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Free Week of Train Travel and Hostels for Under-30s: How Portugal's ANDA Programme Works in 2026

Free Week of Train Travel and Hostels for Under-30s: How Portugal's ANDA Programme Works in 2026

Portugal is giving young people a free week to explore the country by train. The ANDA Conhecer Portugal programme, relaunched on March 24 by the Movy cooperative (formerly Movijovem), offers seven days of unlimited CP train travel and six nights of...

AIMA Cultural Mediators Call Strike for March 30, Warning the Immigration Agency Cannot Function Without Them

AIMA Cultural Mediators Call Strike for March 30, Warning the Immigration Agency Cannot Function Without Them

Portugal's immigration agency is facing another disruption. Cultural mediators at AIMA (Agencia para a Integracao, Migracoes e Asilo) have announced a strike for Sunday, March 30, demanding integration into the agency's permanent workforce after...

Portugal's Tax Authority Confirms Non-Residents Cannot Claim Capital Gains Reinvestment Exemption When Selling Property

Portugal's Tax Authority Confirms Non-Residents Cannot Claim Capital Gains Reinvestment Exemption When Selling Property

If you are a Portuguese citizen living abroad or a foreign national who owns property in Portugal but is no longer tax resident there, a recent ruling from the Autoridade Tributaria (AT) has made one thing unmistakably clear: you cannot claim the...

Portugal's Housing Market Shatters All Records in 2025 With 41.2 Billion Euros in Sales, Even as Foreign Buyers Pull Back

Portugal's Housing Market Shatters All Records in 2025 With 41.2 Billion Euros in Sales, Even as Foreign Buyers Pull Back

Portugal's housing market broke every record in the book last year. According to figures released by INE (Statistics Portugal) on Monday, residential property transactions reached a staggering 41.2 billion euros in 2025 — a 21.7 percent jump...

Private Health Insurance Is Reshaping How Portugal Gets Medical Care, New Study Finds

Private Health Insurance Is Reshaping How Portugal Gets Medical Care, New Study Finds

A new study finds that private health insurance increases the probability of visiting a private GP by 39 percentage points, while lacking an SNS doctor raises it by just 6 points.