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A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321neo registered CS-TXA parked on the apron at Lisbon airport under a deep blue sky, with boarding stairs at the rear door

Prosecutors Call the Collapse of the Old TAP Holding Accidental, and Azul's 189 Million Euro Claim Gets Harder

The insolvency administrators said the same thing in May. Azul argues the assets were moved to build a good TAP and a bad one; the holding was left with 23.8 million euros against 1.35 billion in claims.

The Portugal Brief 15 Sep 2026

The white panelled facade and main entrance of the Policia Judiciaria headquarters in Lisbon, with the force's name and badge on the wall and flags beside the door

The National Director of the Judicial Police Is Under Investigation Over What He Told a Court About Wiretaps in the Rui Pinto Case

The complaint came from a coordinator inside the force with thirty years of service. Two allegations: evidence that no intercepts were made, and an intercept ordered after prosecutors had forbidden it.

The Portugal Brief 15 Sep 2026

The Praca do Comercio in Lisbon on a clear day, with the Rua Augusta triumphal arch, the equestrian statue of King Jose I and the yellow government wings around the square

For Four Decades the Constitutional Court Had No List of the Officials Who Owed It an Asset Declaration, and It Has Now Put That in Writing

Public bodies were supposed to report every appointment since 1995 and largely did not. Without that list the court could count what arrived, but never work out what was missing.

The Portugal Brief 15 Sep 2026

The Câmara Municipal de Coimbra on the Praça 8 de Maio, flying the Portuguese, European and municipal flags, with people crossing the square.

Taking Part in a Public Consultation in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to Who May Object, the 30 Day Clock, and the Reply the State Owes You

Nationality is not a criterion in any of the three regimes. A guide to the environmental impact clocks, the municipal planning reply you can compel under article 89(3), the 30 days on a draft regulation, and what to do when you are ignored.

The Portugal Brief 15 Sep 2026

The public hall of the Conservatória dos Registos Centrais in Lisbon, a long counter with numbered service points, blue chairs along it and printed silence notices hanging overhead.

Changing Your Name in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Six Words You Get, the Free Routes and the 200 Euro Special Process

Portuguese law caps a full name at six words, two given names and four surnames, and sets out exactly when you may change it. Most changes cost nothing, because they follow a change in your legal status. Simply wanting a different name costs 200 euros.

The Portugal Brief 14 Sep 2026

The arched stone entrance of Portugal's Constitutional Court in Lisbon, with the words Tribunal Constitucional carved into the lintel above the doorway

The Constitutional Court Holds the First Request in Portuguese History to Dissolve a Party for Extremism, and Has Not Yet Found Time to Decide It

A judge of the court set out the difficulty in public: is a Nazi salute enough, or billboards against an ethnic group? She also said the court's own rulings are sometimes simply ignored.

The Portugal Brief 14 Sep 2026

A Portuguese state primary school seen from the street, the name EB1 Dr Catela Gomes on the boundary wall beside a glazed public noticeboard and a closed white gate.

Seguro Escolar in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to What the State Pays When a Child Is Hurt at School, the Journey That Counts, and the Seven Exclusions

Every state-school pupil is covered by a statutory scheme with no insurer and no policy document. It pays for public treatment, travel and compensation worth up to 300 times the minimum wage, and it pays nothing at all if you sorted the problem out privately first.

The Portugal Brief 13 Sep 2026

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