Your weekly roundup from the Minho: a stomach bug forces Sp. Braga to postpone a league game before they beat Áustria Viena 2-0, Viana's €21 million bridge over the Lima finally opens, Torrestir commits €18 million to trucks and warehouses, and the Mordomia parade sells out in two days.
Good morning. Here is your Friday briefing for 21 August 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a
Construction output rose 1.2% on the year in Portugal against a 0.7% fall in the euro area, where the construction of buildings dropped 6.5%. Spain recorded the EU's steepest annual decline at 8.5%.
The 13th edition opens at noon today with free entry, more than 200 events and a homage to the 83-year-old Porto poet Ines Lourenco. Guests include Mohammed El-Kurd, Angelica Liddell and Marie Darrieussecq.
Luis Neves kept the Volkswagen Golf GTD he used as head of the PJ, transferred to his ministry under a free-loan agreement in February. Driving it himself appears to breach the protocol attached to his grade 3 public threat level.
The Council of Ministers approved the PSZAER on Thursday, pre-clearing more than 800 areas for solar and wind across 147 of the mainland's 278 municipalities. Environmental, agricultural, water and heritage limits cut the mapped share almost in half.
A study published on Thursday urges international tenders for future rail contracts and a strictly limited extension of CP's directly awarded deal. Across eight European cases, opening passenger rail cut ticket prices by an average of 28%.
