Recovering an Unpaid Invoice in Portugal
The injunction procedure, the 51 euro court fee, the fifteen days the debtor gets, and the enforcement title you hold if nobody objects.
Living in Portugal
Keeping Chickens and Other Small Livestock in Portugal
The ceiling for household keeping, the 4.50 euro registration, the flock declaration due by 30 September, and the bird flu rules that can confine your hens.
Half of ILGA Portugal's Board Had Already Gone, So the Other Half Resigned Too, With an Election Called for 17 October
A body built for ten was running with five. President Daniela Bento cites two years of constant redirection, a changed funding structure and a political context needing more energy than the board had left. Staff stay; the volunteer leadership goes.
Thirty-Six Students Paid 70,000 Euros Each to a Bragança Flight School That Qualified Nobody, and the Regulator Has Grounded It
ANAC suspended Lusofly Academy on 20 August: no classes, no flight instruction, no simulator. Four years, 36 fee-paying students and not one licensed pilot, with no serviceable aircraft and too few instructors. Six months to fix it or lose the certificate.
The Elevador da Glória Will Not Be Rebuilt as It Was: Carris Picks a New Installation, a Cabin That Is Not Wood, and a 2029 Opening
Three days before the first anniversary of the derailment that killed sixteen people, Carris set out five principles for the replacement. It is legally a new installation, not a repair. Tender in the first quarter of 2027, opening in the first half of 2029.
The World's Largest Maritime Robotics Exercise Starts Monday off Troia, With 36 Navies and More Than 300 Unmanned Craft
REPMUS 2026 runs to 25 September off Troia and Sesimbra: 1,500 participants from 36 navies, 60 companies, 13 universities, 14 ships and more than 300 unmanned craft across 1,370 square kilometres of water. Portugal has hosted all 16 editions.
Portugal's Spy Agencies Stop Filing Certified Accounts on Tuesday, and the Report That Replaces Them Must Be Printed on Paper
Decreto-Lei 172/2026 exempts SIS, SIED and the rest of the SIRP from legally certified accounts. In their place comes one classified management report a year, signed by the agency head, delivered on paper to the parliamentary Oversight Council.