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The neoclassical colonnaded facade of the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Portuguese Parliament, with the national flag flying above the portico

Nationality Is Not One of the Nine Priorities in Portugal's School Enrolment Rulebook, and Chega Has Tabled a Bill to Add It

Two bills filed on Thursday would give children of Portuguese or EU nationality precedence for school places, and children of Portuguese-origin households whose parents pay social security precedence for creche places, whenever applicants outnumber vacancies.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

The Escape Hatch on Europe's Biometric Border Closes on 6 September, and Portugal Will Enrol 100 Percent of Non-EU Arrivals

Luís Montenegro confirmed at Lisbon airport on Thursday that full biometric collection starts on 6 September. That is the day the partial-suspension mechanism expires, the one Portugal and eight other governments asked Brussels in July to keep open.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

Black and white photograph of the upper floors of a modern Lisbon office tower, its glass facade broken into narrow angled vertical fins, set against a plain dark sky

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Falls 0.6%, Mota-Engil Posts a Record Half, Novobanco Sells the Vieira Debt

📋 In This Edition * The Run Ends, and One Stock Does All the Work * Mota-Engil's Best First Half Ever, and a Promise to Fight the Rail Verdict * Novobanco Puts the Entire Luís Filipe Vieira Estate on the Market * MEO's Revenue Has Stopped Growing and Its Operating Profit

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

High-voltage transmission pylons crossing hills near Carvoeira, Torres Vedras, with wind turbines on the ridge behind

Portugal's Wholesale Power Price Jumped a Third in the Second Quarter, and April's Record Oil Reaches Gas Bills About Six Months Later

ERSE's second-quarter commodities bulletin puts Portuguese wholesale electricity at €55.6 a megawatt hour, Brent at a record 145 dollars on 7 April, and the renewable share of consumption down from 77 to 69 percent.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

The neoclassical yellow facade of the Hospital Termal Rainha D. Leonor in Caldas da Rainha, with its brick chimney behind

A Bacteria Colony in the Technical Plant Has Kept Portugal's 1485 Thermal Hospital Shut Since 20 August

Caldas da Rainha disclosed on Thursday that pseudomonas was found in the water plant of the Hospital Termal Rainha D. Leonor, billed as the oldest working thermal hospital in the world. Treatments have been suspended for a week, with no reopening date.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

Portuguese Navy fuzileiros aboard a Marinha rigid-hulled inflatable boat during a boarding drill at sea

Portugal's Marine Corps Gets 75 Galician-Built Tactical Vehicles, and the €133 Million Comes From EU Defence Loans

The Defence Ministry confirms a €133 million order for 75 Urovesa VAMTACs for the Navy's fuzileiros, financed by the EU's SAFE instrument, with a Portugal to Spain memorandum signed in Porto and deliveries running from 2027 to 2029.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

The baroque stone gateway of the Hospital de São José in Lisbon, with statues and a coat of arms above the arch, a hospital signboard beside it and a trade union banner on the pavement.

A Lisbon Doctors' Union Tells Its Members to File Liability Disclaimers as Anaesthesiology Cover Thins Across the São José Group

The Sindicato dos Médicos da Zona Sul says anaesthesiology teams at the ULS São José have been cut below Ordem dos Médicos levels, that Santa Marta's emergency is down to one anaesthetist, and that Dona Estefânia has had to reorganise paediatric surgical emergencies.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

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