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A woman and a child at a wall-mounted Multibanco cash machine set in a stone facade on a Lisbon street, the child standing on the ledge to reach the screen.

A Portuguese Fintech Is Putting Spain's Bizum on Local Tills, With 31.5 Million Spanish Users on the Other Side

Eupago says Portuguese merchants can now be paid through Spain's default mobile payment scheme, and is targeting 5,000 shops and 180 million euros a year within three years. You still cannot get a Bizum account if you bank in Portugal.

The Portugal Brief 15 Sep 2026

The curved glass and steel facade of the Berlaymont building in Brussels, headquarters of the European Commission, with three European Union flags flying in front of it under a pale sky.

A Non-EU Degree Takes Fourteen Months to Get Recognised in Europe, and Brussels Proposed on Tuesday to Cut That to Four

The Commission's Fair Labour Mobility package is five legislative proposals. The one that will be felt hardest in Portugal sets common standards for recognising a qualification earned outside the Union, where the current average wait is 14 months.

The Portugal Brief 15 Sep 2026

A corner apartment building in Lisbon faced in blue azulejo tiles, with wrought-iron balconies on every floor and small shops at street level

The Euribor Recorded Its Biggest One-Day Rise Since March on Monday, With Oil at 107 Dollars Behind It

Simulations point to 25 to 80 euros a month more on a 150,000 euro loan revised in October. Which month it reaches you depends on a date written into your own contract.

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

A BP filling station on a street corner in Porto with cars at the pumps under the green and white canopy and a shop alongside

Two Bills to Cut VAT on Fuel and Food Reach Parliament on 24 September, and Neither Can Take Effect Before January

Article 167 of the Constitution bars the opposition from cutting state revenue in the current financial year. That is the fact underneath a fortnight of PS and Chega accusing each other.

The Portugal Brief 14 Sep 2026

The white frontage of a Portuguese state secondary school with a terracotta tiled roof, solar panels on the roof and a paved courtyard with clipped trees in front

Portugal's Mathematicians Want the National Tests to Count Again, After PISA Put Fifteen-Year-Olds Below Their 2003 Score

Four hundred and sixty points in mathematics, twelve down and below 2003. The society's answer is tests with consequences, credit hours for support, and textbook certification.

The Portugal Brief 14 Sep 2026

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