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UTAO Sounds the Alarm: Portugal Owes Up to 21.7 Thousand Million Annually Through 2039 and Markets Will Notice

UTAO Sounds the Alarm: Portugal Owes Up to 21.7 Thousand Million Annually Through 2039 and Markets Will Notice

UTAO Report Reveals Elevated Amortisation Profile That Will Shape Portugal's Fiscal Room for the Next 13 Years Portugal's parliamentary budget watchdog has issued a stark warning about the country's debt repayment schedule, calculating that the...

The Portugal Brief 15 Apr 2026

One Year After the Iberian Blackout, Portugal Unveils a Four-Thousand-Million-Euro Plan to Rewire the National Grid

One Year After the Iberian Blackout, Portugal Unveils a Four-Thousand-Million-Euro Plan to Rewire the National Grid

Environment Minister Announces Biggest Electricity Network Upgrade in a Generation — EUR 3 Billion for Distribution, EUR 500 Million for Transmission, and New Rules to Prevent Another Cascade Portugal's government has outlined a EUR 4 billion...

The Portugal Brief 15 Apr 2026

Afternoon Briefing — Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Afternoon Briefing — Wednesday, 15 April 2026

In today's briefing: • Government Strips Audit Court of Pre-Approval Power Over 90% of Public Contracts • Porto Airport Adds 21 New Routes for Summer Including Delta's First New York Service • New Construction Code Takes Effect 1 June — One Law to Replace Over 100 Scattered Regulations

The Portugal Brief 15 Apr 2026

Portugal's New Construction Code Takes Effect on 1 June — One Law to Replace Over 100 Scattered Regulations Dating Back to the 1960s

Portugal's New Construction Code Takes Effect on 1 June — One Law to Replace Over 100 Scattered Regulations Dating Back to the 1960s

The Biggest Overhaul of Building Regulation in Decades Aims to Cut Red Tape, Speed Up Permits, and Tackle the Housing Crisis On 1 June 2026, Portugal's new Construction Code enters into force — a single, consolidated legal framework that replaces...

The Portugal Brief 15 Apr 2026

Porto Airport Adds 21 New Routes for Summer Including Delta's First New York Service — Passenger Traffic Hit 16.9 Million Last Year

Porto Airport Adds 21 New Routes for Summer Including Delta's First New York Service — Passenger Traffic Hit 16.9 Million Last Year

Six Intercontinental Routes Join the Network as Northern Portugal Bets on Long-Haul Connectivity Porto's Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport will launch 21 new routes this summer, six of them intercontinental, as the northern gateway builds on a...

The Portugal Brief 15 Apr 2026

Government Strips Audit Court of Pre-Approval Power Over 90 Per Cent of Public Contracts — Critics Warn of Corruption Risk

Government Strips Audit Court of Pre-Approval Power Over 90 Per Cent of Public Contracts — Critics Warn of Corruption Risk

Contracts Below EUR 10 Million No Longer Need Prior Approval From the Tribunal de Contas Portugal's Council of Ministers approved on 9 April the most sweeping reform of the Tribunal de Contas (TdC) in decades, eliminating the mandatory prior...

The Portugal Brief 15 Apr 2026

Government's Own Equality Body Calls Proposed Gender Identity Law Rollback a “Significant Regression”

Suppressed Government Report Labels Proposed Gender Identity Law Changes a “Significant Regression” A technical analysis produced by Portugal's Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) has concluded that proposed legislative changes to...

The Portugal Brief 15 Apr 2026

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