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The two yellow and white carriages of the Ascensor da Bica passing each other on the steep cobbled Rua da Bica de Duarte Belo in Lisbon, with a dog crossing the tracks between them

The Lisboa Brief, Week of 29 August 2026: A Year On, Carris Still Cannot Say When the Lifts Reopen, Moedas Counts Zero of His 200 Police, and the Baixa Loses Its Last Bank

Your weekly roundup from the capital: on the eve of the Elevador da Glória's first anniversary, Carris publishes a page of answers but no reopening date, the mayor counts none of his 200 police, central Lisbon's anaesthetists file liability disclaimers, and the Banco de Portugal leaves the Baixa.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

The grey concrete facade of the Hospital Beatriz Angelo in Loures with the hospital name in large lettering across the wall and a covered entrance walkway at street level

Lisbon and the Tagus Valley Gained 49,000 People Without a Family Doctor in a Year, and the North and Centre Cancelled It Out

The national total barely moved: 1,672,130 people without an assigned family doctor in June, against 1,669,681 a year earlier. Underneath it the south added 66,786 and the north and centre removed 64,337. Loures and Odivelas is the worst unit in the country.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

Elevated daytime view over Praca Dom Pedro IV in Lisbon's Baixa, with the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, the central column and the two fountains

Lisbon's Mayor Says Not One of the 200 Police Promised in May Has Arrived, and Thursday's Meeting With the PSP Chief Ended Without Agreement

Carlos Moedas met the PSP's national director on Thursday and the two sides parted without a deal. The Interior Ministry says the reinforcement is already on the street through redeployed Intervention Corps units; the mayor counts none of the 200 officers promised on 12 May.

The Portugal Brief 28 Aug 2026

The baroque stone gateway of the Hospital de São José in Lisbon, with statues and a coat of arms above the arch, a hospital signboard beside it and a trade union banner on the pavement.

A Lisbon Doctors' Union Tells Its Members to File Liability Disclaimers as Anaesthesiology Cover Thins Across the São José Group

The Sindicato dos Médicos da Zona Sul says anaesthesiology teams at the ULS São José have been cut below Ordem dos Médicos levels, that Santa Marta's emergency is down to one anaesthetist, and that Dona Estefânia has had to reorganise paediatric surgical emergencies.

The Portugal Brief 27 Aug 2026

The white steel roof trusses spanning the departures level of Terminal 1 at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado airport, with yellow partidas and departures signage below.

Lisbon Airport's Expansion Reaches the Steel: Martifer Takes 3,924 Tonnes of Structure and 62,700 Square Metres of Facade and Cladding

Martifer's half-year filing puts numbers on the Humberto Delgado rebuild: 3,924 tonnes of metal structure, 17,700 square metres of facade and 45,000 of cladding across the south apron and the south and central piers. The value was not disclosed.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

The neoclassical stone facade of the Tribunal da Relacao de Lisboa beside the Pacos do Concelho, with its arched iron gate and brass plaques above black-and-white calcada paving.

Twenty-Two Months After Cova da Moura, the Officer Who Shot Odair Moniz Is Back on Duty and the PSP Will Not Say in What Role

Bruno Pinto has resumed service, and the PSP declined to say what duties he has been given. His three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence is not final: the prosecution wants at least five years, and expulsion from the force, at the Lisbon Court of Appeal.

The Portugal Brief 26 Aug 2026

A yellow Lisbon funicular car standing on the cobbled tracks of a steep narrow street lined with pastel buildings and wrought-iron balconies.

Portugal's Funiculars, Trams and Historic Lifts Move Under One Safety Regulator, a Year After the Gloria Disaster

President Seguro promulgated the decree-law on Monday. It covers metro and light metro, classic and modern trams, tourist light rail, and the lifts and funiculars that entered service before 1 January 1986. The IMT licenses the activity; the AMT takes safety certification and enforcement.

The Portugal Brief 25 Aug 2026

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