure Order

Property records show former Portugal Telecom chief Zeinal Bava transferred two Chiado apartments — bought in 2011 for about €4 million — to his children shortly before a court froze his assets in the Pharol case over PT's lost €897 million Rioforte investment. The flats remain under seizure.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321neo lifting off from Lisbon Airport with the Tejo estuary in the background

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: TAP Bids Land, Allianz Buys Caravela, Vodafone Picks Lisbon

📋 In This Edition * Weekend Wrap: A Deals Weekend Sets Up August * TAP: Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Table Binding Bids * Business & Tech Focus: Allianz Buys Caravela, Vodafone Picks Lisbon * Markets, Bonds and the Euro: July Ends Lower * The Week Ahead Weekend Wrap: A Deals Weekend Sets Up August There is

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

The Felgueiras lighthouse on its stone pier at Foz do Douro in Porto, with waves breaking around it and the city's seafront behind under a blue sky

Foz do Douro's Paper-Costume Parade Swells to a Record 700 Marchers for Its Fables-and-Legends Edition

On 30 August, Foz do Douro's Cortejo dos Trajes de Papel — a parade of costumes made entirely of paper, later dissolved in the sea — will field a record 700 participants under the theme 'Fables and Legends'. The century-old tradition is a candidate for UNESCO recognition.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

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