Guides
Claiming the Elderly Solidarity Supplement (CSI) in Portugal
Who can get the CSI top-up on a low pension, the income limits, the six-year residence rule, how the amount is worked out, and how to apply.
The Portugal Brief
News
Walnut Plantation Erases Two 5,000-Year-Old Antas and a Roman Vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros — Câmara Opens Inquérito Interno and Tutela Refers Case to the Ministério Público
Two 5,000-year-old antas and a Roman vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros, Évora were destroyed for a NOGAM walnut plantation — the Câmara opens an inquérito interno, the tutela refers to the Ministério Público, with a 2020 Vale da Moura precedent in the same parish.
News
ANM-TVDE Proposes Public-Service-Transport Recognition Inside the Lei 45/2018 Revision — Association Wants Equal-Dignity Clause With Taxis as PSD Counters With Taxis Operating Through TVDE Platforms
ANM-TVDE asked every parliamentary party on Friday 6 June 2026 for a public-service-transport status clause inside the Lei 45/2018 revision — equal dignity with taxis, 39,615 active drivers, €808M 2025 revenue, with the PSD already counter-proposing taxis operating via TVDE platforms.
Algarve
Albufeira's Chega-Led Câmara Imposes Summer Nightlife Cap From June — Bars Close at 03:00, Discotecas at 05:00, Lojas de Conveniência at 23:00 Across Oura, Avenida Sá Carneiro and the Centro Antigo
The first summer of Chega rule at the Câmara Municipal de Albufeira (CMA, Albufeira City Council) opens with a hard turn on nightlife. President Rui Cristina — the only Algarve mayor that the Chega party elected at last autumn's autárquicas — signed...
Guides
Claiming an Early Retirement Pension in Portugal
The routes to an early state pension in Portugal, who qualifies for each, how much your pension is cut, and how to apply to Segurança Social.
News
Saturday's Público Investigation Reads Portugal's Suplementos Alimentares Pipeline as a 47% Adult-Use Wave, a +80%-in-Ten-Years Notification Surge and a DGAV Backlog Tracked in 'Tens of Thousands of Avulso Emails'
Público's Saturday 6 June 2026 multi-part investigation by João Pinhal and Tiago Ramalho lands the Portuguese food-supplement (suplementos alimentares) market in a regulatory frame that the country's own Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária...
News
ANA Files Lisboa-Portela Capacity-Expansion EIA With APA — Humberto Delgado Movement Cap Steps From 38 to 40 per Hour With Works Starting Early 2027 and a Second EIA to 42/Hour Already Queued
The Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA) concessionaire has filed the Estudo de Impacto Ambiental (EIA, Environmental Impact Study) for the first stage of the Aeroporto Humberto Delgado capacity expansion with the Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA,...