A group of four Guinea-Bissau students remains held in the international zone of Lisbon's Aeroporto Humberto Delgado , in what is the second case in April 2026 of young people from the West African country being denied entry to Portugal on alleged...
The Government has rejected the application by the Fundação Livraria Lello to be officially recognised as a foundation under Portuguese law. The despacho was signed by Tiago Macieirinha , Secretary of State at the Prime Minister's Office, and...
The Bloco de Esquerda tabled a bill in the Assembleia da República on Thursday, 23 April 2026, that would amend the political-financing rulebook to reopen public access to the names of people who donate to political parties — three months after the...
How to set up a limited company in Portugal: the legal forms, registering in one day at a desk or online, the fees, and the taxes that follow.
The OECD's Taxing Wages 2026 report, released 22 April, puts Portugal's single-worker labour tax wedge at 39.3% for 2025 — down a third consecutive year from 41.1% in 2023. Portugal is one of only 11 OECD economies where the wedge fell in 2025, against an OECD mean of 35.1% and an EU mean of 41.7%.
Seguro promulgated on 22 April a diploma extending Portugal's 'direito ao esquecimento' to HIV, Hepatitis C and Diabetes on top of oncological disease — binding banks, insurers and, for the first time, insurance mediators. What changes and how covered borrowers can use the new regime.
The steps to sell a home in Portugal, the papers you need, what the seller pays, and how capital gains tax and its reliefs work, wherever you live.
