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Registos e Notariado (Registries and Notaries) Strike Wraps Saturday After 93.41% Friday Adhesion — Citizen-Card, NIF and Casamento Counters Closed Across 14 Districts as STRN Lodges MP Complaint Over IRN Adhesion Disclosures

Registos e Notariado (Registries and Notaries) Strike Wraps Saturday After 93.41% Friday Adhesion — Citizen-Card, NIF and Casamento Counters Closed Across 14 Districts as STRN Lodges MP Complaint Over IRN Adhesion Disclosures

Portugal's six-day registos and notariado sector strike closes Saturday 13 June 2026 after Friday's 93.41% adhesion shut most civil, land, commercial and automobile registry counters across 14 districts. Citizen-card, NIF, deeds and marriage queues now face a two-to-three-week backlog.
The Portugal Brief
Assembleia da República Greenlights Lei de Política Criminal 2026-2028 With Prison-Crew Forest-Cleaning Mandate, Stop-and-Search Powers in Zonas de Criminalidade de Impacto Social and a Priority-Crime List Headed by Arson

Assembleia da República Greenlights Lei de Política Criminal 2026-2028 With Prison-Crew Forest-Cleaning Mandate, Stop-and-Search Powers in Zonas de Criminalidade de Impacto Social and a Priority-Crime List Headed by Arson

Parliament passed the Lei de Política Criminal (Criminal Policy Law) for 2026-2028 on 12 June, putting prison-crew forest-cleaning and police pat-downs in high-impact-crime zones onto the statute. PSD, Chega, IL and CDS-PP carried; Livre, PCP, BE opposed; PS, PAN, JPP abstained.
The Portugal Brief
Tribunal da Relação do Porto Seals Fernando Valente's Acquittal in the Grávida da Murtosa Case — Double-Conformity Rule Closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça Appeal Door Three Years After Mónica Silva's Disappearance

Tribunal da Relação do Porto Seals Fernando Valente's Acquittal in the Grávida da Murtosa Case — Double-Conformity Rule Closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça Appeal Door Three Years After Mónica Silva's Disappearance

Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirms the Aveiro Tribunal do Júri's full acquittal of Fernando Valente in the Mónica Silva (Grávida da Murtosa) case — five criminal counts all dismissed. The Article 400 CPP double-conformity rule closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça appeal route.
The Portugal Brief
Lisbon Criminal Court Convenes Tempestade Perfeita Defence-Procurement Mega-Trial With 73 Arguidos on 9 June — 43 Individuals, 30 Companies and Three Former DGRDN Directors Run Through 25 November 2026

Lisbon Criminal Court Convenes Tempestade Perfeita Defence-Procurement Mega-Trial With 73 Arguidos on 9 June — 43 Individuals, 30 Companies and Three Former DGRDN Directors Run Through 25 November 2026

The Tempestade Perfeita defence-procurement corruption trial opens at Lisbon's Tribunal Central Criminal on 9 June 2026 with 73 arguidos — 43 individuals and 30 companies — running through 25 November on corruption, embezzlement and money-laundering charges centred on the DGRDN.
The Portugal Brief
Ordem dos Advogados Reopens Reciprocity Talks with Brazil's OAB After 2023 Termination — 5 June Lisbon Meeting Frames a Return Path for the 4,039 Brazilian Lawyers Already Practicing in Portugal

Ordem dos Advogados Reopens Reciprocity Talks with Brazil's OAB After 2023 Termination — 5 June Lisbon Meeting Frames a Return Path for the 4,039 Brazilian Lawyers Already Practicing in Portugal

The OAP and OAB met in Lisbon on Thursday 5 June 2026 to negotiate the resumption of the bilateral reciprocity instrument that Portugal terminated in 2023 — 4,039 Brazilian lawyers already practise in Portugal under pre-rupture inscriptions, 13% of the active 32,000-strong bar.
The Portugal Brief