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Rolling Alentejo farmland at Castro Verde, ploughed red and brown earth between lines of widely spaced holm oaks running along the crest of a low hill under a clear blue sky.

Portugal's Environment Agencies Are About to Be Redrawn: River Basin Directorates for the APA, Central Control of Impact Assessments for the ICNF

Maria da Graça Carvalho told Lusa on Friday that the restructuring is practically ready and heading for the Council of Ministers. The first concrete detail points one way: decision-making moves from the regional offices to the centre.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

Tiled and painted townhouses along Porto's Avenida da Boavista behind a newly paved busway, a curved white transit shelter at the left of the frame and a van crossing the carriageway.

Porto's Mayor Gives the Metrobus Contractor Until December and Names It as the Reason the Works Are Late

Pedro Duarte told reporters on Friday that the builder of the second phase has missed its deadlines and has not met its obligations. Metro do Porto, which is the client, has not answered questions about the new date or about money beyond the recovery plan.

The Portugal Brief 04 Sep 2026

The Roman temple of Evora standing on its stone podium in a cobbled square, with the cathedral towers and the white Pousada dos Loios behind

A 12.8-Kilometre Bypass Opens East of Évora, and the Unfinished Stretch of the IP2 Has Sat Idle Since 2011

The Variante Nascente cost 54.9 million euros of recovery-plan money and could take 30 to 40 percent of traffic out of the walled city. Infraestruturas de Portugal will spend 700 million euros in the Alentejo through 2028.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

The white steel roof trusses spanning the departures level of Terminal 1 at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado airport, with yellow partidas and departures signage below.

Lisbon Airport's Expansion Reaches the Steel: Martifer Takes 3,924 Tonnes of Structure and 62,700 Square Metres of Facade and Cladding

Martifer's half-year filing puts numbers on the Humberto Delgado rebuild: 3,924 tonnes of metal structure, 17,700 square metres of facade and 45,000 of cladding across the south apron and the south and central piers. The value was not disclosed.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

A single-track railway running straight across Alentejo pasture with cattle grazing beside it and the edge of Evora on the horizon, a kilometre post marked 113 in the foreground.

Thieves Are Stripping Catenary and Signalling Off Portugal's €460 Million Évora to Caia Railway, and Certification Is Slipping

Infraestruturas de Portugal began dynamic testing this month, but the Ministry of Infrastructure has told parliament that thefts of catenary, signalling and telecoms equipment are hitting the certification schedule. Accredited certifiers are also scarce.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

The gate and derelict pavilion of the old Matadouro Industrial do Porto beside the road at Campanha, with the roofline of the Estadio do Dragao visible behind the trees.

Porto's Old Slaughterhouse Misses Another Summer, and Its Cultural Centre Now Opens in Stages Through 2027

The câmara told Lusa on Monday that the Matadouro will be handed over at the end of 2026, with fit-out running across 2027. Last October the manager said the 40 million euro M-ODU could open this summer and house more than 700 Mota-Engil staff by the third quarter of 2026.

The Portugal Brief 25 Aug 2026

An SMTUC bus and parked cars on Rua da Sofia in Coimbra's Baixa, under trolleybus wires, with the colonnaded Igreja de Santa Justa building on the right

Coimbra Redraws 26 Bus Lines for a Metrobus That Starts Serving Praça da República on 10 September

The city executive approved the package on Monday by six votes to five. Twenty-six SMTUC lines change route on 10 September, through-traffic is squeezed out of Rua da Sofia, and SMTUC expects about 14 percent of daily passengers to be affected.

The Portugal Brief 24 Aug 2026

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