🇵🇹 Daily Portugal news for expats & investors — FREE Subscribe

infrastructure

Brisa Posts €173.4M Net Profit for 2025, 44% Below the €309.5M 2024 Print Despite an EBITDA Lift to €860.9M and 13% Operating-Revenue Growth — €96.2M Financial-Results Swing and 35.8% Operating-Cost Jump Carry the Hit

Brisa Posts €173.4M Net Profit for 2025, 44% Below the €309.5M 2024 Print Despite an EBITDA Lift to €860.9M and 13% Operating-Revenue Growth — €96.2M Financial-Results Swing and 35.8% Operating-Cost Jump Carry the Hit

Brisa closes 2025 at €173.4M net profit, 44% below the €309.5M 2024 print, even as operating revenue lifts 13% to €1,231.6M, EBITDA gains 5.3% to €860.9M and the network handles 267.7M transactions (+3.5%) with Via Verde at 85.1%. €96.2M financial swing and €370.7M costs carry the hit.
The Portugal Brief
Miguel Pinto Luz Prepares a Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro for Câmaras Municipais After His Jornal de Negócios Podcast on Wednesday 13 May — Industrialised-Building Diploma Anchors the Government's Habitação Pipeline

Miguel Pinto Luz Prepares a Modular Construction Acordo-Quadro for Câmaras Municipais After His Jornal de Negócios Podcast on Wednesday 13 May — Industrialised-Building Diploma Anchors the Government's Habitação Pipeline

Infrastructure Minister Pinto Luz confirmed on a Jornal de Negócios podcast that an acordo-quadro for modular construction lands at the Conselho de Ministros within weeks. The framework opens municipal tenders to industrialised builders alongside the October 2025 design-build reform.
The Portugal Brief
Cascais's 'Free Lunch' Walks Into Porto and Viseu — Pedro Duarte Locks a €20.5 Million Free-Transit Contract for 1 July, Viseu Approves a €1 Million Universal Pass on 8 May and the Tribunal de Contas Becomes the Last Gate

Cascais's 'Free Lunch' Walks Into Porto and Viseu — Pedro Duarte Locks a €20.5 Million Free-Transit Contract for 1 July, Viseu Approves a €1 Million Universal Pass on 8 May and the Tribunal de Contas Becomes the Last Gate

Porto signs a €20.5M/year free-transit contract for residents across the entire AMP, targeting 1 July activation pending Tribunal de Contas visto. Viseu adds a €1M universal pass on 8 May. The Cascais Viver model is going national, one Câmara at a time.
The Portugal Brief