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Traffic on the Via de Cintura Interna in Porto beneath blue overhead motorway signs for IC1 to Matosinhos and the airport and IC23 to the Ponte do Freixo

A Week Into Porto's Lorry Ban on the VCI, the Council Counts Traffic and the Hauliers Count Kilometres

Twenty-seven tickets in the first three days, detours of up to 57 kilometres on some runs, and a mobility councillor who says he is measuring the policy by accidents that do not happen.

The Portugal Brief 20 Sep 2026

A stand of tall burnt eucalyptus trunks stripped of foliage in a Portuguese forest, silhouetted against a blue sky with white cumulus cloud

Eleven Districts Sit Under a Heat Warning Until Tuesday, and 62 Councils Are at Maximum Fire Danger Today

Coimbra is forecast to reach 37 degrees on Tuesday and Lisbon 35.4 on Monday. Three quarters of the mainland is at one of the top two fire danger levels on a Sunday in late September.

The Portugal Brief 20 Sep 2026

The bronze coat of arms of the Federative Republic of Brazil mounted beside the doorway of the Brazilian Embassy in Lisbon, on a pink rendered wall

The Estatuto de Igualdade in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Porto Seguro Treaty Statute That Puts Brazilian Residents on the Same Footing as the Portuguese, and the Six Doors It Leaves Shut

A free statute, open to any civilly capable Brazilian holding a Portuguese residence permit, that grants the same rights and duties as a Portuguese citizen. What it gives, the six offices it withholds, the Brazilian voting rights the political half suspends, and how you find out you have it.

The Portugal Brief 20 Sep 2026

Apartment blocks on a hillside on the outskirts of Lisbon under a clear sky

The Ficha Técnica da Habitação in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Building Datasheet Your Notary Stopped Asking For in 2024, Who Must Still Produce One, and How to Get a Copy From the Câmara

Portugal's building datasheet is still legally required, still holds the only written record of what your home is made of, and since January 2024 nobody hands it to you at the deed. Who must produce one, what is in it, and how to get a copy from the town hall.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

An orange grove planted in rows on a hillside in the Algarve countryside, with whitewashed farm buildings alongside it and green fields running to hills in the distance.

An Orange Orchard Outside Faro Is Becoming Eleven Villas Valued at More Than Three Million Euros Each

Neel Sachdev, who runs Paul Weiss in London, paid 1.5 million euros for the land at Santa Barbara de Nexe and expects the Algarve to become the California of Europe. Portuguese house prices rose 17.8 percent in the year to the first quarter, against an EU average of 5.1 percent.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

The granite church of Covas do Barroso in northern Portugal, with a stone cross on the gable and a terracotta roof, a walled cemetery to one side and wooded hills rising behind.

At Covas do Barroso, Coimbra Researchers Date the Injustice From Before the Mine, and Ask for a Binding Right to Refuse

A Horizon Europe paper from the Centro de Estudos Sociais proposes prospective environmental justice, and files Barroso under what it calls sacrificial logics. Its recommendations for Portugal include no-go criteria for mining in Natura 2000 and world agricultural heritage areas.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

The harbour at Sines in southern Portugal, with fishing boats moored inside a rock breakwater, port warehouses along the quay and cargo ships on the horizon beyond.

Portugal Has Until 12 November to File Its Sines Bid for an EU AI Gigafactory, and German Industry's Worry Is the Paperwork

EuroHPC opened the call on 30 July and closes it at 16:00 on 12 November. Portugal's Sines bid has the cables, the deep-water port and the power. The head of the Luso-German Chamber told ECO this weekend that what worries German investors is the bureaucracy.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

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