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Immigration

Immigration policy, visa changes, and the expat experience in Portugal.

An ornate carved stone shopfront in central Lisbon at night, its lintel reading Au Bonheur des Dames, the two arched windows now lit as an ice cream counter with customers inside.

Portuguese Councils Would Get to Switch Off Zero Licensing Across Part of Their Historic Centres, Under a Code Still Being Drafted

Manuel Castro Almeida told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that municipal assemblies will be able to carve a percentage of their urban territory out of the licenciamento zero regime, to stop front shops and protect shops with a history.