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Black and green Lisbon taxis on the terminal forecourt at Humberto Delgado airport, with a Terminal 2 sign in the background

Lisbon Airport Taxis Switch to Fixed Prices on 15 October, and the Cheapest Zone Starts at 16 Euros by Day and 20 at Night

A protocol signed on Friday by the city council, the two taxi bodies, the tourism association and ANA takes the meter out of journeys leaving the arrivals rank. The city is split into two price bands, and Baixa is in the dearer one.

The Portugal Brief 11 Sep 2026

The main entrance of the Hospital da Guarda, a low white building with ambulances parked outside and staff in white at the door

Almost Half a Million People in Portugal Live More Than an Hour From an Emergency Room, and Eleven Districts Cannot Keep a Doctor

The Ordem dos Medicos presented its study on retaining doctors in sparsely populated territories in Guarda on Friday. It names eleven areas, Faro and the islands among them, and asks for tax breaks, housing and loyalty payments.

The Portugal Brief 11 Sep 2026

Parched golden Alentejo pasture in September with cattle sheltering under a holm oak and green vines on the slope behind

Nine Districts Go Under a Yellow Heat Warning at Ten on Saturday Morning, and Four Northern Ones Join Them for Sunday Only

IPMA cites the persistence of high maximum temperatures. Evora is forecast at 37.9 degrees on Sunday, Lisbon at 36.4, and Lisbon's overnight minimum climbs from 17.5 to 21.2 across the weekend.

The Portugal Brief 11 Sep 2026

A closed village shop in Cercal, Portugal: a red painted building with the old sign Mercearia e Fazendas, Vinhos e Tabacos, Manuel Costa on the wall and the shop doors shuttered.

Closing a Business in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the 30-Day Cessation Declaration, the Same-Day Route, the Two-Year Liquidation, and the Debts That Follow the Shareholders

Portugal makes a company easy to open and slower to close. A freelancer files one declaration within 30 days. A company has to be dissolved, liquidated and struck off, unless every member signs minutes saying there is nothing left to divide.

The Portugal Brief 11 Sep 2026

Three front doors of neighbouring Lisbon houses at Largo de Sao Cristovao, with azulejo tiling around the windows and washing hanging on a line above.

Usufruct in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Usufruto and the Nua Propriedade, the Thirty-Year Company Cap, the Twenty Years of Non-Use, and Who Pays the IMI

Portuguese law splits a property into the right to enjoy it and the right to own it, and the split reaches almost every tax. Who pays the IMI, how the CIMT age table prices each half, the stamp duty that lands when the two halves consolidate, and the twenty-year rule that ends a usufruct.

The Portugal Brief 10 Sep 2026

The Terminal 2 check-in hall at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado airport, with a Bem-vindo and Welcome stand beside queue barriers

Portugal's Screening Centres and Twelve-Week Border Returns Become Law on Friday, and a Work Permit Holder Can Now Change Employer With a Notification

Lei n.º 62/2026 was published on Thursday and takes effect on Friday. It writes screening into Portuguese law with a seven-day border clock, caps border return at 12 weeks and replaces the voluntary departure notice with a duty to leave.

The Portugal Brief 10 Sep 2026

A concrete and brick apartment block under construction in the Algarve beneath a yellow tower crane, with red and white barrier tape across the open floors

New-Home Construction Costs Slowed to 6.8 Percent in July, With Copper Wire Up 25 Percent and Not a Single Material Cheaper Than a Year Ago

INE's ICCHN eased 0.6 points on the previous month, and for the first time this year labour and materials contributed equally at 3.4 percentage points each. The month-on-month change was zero. PVC pipe is up 20 percent and bitumen 15.

The Portugal Brief 09 Sep 2026

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