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US Military Drones Land at Lajes Air Base in the Azores for Second Consecutive Night as Iran Operations Intensify

US Military Drones Land at Lajes Air Base in the Azores for Second Consecutive Night as Iran Operations Intensify

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper combat drone landed at Lajes Air Base on the island of Terceira in the Azores early on Friday morning, marking the second consecutive night the installation has received America's most advanced unmanned strike aircraft....

Portugal Opens 12 Million Euro Fund to Restore Cultural Heritage Damaged by Winter Storms

Portugal Opens 12 Million Euro Fund to Restore Cultural Heritage Damaged by Winter Storms

Portugal's Ministry of Culture announced on Friday the opening of applications for an exceptional 12 million euro support mechanism aimed at restoring cultural heritage damaged during the severe storms that battered the country in January and...

Brazilians Barred at Portuguese Airports Drops 50 Percent in 2025 — but Total Rejections Rise as Enforcement Broadens

Brazilians Barred at Portuguese Airports Drops 50 Percent in 2025 — but Total Rejections Rise as Enforcement Broadens

Portugal's annual internal security report — the Relatório Anual de Segurança Interna (RASI) for 2025, released this week — contains a striking contradiction buried in its immigration chapter. The number of Brazilian citizens refused entry at...

Transtejo Wants to Cut State Funding in Half — By Turning Ferry Terminals Into Shopping Hubs and Selling Tickets to Cristo Rei

Transtejo Wants to Cut State Funding in Half — By Turning Ferry Terminals Into Shopping Hubs and Selling Tickets to Cristo Rei

Transtejo-Soflusa, the state-owned ferry operator that connects Lisbon to the south bank of the Tejo, loses more than €20 million a year. But its new president, Rui Rei, believes he can cut that deficit in half—not by raising passenger fares, but by...

Portugal's 2025 Budget Surplus Beat Forecasts by 0.7 Percentage Points — Why Did the Bank of Portugal Get It So Wrong?

Portugal's 2025 Budget Surplus Beat Forecasts by 0.7 Percentage Points — Why Did the Bank of Portugal Get It So Wrong?

Portugal's fiscal year 2025 did not just deliver a budget surplus larger than the government projected. It revealed an unprecedented disconnect between the Finance Ministry and the country's key economic institutions—particularly the Bank of...

Portugal Hits 2% NATO Defense Spending Target — But Ranks Among Bottom Five Alliance Members

Portugal Hits 2% NATO Defense Spending Target — But Ranks Among Bottom Five Alliance Members

Portugal achieved NATO's long-standing defense spending benchmark of 2% of GDP in 2025, up from 1.55% the previous year—a 31.67% annual increase that brought national defense expenditure to just over €6 billion, according to NATO's latest annual...

Portugal's Living Standards Fell Further Behind Europe in 2025 After Three Years of Gains

Portugal's Living Standards Fell Further Behind Europe in 2025 After Three Years of Gains

Portugal's economy lost ground relative to the rest of Europe in 2025, with GDP per capita slipping from 82% to 81% of the EU average when adjusted for purchasing power, according to preliminary data released this week by Eurostat. The...