The latest Portugal news, analysis, and what it means for expats and residents.
Setúbal's câmara on Wednesday 3 June became the third Portuguese municipality to formally enter the race for the Capital Portuguesa da Cultura 2028 , joining Leiria — which approved its own candidacy on Tuesday 2 June — and Barreiro, which moved...
Three Portuguese photographers — André Boto, Jerónimo Heitor Coelho and Cláudia Oliveira — earned honourable mentions at the World Food Photography Awards 2026 in London on 2 June. Eggs, morcelas and grilled milho carried Portugal across three of the 27 finalist categories.
Brussels' 3 June 2026 Country-Specific Recommendation projects Portuguese public pension spending climbing from 12.8% of GDP in 2025 to 15.1% in 2045 — third-highest in the EU. Commission criticises reform inertia and flags underdeveloped complementary pensions.
The European Commission's 3 June 2026 Country-Specific Recommendation asks Portugal to update the IMI patrimonial values and pivot from IMT transaction tax to recurrent IMI — explicitly to push vacant stock onto the market and ease residential mobility.
The husband and daughter of Ana Paula Mendes, killed in the 3 September 2024 Elevador da Glória derailment, file a €1.05 million civil-damages action at Lisbon's Tribunal Administrativo against Carris, maintenance contractor Mntc and Fidelidade insurance — the first publicly disclosed claim.
OECD's June Outlook cuts Portugal's 2026 growth forecast to 1.8% from 2.2% on the Middle East oil shock, but improves the budget-balance path to zero in 2026 and -0.1% in 2027, leaving Lisbon's three official forecasters reading from increasingly divergent scripts.
