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Foreign Nationals Keep Greater Lisbon's Buses Rolling, Filling 57% of the Cab at One Operator

Foreign Nationals Keep Greater Lisbon's Buses Rolling, Filling 57% of the Cab at One Operator

The buses that thread through Greater Lisbon are increasingly driven by people who were not born in Portugal. Figures from the operators that run Carris Metropolitana (the Greater Lisbon regional bus network) show foreign nationals now make up...

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

Four Train-Makers Line Up for Portugal's €584 Million High-Speed Fleet Built to Run at 300 km/h

Four Train-Makers Line Up for Portugal's €584 Million High-Speed Fleet Built to Run at 300 km/h

Portugal's high-speed rail ambition has moved from track-laying to train-buying. CP (Comboios de Portugal — Portugal's state railway operator) has opened a tender worth up to €584 million for the fleet that will eventually run on the...

The Portugal Brief 01 Aug 2026

A modern motorway viaduct crossing a green valley in Portugal

Portugal Enters the Final Month of Its €22 Billion Recovery Plan With Completion 'Increasingly Possible'

With one month to the EU deadline, Portugal is racing to lock in its roughly €22 billion Recovery and Resilience Plan. A seventh reprogramming and a looser definition of 'substantial completion' make finishing without losing funds 'increasingly possible' — but roads and care homes are still at risk.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

The interior of a Lisbon Metro station with its distinctive yellow patterned azulejo tiles and a stairway handrail

A Burst Water Main Floods a Tunnel and Empties the Lisbon Metro's Red Line onto the Tracks

A water pipe burst near Encarnação station at around 5.20pm on 28 July, flooding a Red Line tunnel and stranding a train. After a passenger forced a door and walked onto the tracks, the Metro cut power to the whole line. No injuries were reported; EPAL was to repair the pipe that evening.

The Portugal Brief 29 Jul 2026

Aerial view of a large solar photovoltaic power farm spread across the countryside near Bensafrim, Lagos, in the Algarve

The Government Opens a €25 Million Tender for Energy Storage to Keep Hospitals and Water Systems Running Through a Blackout

The government has opened a €25 million tender, covering 85% of costs, to fund energy-storage systems that keep hospitals, water supply, telecoms and transport running when the grid fails. Aimed at public bodies, it answers the fragility exposed by the April 2025 Iberian blackout.

The Portugal Brief 28 Jul 2026

A yellow Comboios de Portugal locomotive and carriages at a rural station on the Linha do Alentejo in southern Portugal

Infraestruturas de Portugal Awards Zagope a €167 Million Contract to Rebuild the Poceirão–Bombel Line for the Lisbon–Madrid High-Speed Link

Infraestruturas de Portugal has handed Zagope a €167 million contract to rebuild and double the Poceirão–Bombel section of the Alentejo Line, part of the future Lisbon–Madrid high-speed route. The €270 million project, with €97.94 million in EU funding, runs about four years.

The Portugal Brief 28 Jul 2026

The A1 motorway near Fátima, part of the tolled network operated by the concessionaire Brisa, with overhead signs pointing to Lisbon and Fátima

The State Expects to Settle Brisa's €1.12 Billion Concession Claim by October, Betting That Unbuilt Roadworks Will Shrink the Final Bill

The Secretary of State for Infrastructure says Portugal will close its renegotiation of the Brisa motorway concession by September or October. Brisa claims €1.12 billion for lost toll revenue; the State says its own counterclaims over unbuilt roadworks will bring the figure down.

The Portugal Brief 27 Jul 2026

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