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An Atlantic Depression Turns August Into Autumn From Sunday, With Thunderstorms and Three-Metre Seas

IPMA expects rain along the whole western coast on Sunday and heavier, thundery showers in the North and Centre on Monday, with gusts to 60 km/h and maximum temperatures down to 22 to 26 degrees. Its meteorologist calls the system more autumn than summer.

The Portugal Brief 22 Aug 2026

The Instituto do Emprego e Formacao Profissional employment centre in Alcantara, Lisbon, a low stone-fronted building with arched windows, cars parked along the street under a clear sky

Portugal's Pay Transparency Bill Leaves Salaries Out of Job Adverts, and the UGT Says That Guts the Point

The government's draft transposition of EU Directive 2023/970 only requires candidates to be told the pay range before they sign. The UGT wants it in the advert, or at least before the first interview. Brussels opened an infringement in June.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

The Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Assembleia da Republica, its columned neoclassical facade under a clear sky with the Portuguese flag flying

Portugal's Anti-Racism Commission Has Ruled on None of the 47 Discrimination Complaints Sitting in Its Files

The CICDR has no implementing regulation, no permanent staff and a second-floor office with no lift. Its president says the PSD wants to merge it with the gender-equality commission and will not resource it meanwhile.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

A Portuguese Servico de Financas tax office in Praia da Vitoria in the Azores, its name lettered across a cream two-storey building beside the road

The Tax Office Adds Phone Calls to Its Fraud Warning, as the Bank of Portugal Names Two Unlicensed Operators

Criminals are now calling taxpayers and asking them to press a key to fix an IRS 'discrepancy'. The AT only writes from @at.gov.pt, never links to data or payment pages, and only messages those who opted in.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

An open whitewashed dug well with a stone trough in dry Alentejo montado, surrounded by olive and cork oak trees

Sinking a Water Borehole in Portugal

The 5 horsepower rule, when a prior notification replaces a licence, the 100 metre spacing limit, and the fines for an undeclared well.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

A small Portuguese apiary at Torres Novas, its hives weighted down with roof tiles among pines and eucalyptus

Keeping Bees in Portugal

The DGAV register, the 1 to 30 September declaration of holdings, moving your hives, and the fines for missing the deadline.

The Portugal Brief 20 Aug 2026

The white and black panelled facade of the Loja do Cidadao public services building in Mafra, Portugal, with the town coat of arms on the wall and a cyclist passing on the road in front

A New Bill Would Bar Portuguese Public Services From Asking You for Documents the State Already Holds

The Council of Ministers approved a bill on Thursday to give real effect to the 'so uma vez' principle, sending it to Parliament with sanctions attached. The platform to share data between public bodies already exists; what has been missing is an obligation to use it.

The Portugal Brief 20 Aug 2026

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