The Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum) — AIMA — has begun chasing immigrants whose reagrupamento familiar (family reunification) requests advanced after only the first half of the statutory...
Portugal's monthly trade tape lost its momentum in May. The Instituto Nacional de Estatística (National Institute of Statistics) reported that exports of goods contracted 1.5% year-on-year and imports fell 3.4%, a reversal of the +15.5% export jump...
Who qualifies for the D8 remote work visa, the income you must earn, the documents, the fees, and the steps from consulate to AIMA residence card.
PDL26 — Ponta Delgada's year as Capital Portuguesa da Cultura — has lost €2.3M of its original €5.3M envelope after Turismo de Portugal pulled investment, EU sources receded and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos blocked a €2M Câmara Municipal top-up, leaving the operating budget around €3M.
Parliament passed the Lei de Política Criminal (Criminal Policy Law) for 2026-2028 on 12 June, putting prison-crew forest-cleaning and police pat-downs in high-impact-crime zones onto the statute. PSD, Chega, IL and CDS-PP carried; Livre, PCP, BE opposed; PS, PAN, JPP abstained.
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers warned on 12 June that Portugal faces fresh action unless prison occupancy — at a 2017-high 103.4% — drops materially by September 2027. The European Court of Human Rights is expected to issue a comprehensive ruling on detention conditions by end-2026.
INE's 12 June release confirms Portugal's CPI held at 3.3% year-on-year in May for a second consecutive month, with underlying inflation stuck at 2.2%, energy prices accelerating to 13.1% and unprocessed food decelerating to 5.7%. The IHPC now runs 0.1 percentage points below the eurozone.
