The long-running question of what decades of military fuel storage have left in the ground around the Lajes Air Base has returned to Portugal's Parliament. Chega, the third-largest party in the Assembleia da República (Assembly of the Republic), has...
Portugal's troubled switch to digital exam marking has moved from a technical headache into a full-blown political and legal fight. Fenprof (Federação Nacional dos Professores, the National Federation of Teachers), the country's largest teaching...
The government has launched Treasury Certificates Series 5, a ten-year state savings product with a rising gross rate that starts at 2.35% and reaches 3.35% in the final year, for an average of about 2.71%. The minimum subscription is €1,000, interest is paid annually, and savers can buy through Afo
Galp has filed for international arbitration against Mozambique at the World Bank's ICSID over a €150 million tax bill. The dispute follows Galp's March 2025 sale of its 10% Rovuma Basin gas stake to ADNOC; Mozambique's tax authority values the taxable gain at €920 million, while Galp puts it 35 tim
Fresh Banco de Portugal figures show Portuguese companies opened 2026 more profitable and better capitalised. The return on assets rose to a historically high 9.5% in the first quarter, while financial autonomy — the share of assets funded by equity — climbed to 45.7% as firms leaned less on borrowi
Weekend edition — Saturday, 11 July 2026. Euronext Lisbon is dark on Saturday and Sunday, so the levels below reference Friday's 10 July close, when the PSI signed off fractionally lower
Crime against Portugal's over-65s rose 30.5% between 2020 and 2025 to 44,161 victims, outpacing the 19.9% rise for everyone else, DGPJ data show. Property crimes and scams dominate, making fraud the main threat to older residents.
