The Secretary of State for Infrastructure says Portugal will close its renegotiation of the Brisa motorway concession by September or October. Brisa claims €1.12 billion for lost toll revenue; the State says its own counterclaims over unbuilt roadworks will bring the figure down.
Students at Porto's engineering faculty have launched Atlântico — a solar boat with hydrofoils and a flax-fibre hull — on an 800km voyage down the Portuguese coast from Matosinhos to Vila Real de Santo António. It is billed as the first such descent, and a showcase for renewable maritime tech.
On 12 August, Portugal sees its first total solar eclipse since 1912 — but totality lasts just 26 seconds and only over a sliver of the Montesinho park near Bragança. The rest of the mainland gets a deep partial: 98% in Porto, 95% in Lisbon, 93% in the Algarve. Book early and mind your eyes.
New INE local-income data for 2024 put the national median at €12,316 — about €880 a month over 14 payments. Only six municipalities clear €1,000 a month: Oeiras (€17,250), Lisbon, Alcochete, Cascais, Coimbra and Vila Franca de Xira. A country richer, but deeply unequal by geography.
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In Vreia de Jales, a parish of 850 in Vila Pouca de Aguiar, a couple who trained in Michelin-starred kitchens in Spain and Switzerland have restored the old communal bread oven into Forno de Jales — a tasting-menu restaurant open three days a week, built from produce they grow and their neighbours s
Vangest, a precision-engineering group in Marinha Grande, is producing titanium flaps for Saab's JAS 39 Gripen fighter and chasing Airbus qualification. With 70 of its 350 staff on aerospace and 35% sector growth projected to 2035, it is a small sign Portugal is building a supply-chain foothold.
