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Terracotta rooftops of Lisbon's Chiado quarter, with a resident tending flowers on a tiled balcony among the tightly packed old apartment buildings

Ex-Portugal Telecom Chief Zeinal Bava Signed Over €4 Million of Chiado Flats to His Children Before the Seizure Order

Property records show former Portugal Telecom chief Zeinal Bava transferred two Chiado apartments — bought in 2011 for about €4 million — to his children shortly before a court froze his assets in the Pharol case over PT's lost €897 million Rioforte investment. The flats remain under seizure.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

An aerial view of Figueira da Foz on the Portuguese Atlantic coast, with white apartment blocks, a long sandy beach and the coastal road curving along the shore

German Data-Centre Supplier Hennig Picks Figueira da Foz for a €53 Million Plant and 450 Jobs

German engineering firm Hennig will invest €53 million in a 35,000 m² factory in Figueira da Foz's Pincho industrial zone, making power components for data centres. It plans about 450 jobs, production from January 2028 and roughly €500 million in annual revenue within five years.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

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Sonae's Wells Chain Chases 350 Health-and-Beauty Stores by 2030 With €10 Million a Year

Wells, Sonae's health-and-beauty chain, plans to grow from 310 to 350 stores by 2030, adding ten shops and refitting twenty a year on €10 million of annual investment. Its health-and-beauty arm booked €469 million in the first half of 2026, up 13.1%.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

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Media Capital Slides Into a EUR1.6 Million Half-Year Loss After Betting on the World Cup and Its Newsroom

TVI's owner Media Capital fell to a EUR1.6 million first-half loss despite 4% revenue growth, after heavy spending on a busy news calendar and an extraordinary investment in the 2026 World Cup pushed costs up faster than income and lifted net debt to EUR41.2 million.

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

The metallic-clad domed SSE Hydro arena at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, the venue behind Martifer's settled dispute

Martifer Pays GBP9 Million to Close a Fifteen-Year-Old Glasgow Building Dispute, Clearing Its Last Big Liability

The Portuguese steel-structures group Martifer will pay GBP9 million (about EUR10.4 million) to settle a long-running Court of Session case over the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, closing what it calls its sole remaining contingent liability as a takeover battle plays out.

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

Super Bock Agrees a Phased 35-Hour Week and a 2.3% Pay Rise in a Five-Year Deal With Its Union

The Super Bock Group and the union Sintab have signed a five-year deal phasing the drinks maker's staff down to a 35-hour week and raising pay 2.3%, with a EUR75 minimum backdated to January - a rare private-sector move to the shorter week.

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

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Portugal's Economy Speeds Up to 0.8% Quarterly Growth as Trade Swings in Its Favour

Portugal's GDP grew 0.8% in the second quarter, INE's flash estimate showed — a sharp pickup from 0.1% at the start of the year, and 2.5% higher than a year earlier. Net exports drove the gain as imports slowed, giving the government a firmer base for the 2027 budget.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

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