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The yellow facade of the Portuguese Ministry of Finance headquarters on Avenida Infante D. Henrique in Lisbon, with the Portuguese and European Union flags on the central balcony.

The Listing Free Float Falls to 10 Percent and Dual-Class Shares Arrive: Portugal's Securities Code Overhaul Takes Force on 1 September

Decreto-Lei n.o 171/2026 rewrites the Securities Code from 1 September. The free float needed for a listing drops from 25 percent to 10, multiple-vote shares get a disclosure regime, and payment for order flow is banned outright.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

The entrance of a Continente Bom Dia supermarket in Portugal, with the red Continente lettering above the doors and a line of trolleys parked outside.

Continente 27.6, Pingo Doce 22.3, Lidl 13.8: Portuguese Households Are Splitting the Weekly Shop Across More Chains

Worldpanel by Numerator's first-half figures put Continente on 27.6 percent, Pingo Doce on 22.3 and Lidl on 13.8, with traditional grocers still ahead of Mercadona. Pingo Doce grew the basket, Lidl grew the visit, and the leader stopped losing.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

Aerial view of the Valorsul waste treatment and energy recovery plant in Lisbon, its curved blue hall and red and white chimney set among rail sidings and shipping containers.

Spain's Urbaser Files to Buy Egeo, Its Fifth Portuguese Waste Deal in Under Three Years

The Blackstone and EQT-backed group notified the Competition Authority on Tuesday of its purchase of Egeo SGPS, everything except Egeo Solventes. Since selling SUMA to Mota-Engil in January 2024 it has bought Carmona, Stericycle Portugal, EcoAmbiente and now Egeo.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

The main square in Santo Tirso on a market day, with stalls laid out on the calcada paving and the town hall clock tower behind the trees.

Europe Grows the Flax and Asia Spins It: a 30 Million Euro Mill at Santo Tirso Starts Up to Take That Step Back

Calvelex, Mundifios, Paulo de Oliveira and Riopele have put 30 million euros into Portugal's only flax and hemp wet-spinning plant, with China's Kingdom Holdings as partner. It sits in a rebuilt Filatex shed at Rebordoes and expects about 250 workers.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321neo, registration CS-TJM, parked on stand at Lisbon Airport with a Luxair aircraft and the control tower behind it.

Thirty-Nine Years of Fixing NATO's Radar Planes: TAP's Maintenance Arm Wants a Share of Europe's Rearmament

TAP has maintained NATO's AWACS fleet since 1987. Its maintenance division now says national defence work and European partnerships are where it grows next, and that the privatisation could help it get there.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

The glass entrance of the Instituto de Engenharia Eletronica e Informatica de Aveiro, a brick and concrete research building at the University of Aveiro, under a clear blue sky.

The 7.3 Billion Euro Closing Account on Portugal's Recovery-Plan Research Consortia: 1,270 Products Against a Target of 959

The Ministry of Economy and Territorial Cohesion published the final count on Tuesday. Fifty-one Mobilising and Green Agendas ended with 1,270 products, processes and services against a contracted 959, involving 1,100 companies and research centres and about 11,000 highly qualified jobs.

The Portugal Brief 25 Aug 2026

A corrugated metal roof torn off and dumped across a village street at Amor, Leiria, with broken roof tiles scattered on the tarmac after a winter storm in Portugal

One Winter of Storms Pushed Home and Fire Insurance Payouts to 123% of Premiums, the Regulator's Second-Quarter Report Shows

The ASF's second-quarter report puts direct insurance production at €9.423 billion, up 18.1%, and estimates net results at about €461 million. But payouts in the Fire and Other Damage branch rose 195.1%, taking the paid-to-premiums ratio to 123.2%.

The Portugal Brief 24 Aug 2026

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