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Your Data Rights in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the One-Month Reply Deadline, the CNPD's Three Complaint Forms, the Nine Provisions of the National Law the Regulator Refuses to Apply, and What a Camera May Not Film

What you can demand from any company or public body holding your data in Portugal, the one-month reply deadline, where a camera may not point, the CNPD's three complaint forms, and the nine provisions of the national law the regulator disapplies.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

The neoclassical facade of the Tribunal da Relacao de Coimbra, inscribed DOMVS IVSTITIAE, seen from above a Coimbra street.

Portugal's Courts Come Back on Tuesday After a Month and a Half of Judicial Holidays, and the Civil Deadlines That Froze on 16 July Start Running Again

The judicial holidays fixed by Article 28 of Lei 62/2013 end on 31 August, so the courts reopen in full on Tuesday, 1 September. Civil procedural deadlines that suspended on 16 July start running again, and September's calendar already holds Marques, BES, Tutti Frutti and the Rato torture trial.

The Portugal Brief 30 Aug 2026

The Basílica da Santíssima Trindade at the Sanctuary of Fátima, a low circular stone building with a wide central entrance, seen across the empty paved esplanade under a clear blue sky.

Parliament Gives the Government Sixty More Days to Report on Whether Fátima Can Leave Ourém and Become a Municipality

Draft Resolution 1216, tabled on 28 August, buys the government until late October to deliver the report Law 142/85 demands. Fátima's parish bodies are in favour, Ourém has reserved its position, and Portugal has not created a municipality since 1998.

The Portugal Brief 30 Aug 2026

The white neoclassical facade of the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Portuguese parliament, seen from the street with the national flag above its columned portico.

The Rulebook for Recognising a Stateless Person Binds AIMA From Tuesday, and Three Months of Foreign Silence Will Count in the Applicant's Favour

Lei 47/2026 takes effect on 1 September, and the printed text is far more specific than the summary that circulated in August. Six months to decide, a provisional permit from day one, and a rule turning three months of foreign silence into a presumption of statelessness.

The Portugal Brief 30 Aug 2026

Two tall steel gun safes standing side by side, the left one open to show its felt-lined interior, barrel rests and internal shelf, the right one closed with a keypad lock.

Owning a Firearm in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Lei 5/2006 Licence Classes, the Medical Certificate and PSP Exam, the Four-Gun Ceiling on a B Licence, the Safe You Must Buy First, and the 90 Days You Get on an Inherited Shotgun

Licence B is a legacy licence you cannot apply for. B1 caps you at two weapons, C and D at twenty-five. You need an EN 14450 safe before the PSP will authorise a purchase, the licence never runs beyond five years, and an inherited gun must be declared within 90 days.

The Portugal Brief 30 Aug 2026

Praia de Albarquel in Setúbal, one of the five contested beaches, with thatched sun umbrellas, bathers, yachts moored in the Sado estuary and the Arrábida hills beyond.

Hundreds Turned Setúbal's Main Square Into a Beach on Saturday, Because a Private Estate Wants a Court to Declare Five Real Ones Its Own

Sociedade Palácio da Comenda has been suing since July 2025 to have Rasca, Comenda, Rainha, Maria Esguelha and Albarquel declared private. Lei 54/2005 makes it prove ownership before 31 December 1864, and the public right of passage survives even if it wins.

The Portugal Brief 30 Aug 2026

An open archaeological trench at Conimbriga in central Portugal, showing excavated stone wall footings in red earth with a protective canopy on the ridge behind.

Metal Detecting in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Lei 121/99 Ban, the One-Year Licence Only the Culture Ministry Can Grant, the 48-Hour Rule on Anything You Find, and the Detector the State Confiscates

Portugal prohibits metal detecting for anything of historical, artistic, numismatic or archaeological interest, then licenses a narrow exception one year at a time. Carrying an unlicensed detector across a classified site is itself an offence, and the penalty takes the machine.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

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