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An aerial view of the bay of Luanda, with the curved Marginal waterfront road, the Fortaleza de Sao Miguel and the towers of the Angolan capital behind it

Portugal Puts Its Own Guarantee Behind 233.5 Million Euros of Building Work in Angola

A Portuguese bank lends, a Portuguese company builds and the Portuguese taxpayer covers 95 percent of the risk. The State charges 30.89 million euros for standing behind it.

The Portugal Brief 18 Sep 2026

Member state flags outside the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg

Portugal's Fast Track for EU-Funded Public Contracts Fails in Luxembourg, and a Losing Bidder's Automatic Suspension Comes Back

The Court of Justice ruled on Thursday that Article 25-A of Portugal's Public Procurement Code, which lets a contracting authority strip a challenge of its suspensive effect without the losing bidder being heard, is precluded by the Remedies Directive.

The Portugal Brief 18 Sep 2026

Four Parties Voted to Haul Three RTP Chairmen and the Finance Inspectorate Into Parliament, and They Were the Only Four in the Room

The budget committee approved hearings on allowances the Inspeção-Geral de Finanças calls improper. Nine payments are at stake, the report is still a draft, and the applications to run RTP next closed on 15 September.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

The covered boarding area of Lisbon's Sete Rios coach terminal, with numbered platform pillars marked Linha 4, 5 and 6, a parked coach and passengers waiting on benches

FlixBus Boards Its First Passengers at Sete Rios on 29 September, With 23 Services and Nothing at All Between Half Past Four and Half Past Eight

Six months and three weeks after a Lisbon court ordered immediate access, the operator gets 1.9 percent of the terminal's claimed capacity and no slot in the evening peak. It says the fight is not over.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

The Portuguese Navy patrol ship NRP Setubal alongside at a naval base, its grey hull marked P363, with masts, radar and a white communications dome on the quay behind

A Lisbon Satellite Firm Puts Two Million Euros Into Laser Links for Drones and a Ground Station That Sends Quantum Keys

A laser beam cannot be jammed, and the only way to intercept one is to stand in its path, where you can be seen. LusoSpace is building both halves of that idea for the armed forces.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

The Banco de Portugal building on Praca da Liberdade in Porto, a long stone facade with the bank's name carved above the central entrance, seen across the square

Bank Resolution in Portugal Changes Hands With 7.5 Billion Euros Still on the Tab

The Novobanco sale closed the file and brought in over 900 million. The fund holds 2.2 billion against liabilities more than three times that, and the levy that feeds it is under constitutional challenge.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

A Lisbon taxi in the black and pale green livery, with the lit TAXI Lisboa sign on the roof and the cooperative number on the door, parked on a cobbled street in the city centre

Hundreds of Taxi Firms Have Applied to Join Bolt Since Portugal's New Ride-Hailing Law Took Effect

A taxi working a platform trip cannot street-hail, cannot use a rank and cannot drive in the bus lane. Bolt says enforcing that is somebody else's job.

The Portugal Brief 17 Sep 2026

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