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Portalegre seen from above on a clear morning, red-tiled roofs and white houses below the cathedral towers and castle keep, with low cloud lying along the ridge behind.

A New Iberian Defence Cluster Names Portalegre as Its First Territory, With a Public Launch on 25 September

The Industrial Portugal Gateway, promoted by the Luso Defense Group with NERPOR as territorial partner, wants an ecosystem rather than a single plant. Its CEO says there is a pipeline of European and non-European companies, but will not name them.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

The Parque das Nacoes waterfront in Lisbon reflected in still water, with the two Sao Gabriel and Sao Rafael towers, the Portugal Pavilion and the arena along the quay.

Portugal's First Global Minimum Tax Returns Fall Due on 30 September, Three Months Later Than Planned

Modelo 63 for 2024 and Modelo 62 for 2025 are both due on 30 September, after a despacho in June moved the deadline back from 30 June without penalties. The regime sets a 15 percent floor on groups with 750 million euros of revenue.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

The container cranes of the Port of Sines on the horizon, seen at low sun from a wide Atlantic beach with breaking surf and dark rock outcrops in the foreground.

Exports Carried Portugal Through the Spring, and Investment Slowed Just as the Recovery Plan Ran Out of Calendar

GDP rose 0.8 percent in chain and 2.5 percent year on year in the second quarter. Net external demand was decisive; investment growth fell from 10.4 percent to 5.7 percent. Economists say the slowdown came while the recovery plan was still spending.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

A person holding a rainbow flag open overhead with both arms during the Lisbon LGBT pride march, a crowd and balloons visible along the street behind.

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.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

A closed olive-green hangar and the white control tower at Bragança municipal aerodrome under a clear blue sky, with an empty gravel apron in the foreground.

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 Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

A yellow Elevador da Glória car climbing the cobbled Calçada da Glória between pink and stone buildings in Lisbon, overhead wires above the track.

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 Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

Four small grey unmanned surface vessels under way on the Sado estuary off Setubal, each with a mast-mounted radar and camera pod, the port's industrial shoreline behind.

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.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

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