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Beef cattle grazing on walled green pasture below a low volcanic hill at Guadalupe on Graciosa in the Azores, under a heavy grey sky.

Brazilian Beef, Poultry and Honey Stop Entering the European Union on Thursday, and Brussels Says the Reason Is Antibiotics

Nobody found a contaminated shipment. Brazil simply failed to make the EU list of countries that have proved compliance with the 2019 antimicrobial rules, and the deadline is 3 September. Poultry and honey have written assurances; beef does not.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

Three older people sit together on a red bench in the square at Porto Covo, Portugal, in front of whitewashed single-storey houses with blue skirting and red doors.

Five Weeks of Door Knocking by the PSP Flagged 284 Older People, and 182 Were Already at Risk

The interim figures from the PSP's fourteenth annual outreach operation: 386 visits since 27 July, 284 people flagged, 182 in social risk. Lack of autonomy led the list, but the categories that grew fastest were the ones about isolation. The operation runs to 25 September.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

A Tekever AR3 fixed-wing drone in Royal Air Force markings sits on a catapult launch rail in a grass field, with a serviceman in camouflage crouched beside it.

Tekever Adds Edinburgh to Its British Map, Absorbing the Engineers Behind Its 200-Kilogram Drone

The Portuguese group has bought Flowcopter of Edinburgh, whose hydraulic transmission lets the new AR6 carry 200 kilograms over 500 kilometres. It is Tekever's second acquisition in two months, and it sits inside a 400 million pound British investment programme.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

A green and cream CP railcar, unit 0360, standing on track at Entroncamento station in Portugal, with a platform in the foreground and a steel footbridge crossing overhead.

A Train Two Hours Late Will Owe You Half the Fare From October, Under the Passenger Rights Law Gazetted Today

Decreto-Lei 173/2026 rewrites the rail, road, sea and inland-waterway statutes at once. Trains pay 25 percent of the fare at 60 minutes late and 50 percent at 120, from 1 October. Coaches and boats follow on 1 December. Some of the rules it repeals date from 1948.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

Two rows of vines climbing a low hill on dry summer ground in the Alentejo, green canopies against parched grass with a holm oak on the skyline.

Farm and Fisheries Support Reached 809 Million Euros by the End of August, Thirty-Nine Percent Above Last Year

August alone accounted for about 71 million euros reaching more than 35,700 beneficiaries. Vineyard restructuring took 13.3 million, Storm Kristin damage 7.8 million and the Mar 2030 fisheries programme 7 million.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

The Mouraria at night on the slope below the floodlit Castelo de Sao Jorge in Lisbon, lit windows and street lamps picking out the tiers of houses on the hillside.

739 Arrests for Dealing in Central Lisbon Since 2024, and the Officers Who Made Them Say Everyone Is Replaced

PSP figures given to Diario de Noticias cover 1 January 2024 to 15 August 2026. The Mouraria accounts for 316 arrests and the Baixa for 114. The commander says the trade there is run by long-established Portuguese families, not by foreigners.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

A single white three-bladed wind turbine rising above a canopy of umbrella pines and eucalyptus against a deep blue sky, in the hills of the Algarve interior.

Portugal Put Up 199 Megawatts of Onshore Wind in Six Months, Enough for a Place in Europe's Top Ten

WindEurope's autumn report puts Europe on course for a record year at 8.8 gigawatts in the first half, up 30 percent. Portugal should reach about 250 megawatts for the full year and add 2.1 gigawatts by 2030, the twelfth largest jump in the EU.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

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