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Four-storey white social housing blocks at the Bairro de Santo Amaro in Lagos, with cars parked on a cobbled forecourt and trees along the edge under a blue sky

The European Investment Bank Will Put 1.5 Billion Euros Behind Portuguese Social Housing, and the First 500 Million Was Signed on Monday

The first phase targets 50,000 homes built or rehabilitated under 1.o Direito, the IHRU programme for people in undignified housing. The government says it covers the social responses left outside the Recovery and Resilience Plan.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

The Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon at dusk, its neoclassical portico and colonnade lit against a deep blue sky, with the Portuguese flag flying above the pediment

Three Parties Now Sit Within 2.2 Points of Each Other in the First Weekly Tracking Poll, and the Coalition in Government Is the One in Third

CNN Portugal and TVI put the PS on 27.9 percent, Chega on 27.1 and the AD on 25.7, inside a 3.5 point margin. The government scores 35 percent approval against 58 percent negative, and 65 percent say Luis Neves cannot continue.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

Porto city hall seen across the square, the granite clock tower and carved facade of the historic building on the left and the modern municipal annexe with its rows of windows on the right.

The Mayor Who Delivered Porto 2001 and Helped Draw the Metro Map Died on Monday at 64, After Twice Asking the City to Take Him Back

Nuno Cardoso became mayor in 1999 by substitution, ran the European Capital of Culture year and the metro construction, and was dropped by his party before he could face a ballot. He came back as an independent twice, taking 1 percent in 2013 and 1.9 percent last October.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

Aerial view of Samora Correia in the Leziria do Tejo, the town and its belt of white warehouse roofs, dark woodland behind it and irrigated fields stretching to the right.

Benavente Zones 32 Hectares for Business Beside the Future Airport, and Sets a 2028 Deadline After Which the Land Turns Back Into Farmland

The firing range that becomes the Aeroporto Luis de Camoes lies mostly inside Benavente, not Alcochete. The council has zoned a business park there, projects more than 100 million euros of turnover per mandate, and set a clause returning the land to farmland if nothing is built by 2028.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

The wide sand of Praia de Carcavelos under a grey winter sky, surfers in the shorebreak on the left and the built-up strip behind the beach, with construction cranes on the skyline.

Four Court Dates in September Will Decide Whether 850 Flats Rise Behind Carcavelos Beach, on Land Parliament Asked the Government to Protect in 2021

The interim order that stopped the diggers has held since October. Hearings open on Wednesday at the Sintra administrative court, with three more sittings booked. Parliament recommended protecting this land in June 2021, and successive governments left the recommendation on the shelf.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

A dense crowd carrying red flags at the Festa do Avante under a banner reading soberania, democracia, paz, solidariedade, with trees and a stage beyond

Paulo Raimundo Closes the Fiftieth Festa do Avante by Warning the Socialists That Passing the Budget Would Free Chega

The PCP leader told the Quinta da Atalaia that a Socialist green light on the 2027 budget would confirm complicity and release Chega from having to give one. Tuesday's censure motion went unmentioned.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

An Iberian wolf walking downhill through low rosemary scrub and grass, head lowered and tongue out, with dense green vegetation behind it

Fifty Shepherds Gathered at a Fairground in Miranda do Douro to Say the Wolf Compensation Arrives Two Years Late, or Not at All

Producers from Miranda do Douro, Vimioso and Mogadouro protested at Naso on Sunday. One says two calves went unpaid for nearly two years; another spent 500 euros treating injured ewes and received nothing.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

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