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Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Reclassifies Former SEF Border Director's Sentence to Abuso de Poder and Trims the Term to One Year and Ten Months — Ihor Homeniuk Case File Reopens the Justice Conversation on Lisbon Airport Detention

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Reclassifies Former SEF Border Director's Sentence to Abuso de Poder and Trims the Term to One Year and Ten Months — Ihor Homeniuk Case File Reopens the Justice Conversation on Lisbon Airport Detention

The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa has reclassified former SEF Borders director António Sérgio Henriques's conviction from denegação de justiça to abuso de poder, trimming his sentence from 2.5 years suspended to one year and ten months — the latest Ihor Homeniuk case footnote in the SEF-AIMA reset.
The Portugal Brief
State Auctions Eight Vacant Lisbon Office Buildings That Could Have Held 450 Public Homes — Avenida Visconde Valmor Closes at €15.7 Million as Resale Tickets Run Below the Per-Metre Cost the Government Pays Private Landlords

State Auctions Eight Vacant Lisbon Office Buildings That Could Have Held 450 Public Homes — Avenida Visconde Valmor Closes at €15.7 Million as Resale Tickets Run Below the Per-Metre Cost the Government Pays Private Landlords

Eight vacant Lisbon office buildings worth roughly 450 public-housing dwellings are being auctioned by the State, with the Avenida Visconde Valmor lot closing at €15.7M — below open-market references the same government pays private landlords for the public-housing pipeline.
The Portugal Brief
The Lisboa Brief — Week of 23 May 2026: Festas de Lisboa Curtain Up, Moedas Calls EES 'Caos' at Humberto Delgado, Flixbus and Rede Expressos Trade Letters Over Sete Rios, and Praça Eduardo Mondlane Wins an Emergency Rehab

The Lisboa Brief — Week of 23 May 2026: Festas de Lisboa Curtain Up, Moedas Calls EES 'Caos' at Humberto Delgado, Flixbus and Rede Expressos Trade Letters Over Sete Rios, and Praça Eduardo Mondlane Wins an Emergency Rehab

Festas de Lisboa 2026 curtain up at Praça do Município under 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa'. Moedas warns of EES 'caos' at Humberto Delgado. Flixbus gets 48 of 96 Sete Rios slots and cries bad faith. Praça Eduardo Mondlane wins a 29-flat rehab and the 38th renda acessível opens.
The Portugal Brief
Festas de Lisboa 2026 Run From 29 May to 28 June Under the 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Banner — Forty-Plus Initiatives, the Grand March on the Night of 12 June and the Sixteen Casamentos de Santo António Frame the Programme

Festas de Lisboa 2026 Run From 29 May to 28 June Under the 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Banner — Forty-Plus Initiatives, the Grand March on the Night of 12 June and the Sixteen Casamentos de Santo António Frame the Programme

The Câmara Municipal de Lisboa opens the 2026 edition of Festas de Lisboa on Thursday 29 May with a free public concert, kicking off a month-long programme that runs through Sunday 28 June and slots together more than 40 initiatives across the city....
The Portugal Brief