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Crédit Agricole and Its Insurer Take Ricardo Salgado, Morais Pires and Rioforte to a Lisbon Court for Just Over a Billion Euros

Two civil claims filed in July and distributed on Monday to the Lisbon Central Civil Court seek 855 million euros for the bank and 152.8 million for Predica, twelve years after the resolution of Banco Espírito Santo wiped out their stake.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

Sunbeds and parasols laid out on the sand at Praia da Rocha in Portimao, with ochre cliffs, sea stacks and swimmers in turquoise water

Portugal's Tax Authority Extends Its Beach Operation Into September, With 63 Inspectors and 58 Maritime Police Across Nine Districts

The "Mar a Vista" campaign has been running since 29 July on the concessions of the busiest mainland beaches. Inspectors report missing invoices and uncertified billing software; seven Odemira businesses were charged last month.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

A Galp filling station forecourt in Portugal with a large Desconto Todos os Dias promotional banner above the pumps and a fuel price board.

Complaints Against Portuguese Fuel Retailers Have Already Passed the Whole of Last Year, and Four in Ten Concern a Discount That Never Arrived

Portal da Queixa logged 665 complaints against petrol networks and stations by August, up 84.21 percent. Loyalty-programme failures now lead the list, ahead of service quality and payment disputes.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

The former episcopal palace in Castelo Branco, now the Museu Francisco Tavares Proenca Junior, its colonnaded loggia and baroque windows facing an empty gravel forecourt.

Seventy-Two Kilometres of Missing Motorway Land on the Minister's Desk Today, Two and a Half Years After the Meeting Was Asked For

The Extremadura and Beira Baixa alliance says 88 percent of the toll-free Lisbon to Madrid route through the interior is already built. The gap is the EX-A1 between Moraleja and Cilleros and the IC31 between Alcains and Idanha-a-Nova.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

Aerial view of the Alcoutim solar platform in the Algarve interior, rows of photovoltaic panels spread across dry farmland with a village on the horizon.

Portugal Imported 36 Percent of the Electricity It Used in August, While Solar Touched a New Peak of 3,850 Megawatts

REN's August data shows renewables at 52 percent of consumption, non-renewables at 12 percent and imports at 36 percent, with cross-border flow from Spain setting a record above 5,200 MW. Wind and solar both ran below their historical productivity.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

A glowing cyan circuit-board schematic lit from below on a dark surface, used to represent online financial fraud and digital deception.

The CMVM Warns That Investment Scammers Now Arrive With AI Video, and It Never Writes to Anyone on WhatsApp

Portugal's securities regulator says fraudsters are using fabricated videos and news items carrying the faces of public figures and the logos of real institutions. Its own contacts come only from the cmvm.pt domain, and never through WhatsApp.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

Beef cattle grazing on walled green pasture below a low volcanic hill at Guadalupe on Graciosa in the Azores, under a heavy grey sky.

Brazilian Beef, Poultry and Honey Stop Entering the European Union on Thursday, and Brussels Says the Reason Is Antibiotics

Nobody found a contaminated shipment. Brazil simply failed to make the EU list of countries that have proved compliance with the 2019 antimicrobial rules, and the deadline is 3 September. Poultry and honey have written assurances; beef does not.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

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