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The Portuguese Navy patrol ship NRP Setubal alongside at a naval base, its grey hull marked P363, with masts, radar and a white communications dome on the quay behind

A Lisbon Satellite Firm Puts Two Million Euros Into Laser Links for Drones and a Ground Station That Sends Quantum Keys

A laser beam cannot be jammed, and the only way to intercept one is to stand in its path, where you can be seen. LusoSpace is building both halves of that idea for the armed forces.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

The Banco de Portugal building on Praca da Liberdade in Porto, a long stone facade with the bank's name carved above the central entrance, seen across the square

Bank Resolution in Portugal Changes Hands With 7.5 Billion Euros Still on the Tab

The Novobanco sale closed the file and brought in over 900 million. The fund holds 2.2 billion against liabilities more than three times that, and the levy that feeds it is under constitutional challenge.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

The Assembleia da Republica in Lisbon lit at night, seen from the foot of the steps past one of the stone lions that flank the approach to the columned facade

The Inquiry Into Digital Exam Marking Now Has the Votes to Go Ahead, After the Socialist Leadership Moved on Wednesday

Chega committed on Tuesday, the PS national secretariat on Wednesday. The vote falls on Friday, and the terms reach the contracts, the costs and the ministry's own reorganisation.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

A Lisbon taxi in the black and pale green livery, with the lit TAXI Lisboa sign on the roof and the cooperative number on the door, parked on a cobbled street in the city centre

Hundreds of Taxi Firms Have Applied to Join Bolt Since Portugal's New Ride-Hailing Law Took Effect

A taxi working a platform trip cannot street-hail, cannot use a rank and cannot drive in the bus lane. Bolt says enforcing that is somebody else's job.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

The entrance and car park of the Centro de Saude in Soure, a low cream-coloured Portuguese health centre building

Organ Donation in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to Presumed Consent, the RENNDA Non-Donor Register, and the Four Working Days Before an Objection Counts

Portuguese law counts every resident as a potential donor unless they have registered otherwise, and that includes foreign residents. Here is how the RENNDA works, how to opt out in whole or in part, and what the separate rules are for donating while alive.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

The perimeter wall, gate and watchtower of the Estabelecimento Prisional de Coimbra seen from the street on a clear day

A Risk Supplement Now Reaches Almost Every Desk at Portugal's Prison Service, and the Guards Are Written Out of It by Name

Two decree-laws in Wednesday's gazette rebuild the careers of the people who supervise prisoners and ankle tags, backdate the package to 1 July 2025, and abolish the prison administrator career outright. Paragraph 6 leaves the guard corps out.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

Two tracks of the Linha do Norte running straight into the distance under overhead catenary, with a Portuguese warning sign beside the ballast

Portugal Tells Brussels That Regauging Its Railways Would Cost Up to 6.9 Billion Euros and Take Thirty Years

The Infraestruturas de Portugal study sent to Brussels concludes that migrating the national network to European gauge will hardly be justifiable. Spain reached the same conclusion in July, and Spain is the country whose decision settles Portugal's.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

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