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Portugal's Media Regulator Took 58 Complaints About the Presidential Election and Found the Debate Rules Do Not Fit a One-Person Race

Forty-six of the 58 came from members of the public, and television debates drove eighteen of them. The 2015 law measures a candidacy by its last result, which a presidential candidate does not have.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

The long low frontage of the Casino Estoril seen across its lawns, with the red Casino Estoril lettering across the roof and cypress trees in the foreground

Four in Ten Portuguese Online Bettors Are on Unlicensed Sites, and Two Thirds of Them Say They Are Not

Respondents ticked the platforms they had used, then were asked directly. The gap between the two answers is the finding. Parliament takes up the ten-year-old gambling law on Thursday.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

The tiled roofs of Lisbon's Baixa Pombalina seen from above, looking down the pedestrian Rua de Santa Justa towards the Castelo de Sao Jorge on the hill beyond

Three Men Handed Themselves In Over the Stray Bullet That Hit a Swedish Tourist on Rua Augusta

All three face attempted homicide, and investigators have not established which of them fired. One was detained the day after the shooting in August and released on twice-weekly reporting.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

A visitor sitting on the steps of the Cais das Colunas in Lisbon looking out at the Tagus, with a cruise ship on the water and the far bank at Almada behind

Brazilian Visitors Left a Record 657 Million Euros in Portugal in the First Half, and the Traffic Runs Both Ways

Guest numbers rose 5.2 percent and nights 7 percent, but receipts climbed 18.4 percent. Meanwhile the Portuguese have overtaken the French again as the largest European tourist group in Brazil.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

The Casa de Santa Cruz care home in Cartaxo, a long ochre and white building converted from the old Misericordia hospital, seen from the pavement under a clear blue sky

A 4.4 Million Euro Care Home in Mafra Was Inaugurated on Tuesday and Cannot Admit a Single Resident

Sixty beds, thirty-eight jobs and a hundred and fifty people waiting. What is missing is the Social Security agreement that would fund 48 of the places, and without it the doors stay shut.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

A Caixa Geral de Depositos branch on a street in Albufeira, with its cash machine beside the door and a lit street advertising panel on the pavement in the foreground

The Bank of Portugal Puts a Minimum Font Size on Bank Adverts, and Rules That the Cost of Credit Cannot Hide Behind a Swipe

Nine points in the written press, ninety on a street mupi, measured on the capital letters. In digital, the TAEG has to sit in the same field of view as the offer it belongs to.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

A Gira bike-share station on the Lisbon waterfront at Cais do Sodre, with green and white bicycles in the docks and a person taking one out.

EMEL Replaced the Gira App on Tuesday, and the 300 Euro Hold on a Lisbon Day Pass Goes With It

Passes, balances and logins carry across automatically, and trips stay free to 45 minutes. What goes is the day-pass deposit, the points scheme and the shared wallet with the parking app. The single merged EMEL app is stuck at the Administrative Court.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

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