Guides
Becoming a Recognised Informal Carer in Portugal
Who can be recognised as an informal carer in Portugal, the monthly support for main carers, rest and work rights, and how to apply to Segurança Social.
The Portugal Brief
News
Portugal Widens Its Psychologist and Nutritionist Vouchers to Everyone Aged 12 to 35 and Lifts Them to €40
A new edition of the Cheque-Psicólogo and Cheque-Nutricionista opens the vouchers to everyone aged 12 to 35 — not just students — and raises each to €40, widening a subsidised route to mental-health and nutrition appointments under the Cuida-te programme.
News
Government Revives a Minho Rapid-Transit Plan With an €80 Million Metrobus to Link Guimarães and Braga by 2030
The government has approved an €80 million bus rapid transit line to link Guimarães and Braga, reviving a Minho rapid-transit project that fell out of Portugal's EU recovery plan earlier this year. The first phase is due by the end of 2030.
News
Portugal Has Become Brazilian Business's Doorway Into Europe — but the Bureaucracy Still Tests Their Patience
Brazilians are now Portugal's largest foreign community, and a growing share come to build businesses. With the Mercosur-EU deal in force, Portugal is pitching itself as their gateway to Europe — backed by a €1bn fund — even as AIMA's permit backlog tests everyone's patience.
News
As August Approaches, Portugal's Hollowed-Out Interior Waits for Its Emigrants to Come Home
Each summer, interior villages inhabited mostly by the elderly fill again as emigrants return from France, Luxembourg and Switzerland for the festas. The annual homecoming is a window into deep depopulation — and, for expats eyeing cheap inland stone houses, a caution as much as an opportunity.
News
Portugal's 'Trabalho XXI' Labour Reform Died in Parliament. Here's What Fell With It — and Why AI Is the Next Battleground
On 19 June, Parliament rejected the government's Trabalho XXI package after Chega joined the left to vote it down. The individual hours bank, longer fixed-term contracts and easier dismissals all fell. Experts say the next attempt must finally tackle AI and algorithmic management at work.
Markets Briefing
Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Analysts Back Energy, Cool on Jerónimo Martins as PSI Holds One-Month High
Weekend edition — Sunday, 5 July 2026. Euronext Lisbon is dark on Saturday and Sunday, so the levels below reference Friday's 3 July close, when the PSI signed off at a