🇵🇹 Portugal news, in English, every morning. Free. Subscribe

The Portugal Brief

Home
Politics
Economy
Guides
About

Sign in Subscribe

The Portugal Brief

The glass and steel facade of Revolut's headquarters building seen from street level against a clear blue sky, the company name in white lettering along the roofline

Impostors Emailing From a Real Government Domain Got Revolut to Release Customer Files on 680 Accounts

The bank confirmed on Wednesday that it answered fraudulent information requests sent from a legitimate public authority's email domain. Addresses, verification photographs and identity documents went out. Revolut will not say whether Portuguese clients are among them.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

The lit Urgencia entrance of the Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon at night, with INEM ambulances parked outside and staff standing by the revolving door

The Pay Order That Decides Whether Portugal's Emergency Rooms Stay Staffed Has Still Not Been Published, and the Locums Are Threatening October

A portaria setting hourly rates for medicos tarefeiros was due with the rest of the SNS package and has not appeared. Their association says a cut brings a massive stoppage, and hospitals have until 30 September to sign contracts nobody can price.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

Three blue ecoponto recycling containers for paper, glass and packaging on a cobbled Portuguese street, beside an information sign headed Ecoponto

Lisbon's Mayor Asks the Government to Scrap the Volta Deposit Scheme Outright, While 37,000 Signatures Wait on Parliament's Environment Committee

Carlos Moedas told the municipal assembly on Tuesday that the 10 cent container deposit is a tax and an unprecedented social drama, and asked for immediate cancellation. The Environment Minister says the scheme stays, with adjustments.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

Track-level view along the red and white kerbing of the main straight at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao, with the empty grandstand and pit wall on either side

Formula One Returns to Portimao on 20 June 2027, Six Years After Its Last Race in the Algarve

The FIA published the 2027 calendar on Wednesday, putting Portugal ninth of 24 rounds and directly after Monaco. The return had been agreed; what Wednesday added was the date, and a mid-June slot the Algarve does not currently fill.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

The floodlit neoclassical facade and pediment of the Assembleia da Republica in Lisbon at night, seen past one of the stone lions on the steps below

Portugal's Public Accounts Slipped to a 282 Million Euro Surplus by July, and a 1.4 Billion Euro Hospital Debt Clear-Out Explains Most of the Fall

Parliament's budget office reports a two billion euro swing against last year, almost all of it a cash-basis effect from paying off overdue SNS supplier bills. Social Security, meanwhile, banked its strongest seven months in a decade.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

A level crossing beside Silves station in the Algarve, with rails running across a black rubber road surface, a red signal board and a blue Saida exit sign on the platform

Portugal Rewrites Its Level Crossing Rulebook After 27 Years, and Gives Drivers Ten Seconds to Get Across

A decree-law published in Wednesday's gazette bans new level crossings outright, sets measured thresholds for closing the ones that remain, and writes a civil liability chapter that defines when the infrastructure manager is at fault. It starts on 1 March 2027.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

Lisbon seen from the Castelo de Sao Jorge, the tiled roofs of the Baixa running down to the Praca do Comercio, with the Tagus, Almada and the 25 de Abril bridge beyond

General Daily Briefing: Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Good morning. Here is your Wednesday briefing for 16 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from new rules on what a bank may put in small print to the media regulator's verdict on

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

Subscribe to The Portugal Brief

Don't miss out on the latest news. Sign up now to get access to the library of members-only articles.

Sign up
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Partner with Us
Editorial Standards

The Portugal Brief © 2026. Powered by Ghost

Operated by Thrifty Explorations LLC.

[email protected]