General Daily Briefing — Friday, 1 May 2026
The latest Portugal news, analysis, and what it means for expats and residents.
Daily Briefing
Morning roundup of the top Portuguese news stories.
General Daily Briefing — Thursday, 30 April 2026
The latest Portugal news, analysis, and what it means for expats and residents.
General Daily Briefing — Tuesday, 28 April 2026
In today's briefing:
• Cabinet Signs Off Portugal's PTRR Recovery Roadmap on Tuesday, Montenegro Unveils Spending Headline at the Pavilhão Setting Stage for the 2034 Horizon
• Bank Valuation of Portuguese Housing Hits a Record €2,151 per Square Metre in March — INE's Avaliação Bancária Posts +16....
General Daily Briefing — Monday, 27 April 2026
BdP Governor Álvaro Santos Pereira Bought Galp and Jerónimo Martins Shares After Taking Office
Álvaro Santos Pereira, who took office at Banco de Portugal on 6 October 2025, placed orders for shares in Galp Energia and Jerónimo Martins in December — barely two months into the mandate. The trades surfaced in
General Daily Briefing — Sunday, 26 April 2026
* Parliament's apagão working group admits CORGOV is beyond its reach, two days before the blackout anniversary.
* Portugal lands €81M across six Horizon Europe Teaming centres.
* Tribunal Constitucional annuls Daniel Adrião's expulsion from the PS as illegal.
Good morning from Lisbon. Sunday, 26 April 2026 — the day
General Daily Briefing — Saturday, 25 April 2026
BdP's 2025 supervision report forces banks to refund €8.9 million for improper charges and logs 33,375 complaints and a 45% jump in illicit-activity cases. Conselho de Ministros overhauls the ITV regime. 600 Lisbon cultural agents accuse EGEAC of emptying out the 25 de Abril.
General Daily Briefing — Friday, 24 April 2026
Lisbon court acquits Luís Filipe Vieira and Benfica SAD in the Saco Azul tax-fraud case; MP appeals. Galp reroutes Portugal's jet-fuel imports away from the Gulf. ERSE launches a real-time fuel and botija comparator with a top-10 cheapest board.