Weekly news, events, and expat life in Braga — Portugal's historic third city. City council updates, tech scene developments, university news, cultural events, and practical resources for Braga residents.
Câmara classifies the calçada portuguesa as municipal heritage, greenlights a €16.5M school rehab 30 years overdue, loads the 2026 fire dispositivo, and SC Braga heads to England's St. George's Park for pre-season — your roundup for the week ending 5 June 2026.
Braga becomes the first municipality to join COTEC Portugal, the Semanas da Economia closes a record Mostra Empresarial, Braga Romana fills the centro histórico with 414 initiatives, and SC Braga drops into the Conference League. Your weekly Braga roundup.
The Junta de Freguesia da Póvoa de Lanhoso tallied 85.3% against (752 of 882 voters) the câmara's bid to elevate the parish from vila to cidade across the 17–23 May 2026 consulta popular — the result heads to the Comissão da Reforma do Estado e Poder Local at the Assembleia da República.
Braga Romana takes over the historic centre (414 initiatives, theme 'Antes de Augusto'), the metrobus loses €76M of PRR funding, Token Trust wins CMVM authorisation for tokenised securities, and Bosch expands its eBikes R&D — your week in Braga, 22 May 2026.
Braga's week: the Enterro da Gata wraps up with Saturday's closing cortège at the Forum, SC Braga play their last home fixture of the regular season at the Pedreira, and the Câmara starts the six-week countdown to Festas de São João.
The Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários has authorised Token Trust, a Braga-based fintech, to operate Portugal's first regulated platform for the tokenisation of shares and bonds. The CMVM green light puts Token Trust into a category of...
Bosch's Portuguese subsidiary closed 2025 at €2.2 billion in revenue — down 2.6% from the €2.4 billion record posted in 2024 — with the contraction almost entirely explained by the mid-2024 divestiture of the Building Technologies...
