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The Lisboa Brief — Week of 20 June 2026: Rock in Rio Opens Parque Tejo, Sana Sits on the Quartel da Graça €4M Back-Rent, Cinema Paris Cleared for Demolition and DCIAP Files Terror Charges on the Bruno Gonçalves Trail

The Lisboa Brief — Week of 20 June 2026: Rock in Rio Opens Parque Tejo, Sana Sits on the Quartel da Graça €4M Back-Rent, Cinema Paris Cleared for Demolition and DCIAP Files Terror Charges on the Bruno Gonçalves Trail

Lisboa lived a Rock in Rio week — Parque Tejo opened its 11th edition — but the harder stories were inside the offices: Sana sat on the Quartel da Graça hotel with €4M in back rent, the câmara cleared Cinema Paris for demolition, the DCIAP filed terror charges on a Lisbon Municipal Police trail.
The Portugal Brief
Sana Sits on the Quartel da Graça Five-Star Hotel Plan With Over €4 Million in Back Rent — 2019 Estamo Concession at €1.79 Million a Year Slips Into a Reequilíbrio Financeiro Review as a 1,000-Signature Petition Pushes for Revocation

Sana Sits on the Quartel da Graça Five-Star Hotel Plan With Over €4 Million in Back Rent — 2019 Estamo Concession at €1.79 Million a Year Slips Into a Reequilíbrio Financeiro Review as a 1,000-Signature Petition Pushes for Revocation

The Quartel da Graça, the early-nineteenth-century barracks complex perched above one of Lisbon's most photographed miradouros, was supposed to reopen by now as a five-star Sana hotel. Almost seven years after the Sana group signed the 2019...
The Portugal Brief
PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo Sweeps Addresses in Almada Tied to the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina — Suspicions Stack Criminal Association, Incitement to Crime, Apology of Crime, Qualified Damage and Offence to a Legal Person

PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo Sweeps Addresses in Almada Tied to the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina — Suspicions Stack Criminal Association, Incitement to Crime, Apology of Crime, Qualified Damage and Offence to a Legal Person

The PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo executed search warrants in Almada against members of the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina, naming suspicions of criminal association, incitement, apology of crime, qualified damage and offence to a legal person.
The Portugal Brief