The government is turning six years of recovery-fund spending on traditional crafts into permanent policy through the Rede Portuguesa Saber Fazer. Membership applications open in October and the first funding call lands before the end of the year.
273,723 people were signed on at the job centres at the end of August, a second consecutive monthly rise but still 9.3 percent below a year ago. Every level of schooling fell over twelve months except higher education, which rose 1 percent.
Households put a net 753 million euros into Certificados de Aforro last month. The state's other retail savings product lost 91 million, its 58th consecutive month of net redemptions, and a relaunched ten-year series has not turned it around.
Portaria n.º 433/2026/1 subsidises 75 percent of the interest on money borrowed to pay growers for the 2025 and 2026 crops. Applicants must not have bought wine from outside Portugal in three consecutive campaigns, and must promise not to.
Decreto Regulamentar n.º 8/2026 took effect on Tuesday, nine days before free rural land registration closes. Miss the twenty-working-day window to correct an overlap with public land and the map is rectified for you, against the state's line.
Decreto-Lei n.º 188/2026 raises the FAME limit in diesel from 7 to 10 percent and makes keeping a 7 percent grade on sale a legal duty backed by a fine. On the petrol side, the obligation to offer a maximum-5-percent-ethanol grade is repealed.
Good morning. Here is your Monday briefing for 21 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a
