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Portugal's Pension Age Creeps Toward 67 in 2027, and a Population Recount Could Move It Again

Portugal's full-pension age rises to 66 years and 11 months in 2027, indexed automatically to life expectancy. Now an INE revision that found more residents than thought will force a recalculation of the mortality tables, and could move the retirement age again.

EU Auditors Cannot Prove €43 Billion in Home-Renovation Money Saved Any Energy, and Portugal Drew From the Same Pot

After €43 billion of post-pandemic home-renovation spending through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the European Court of Auditors says the EU still cannot prove the money saved much energy. Portugal drew on the same fund for its own €240 million building-efficiency drive.

Sintra Bars Tour Coaches From Its Historic Centre and Sets Aside Ride-Hail Bays as It Locks In Anti-Congestion Rules

Sintra is moving to make its spring traffic experiment permanent, keeping large tour coaches out of the historic village and creating dedicated bays for ride-hailing cars. Operators have already gone to court, but the town is betting a UNESCO landscape cannot be a postcard and a car park at once.

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Rebounds, Jerónimo Martins Leads, Galp Eyes Spanish Wind

Tuesday, 7 July 2026. Lisbon steadied and edged higher, clawing back a slice of Monday's setback as a broadly firmer Europe lent support. The standout was the market's recent laggard: grocer Jerónimo Martins, pinned for weeks near its 52-week lows, led the blue chips with its

Tekever Snaps Up AI Software Firm Cloudsweep to Deepen Its Drone-Engineering Push

Tekever, Portugal's best-known drone maker, has acquired Cloudsweep, a Portuguese startup that applies artificial intelligence to software development. Terms were undisclosed; the deal embeds AI into Tekever's engineering and keeps specialised talent at a company with 1,300-plus staff across six cou

Delta Agrees to Buy Azambuja Capsule Maker Mocoffee as the Firm Restructures More Than €23 Million in Debt

Delta Cafes has agreed to acquire Mocoffee, an Azambuja capsule maker in a court-supervised revitalisation process with debts above €23.4 million. Delta would inject at least €3 million into a plant that produces some 350 million capsules a year, deepening its push into the fast-growing pod segment.

Portugal Plans to Fold Scattered Licensing Laws Into a Single Code and Scrap Most Pre-Opening Inspections

A new business-licensing code being drafted by the Economy Ministry would make pre-opening inspections the exception, replacing them with a signed declaration in most cases, folding scattered rules into one framework and adding binding deadlines and tacit approval. Public consultation is due in the

General Daily Briefing — Tuesday, 07 July 2026

Here is your Portugal briefing for Tuesday, 07 July 2026 — the day's six stories at a glance: * A Caramulo wildfire burned more than 13,000 hectares over five days, forcing Portugal to call in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Italian Canadairs and a Spanish military unit before it

Spain Edge Portugal 1-0 in Stoppage Time, and Roberto Martínez Steps Down

Portugal are out of the 2026 World Cup after a stoppage-time Mikel Merino goal gave Spain a 1-0 win in the last 16 in Dallas. Coach Roberto Martinez confirmed his departure, and Cristiano Ronaldo left his international future open as speculation turned to who takes over the Selecao.

Cancer-Drug Bills at Portugal's Hospitals Have Tripled in a Decade, Reaching €320 Million by April

Spending on oncology medicines in Portugal's public hospitals has more than tripled in ten years. In the first four months of 2026, hospitals spent EUR915.1 million on medicines, of which EUR320.1 million - about 35% - went on cancer drugs, raising fresh questions about how the SNS funds costly inno

Lisbon City Hall Moves to Auction 10 Long-Forgotten Sites for €59 Million

Lisbon's city council will move to sell 10 municipal properties across seven parishes at public auction, with a combined base price of EUR59.2 million, to help fund its investment plan through 2030. Eight of the sites exceed EUR920,000 and also need approval from the municipal assembly, where Mayor

A €6 Billion Buyout of easyJet Lands as Portugal Prepares to Sell a Stake in TAP

EasyJet has agreed a roughly GBP5.2 billion (EUR6.06 billion) takeover by US investment firm Castlelake, and Portuguese analysts say the deal signals healthy investor appetite for European airlines just as the government courts buyers for a 49.9% stake in TAP.

Social Democrats Nearly Double Their 2025 Profit While the Socialists and Left Bloc End the Year in the Red

The 2025 party accounts show the governing PSD nearly doubling its surplus to EUR2.4 million, helped by state subsidies, while the Socialists and the Left Bloc were the only parties to end the year in deficit. Chega slipped to second on profit and the small Livre quadrupled its result.

Portugal Calls In European and Spanish Air Support as a Caramulo Wildfire Scorches 13,000 Hectares

A wildfire in the Caramulo mountains burned more than 13,000 hectares across the Viseu and Aveiro districts, the country's largest so far this summer. Portugal activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, drawing Canadairs from Italy and a Spanish military unit before the blaze was brought under con