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The concrete and glass entrance to the Campus de Justica de Lisboa, with a signboard listing the registry offices and two people walking through the doorway.

A 1,600-Page Indictment Traces €2.5 Billion of Congolese Public Works to Ostriches, Ponies and a Trump Tower Apartment

Operacao Rota do Atlantico charges nine over 2.5 billion euros of Congolese public works. Prosecutors say 76.7 million euros went to the president's son and finance minister, and more than 180 million to a former football agent. Contestations are due by 3 October.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

The Parque das Nacoes waterfront in Lisbon seen from above, a cable car pylon in the foreground, a dock and footbridge, office blocks and construction cranes on the skyline.

Four Portuguese Companies Sign With Saudi Partners on Monday, and the Business Council Says Sport and Energy Come Next

The Saudi-Portuguese Business Council is in Lisbon until Tuesday. DigestAId, Ciberbit, ITGest and NBClinic sign memoranda at CIP on Monday, and the council's president points at the 2030 and 2034 World Cups as the reason sport is next.

The Portugal Brief 30 Aug 2026

Scattered white houses and cork oaks on the wooded slopes of the Serra de Monchique in the Algarve, Portugal, under low cloud.

Portugal's €3 Million Tender to Keep Newspapers Reaching the Interior Ranks the Monopolist First in Both Lots, and the Loser Is Contesting a House in Monchique

Only two companies bid. VASP has held the market alone since 2017 and two regulators call it a monopoly. The preliminary report puts it first in both lots at €763,000 a year, and Pergaminhoflash says the winning sales-point count includes a dwelling house, a fire brigade and twelve CTT branches.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

The stone DOMVS IVSTITIAE facade and colonnade of the Palacio da Justica courthouse in Porto, Portugal, with a carved relief and a statue beside the entrance.

A Porto Labour Court Rules on Employer of Record Hiring for the First Time, and Refuses to Let the Tech Company That Received the Work Out of the Case

If you work in Portugal for a foreign company with no office here, a third company may hold your contract. The court declared the dismissal unlawful because the reasons were vague, and tied that vagueness to the structure itself. What to keep proof of.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

The white and orange factory buildings and gated car park of the Ara Shoes Portuguesa footwear plant at Seia in central Portugal on an overcast day.

Portugal's Footwear Exports Slipped 2.1 Percent to €813 Million in the First Half, While Italy Lost Twice That and Spain Three Times

APICCAPS reports a soft first half against a global slowdown: Italy down 4.3 percent, Spain 7.3, China 10.9, Brazil 15.7. Portugal holds an average export price of $28.25 a pair, second only to Italy, while leather falls from 69 to 58 percent of what it ships.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

A TAP Air Portugal A320neo registered CS-TVB lifting off from Lisbon airport, with the control tower and the Vasco da Gama bridge behind it

Parpública Delivers Its Report on the Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Bids for TAP on Tuesday, and Eleven Criteria Frame the Government's Choice

ECO reports the evaluation of the two binding offers for 44.9 percent of TAP reaches the finance and air transport ministers on 1 September. The tender specification requires a reasoned appraisal of absolute and relative merit, and price is only the first of eleven criteria.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

A Portuguese fishing boat coming into Quarteira harbour past Faro-registered trawlers, with gulls following across the water

A €500,000 Pot Opens for Farm Co-ops and Fish Processors Hit by April's Fuel Spike, and Claims Above the Ceiling Will Be Cut Pro Rata

Portaria n.º 395/2026/1 sets the rules for a per-vehicle, non-repayable support covering April's fuel and AdBlue price rise, for co-operatives, producer organisations, fish processors and aquaculture firms that run their own lorries. IFAP will announce the application window separately.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

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