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AIMA Closes the Backdoor — Foreign Students Will Now Need a Consular Study Visa Before Enrolling in Portuguese Schools, Replacing the Post-Enrolment Residence-Permit Path

AIMA Closes the Backdoor — Foreign Students Will Now Need a Consular Study Visa Before Enrolling in Portuguese Schools, Replacing the Post-Enrolment Residence-Permit Path

Portugal will require a consular-issued study residence visa from foreign nationals before they can enrol in Portuguese educational institutions, closing the post-enrolment residence-permit path that has been the practical entry route for tens of...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

PS Lays Down a Defence-Programming Law as Portugal's Path to 5% of GDP by 2035 Lands in São Bento — Marcos Perestrello Wants Parliament Inside the Loop on Every Procurement Decision

PS Lays Down a Defence-Programming Law as Portugal's Path to 5% of GDP by 2035 Lands in São Bento — Marcos Perestrello Wants Parliament Inside the Loop on Every Procurement Decision

The Socialist Party has put a defence-programming bill on the parliamentary table that would expand the Assembleia da República's role in major defence procurement and personnel decisions, in direct response to the next ten years of NATO spending...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

Fuel Retailers Signal a 5-6 Cêntimos Diesel Drop Next Week as Brent Cracks Below $100 — but the Hormuz Tape Could Reverse It Inside Twenty-Four Hours

Fuel Retailers Signal a 5-6 Cêntimos Diesel Drop Next Week as Brent Cracks Below $100 — but the Hormuz Tape Could Reverse It Inside Twenty-Four Hours

Portugal's fuel-retailer association is signalling a 5 to 6 cêntimos per litre cut to diesel pump prices for the week starting 12 May, with simple gasoline expected to hold flat. The forecast tracks the Brent benchmark, which has dropped below $100...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

IEA's Friday Portugal Report Says the 85% Renewables Power Mix Has Not Spilled Into Transport, Industry or Buildings — and Calls for Used-EV Subsidies for Low-Income Households

IEA's Friday Portugal Report Says the 85% Renewables Power Mix Has Not Spilled Into Transport, Industry or Buildings — and Calls for Used-EV Subsidies for Low-Income Households

The International Energy Agency's Friday country review of Portugal lands a much harder verdict on the country's energy transition than the headline 85% renewables-in-electricity figure would suggest. Released on 8 May 2026, the report says Portugal...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

ATP Warns the EU's Polyamide Antidumping Tariff Is a One-Sided Hit on Portuguese Textiles — "Tarifar Faz Sentido. Não Faz Se For Unicamente Aplicada No Fio"

ATP Warns the EU's Polyamide Antidumping Tariff Is a One-Sided Hit on Portuguese Textiles — "Tarifar Faz Sentido. Não Faz Se For Unicamente Aplicada No Fio"

The Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal (ATP) is escalating its objection to the European Commission's provisional antidumping tariff on Chinese polyamide yarn — a measure imposed in March 2026 that is now landing on the cost stack of...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

Portugal Slips Back to Last Place on Portugal 2030 Disbursements — €4.06 Billion of €22.6 Billion Drawn, 18% After Two Years of Catch-Up

Portugal Slips Back to Last Place on Portugal 2030 Disbursements — €4.06 Billion of €22.6 Billion Drawn, 18% After Two Years of Catch-Up

Portugal is back to last place in the European Commission's monitoring of Portugal 2030 disbursements, two years after climbing out of the same position. Updated 5 May 2026 numbers from Brussels show Lisbon has drawn €4.06 billion of its €22.6...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

The Braga Brief — Week of 8 May 2026: Heartbreak in Freiburg, Caldeira Cabral Takes Over UMinhoExec, and the Enterro da Gata Loads Eight Nights of Student Festivity

The Braga Brief — Week of 8 May 2026: Heartbreak in Freiburg, Caldeira Cabral Takes Over UMinhoExec, and the Enterro da Gata Loads Eight Nights of Student Festivity

Braga's week: SC Braga falls 3-1 in Freiburg and exits the Liga Europa a round short of a second European final, ex-minister Manuel Caldeira Cabral takes the helm at UMinhoExec, and the Enterro da Gata loads eight nights of student festivity from 8 to 16 May.

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

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