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Lisbon and the Tagus Valley Gained 49,000 People Without a Family Doctor in a Year, and the North and Centre Cancelled It Out

The national total barely moved: 1,672,130 people without an assigned family doctor in June, against 1,669,681 a year earlier. Underneath it the south added 66,786 and the north and centre removed 64,337. Loures and Odivelas is the worst unit in the country.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

A deputy places a ballot into a tall wooden urn during a plenary vote in the chamber of the Assembleia da Republica in Lisbon, with rows of seated members behind

Ventura Sets Tuesday as the Deadline, but a Motion of Censure Needs 116 Votes and the PS Is Not Offering Them

Chega will table a motion of censure on 1 September unless Luís Neves leaves the Interior Ministry. Parliament has 230 deputies in office, an absolute majority is 116, and the one bench big enough to get there says the timing is wrong.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

The green gated entrance of the Escola Basica dos 2.o e 3.o Ciclos de Figueiro dos Vinhos, its name carved into a stone wall beside the gate, with the white school building behind

Twelve to Fifteen Year Olds Lose Their Phones at School on 1 January, and About Half of Third-Cycle Schools Had Already Decided That Themselves

President Seguro signed the diploma on Friday extending the school smartphone ban to years seven, eight and nine. It does not start in September: schools get the whole first term to adapt, and the obligation lands on 1 January 2027.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

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Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Gains 0.4%, BCP Leads Under the Board's Biggest Short, a €393 Million Debt Closes at €57,800

📋 In This Edition * August Ends Green, and the Most-Shorted Stock on the Board Leads It * Five Lisbon Names Carry a Bet Against Them, and BlackRock Holds the Biggest * A 392.7 Million Euro Debt Closes With 57,800 Euros Recovered * SIBS Is Still Waiting for a Crypto Licence, and the

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

Daytime aerial view of Matosinhos showing the city, the Leixoes port basins with container terminal, the marina and the surrounding residential blocks

Matosinhos Will Borrow €40 Million to Build 500 Affordable-Rent Homes Rather Than Wait for the Government's Share

Luísa Salgueiro says the council is fronting money that belongs to central government. The loan goes before the executive on Wednesday, funds 500 homes on municipal land including one development reserved for under-35s, and also pays for seven estates totalling 1,173 dwellings left out of the PRR.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

A TAP Air Portugal A320neo registered CS-TVB lifting off from Lisbon airport, with the control tower and the Vasco da Gama bridge behind it

Parpública Delivers Its Report on the Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Bids for TAP on Tuesday, and Eleven Criteria Frame the Government's Choice

ECO reports the evaluation of the two binding offers for 44.9 percent of TAP reaches the finance and air transport ministers on 1 September. The tender specification requires a reasoned appraisal of absolute and relative merit, and price is only the first of eleven criteria.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

Elevated daytime view over Praca Dom Pedro IV in Lisbon's Baixa, with the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, the central column and the two fountains

Lisbon's Mayor Says Not One of the 200 Police Promised in May Has Arrived, and Thursday's Meeting With the PSP Chief Ended Without Agreement

Carlos Moedas met the PSP's national director on Thursday and the two sides parted without a deal. The Interior Ministry says the reinforcement is already on the street through redeployed Intervention Corps units; the mayor counts none of the 200 officers promised on 12 May.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

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