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Three Unions Set 2 October as the Strike Date for Portugal's 350,000 General-Career Public Workers

The national public services federation, STAL and the Lisbon municipal workers' union have called a joint stoppage for Friday 2 October, plus an 11am demonstration in Lisbon, demanding pay talks open now rather than in 2027.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lisbon, a stone-clad building with satellite dishes on the roof and the Russian coat of arms above the entrance

Russia's Embassy in Lisbon Calls Portugal "One of the Most Hostile Countries in Europe" on Portuguese Television

Press attache Aleksei Chekmarev told CNN Portugal that Moscow places Portugal among Europe's most hostile states, citing Lisbon's support for EU sanctions and for Kyiv, days after a drone exploded 300 metres from the Portuguese embassy in Kyiv.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

Industrial and port complex at Sines, Portugal, seen across pine woodland with refinery flare stacks and container cranes

Portugal's Industrial Output Shrank for a Third Straight Month in July, and Only Intermediate Goods Grew

Statistics Portugal put the industrial production index down 1.4 percent year on year in July, after 1.6 percent in May and 1.1 percent in June. Manufacturing fell 2.7 percent and investment goods 3.1 percent, while GDP, retail sales and employment all kept growing.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

Three older people sit together on a red bench in the square at Porto Covo, Portugal, in front of whitewashed single-storey houses with blue skirting and red doors.

Five Weeks of Door Knocking by the PSP Flagged 284 Older People, and 182 Were Already at Risk

The interim figures from the PSP's fourteenth annual outreach operation: 386 visits since 27 July, 284 people flagged, 182 in social risk. Lack of autonomy led the list, but the categories that grew fastest were the ones about isolation. The operation runs to 25 September.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

A Tekever AR3 fixed-wing drone in Royal Air Force markings sits on a catapult launch rail in a grass field, with a serviceman in camouflage crouched beside it.

Tekever Adds Edinburgh to Its British Map, Absorbing the Engineers Behind Its 200-Kilogram Drone

The Portuguese group has bought Flowcopter of Edinburgh, whose hydraulic transmission lets the new AR6 carry 200 kilograms over 500 kilometres. It is Tekever's second acquisition in two months, and it sits inside a 400 million pound British investment programme.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

A green and cream CP railcar, unit 0360, standing on track at Entroncamento station in Portugal, with a platform in the foreground and a steel footbridge crossing overhead.

A Train Two Hours Late Will Owe You Half the Fare From October, Under the Passenger Rights Law Gazetted Today

Decreto-Lei 173/2026 rewrites the rail, road, sea and inland-waterway statutes at once. Trains pay 25 percent of the fare at 60 minutes late and 50 percent at 120, from 1 October. Coaches and boats follow on 1 December. Some of the rules it repeals date from 1948.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

General Daily Briefing: Tuesday, 1 September 2026

General Daily Briefing: Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Good morning. Here is your Tuesday briefing for 1 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a set of national accounts whose headline looks better than its composition to a night shift with the officers

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

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