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The gate and derelict pavilion of the old Matadouro Industrial do Porto beside the road at Campanha, with the roofline of the Estadio do Dragao visible behind the trees.

Porto's Old Slaughterhouse Misses Another Summer, and Its Cultural Centre Now Opens in Stages Through 2027

The câmara told Lusa on Monday that the Matadouro will be handed over at the end of 2026, with fit-out running across 2027. Last October the manager said the 40 million euro M-ODU could open this summer and house more than 700 Mota-Engil staff by the third quarter of 2026.

The Portugal Brief 25 Aug 2026

The arched stone entrance of the Maternidade Alfredo da Costa in Lisbon, seen from Rua Pinheiro Chagas, with a sign for the emergency department and paediatric clinic beside the gate.

Portugal Has Deleted 'Obstetric Violence' From Its Own Law, and With It the Fines for Routine Episiotomies

Lei n.º 57/2026, published on Monday and in force today, rewrites the 2025 law and drops the phrase it was famous for. The hospital funding penalties and the disciplinary inquiry go with it, replaced by a discretionary audit and a duty to publish episiotomy and caesarean rates by hospital.

The Portugal Brief 25 Aug 2026

The Avenida Marginal dual carriageway at Estoril, with palm trees on the central reservation, buses at a stop and the seafront buildings of Cascais beyond

Residents Clocked 220 km/h on the Marginal's 50 km/h Limit, and Their Petition for Radars Has Passed 1,700 Names

A Cascais residents' association wants speed cameras, coordinated policing and fines of €1,000 to €2,000 on the coastal road from Lisbon. Hours before they described the campaign, a car left the EN6 at Praia da Parede and a man of about 50 was found dead on the rocks.

The Portugal Brief 24 Aug 2026

An SMTUC bus and parked cars on Rua da Sofia in Coimbra's Baixa, under trolleybus wires, with the colonnaded Igreja de Santa Justa building on the right

Coimbra Redraws 26 Bus Lines for a Metrobus That Starts Serving Praça da República on 10 September

The city executive approved the package on Monday by six votes to five. Twenty-six SMTUC lines change route on 10 September, through-traffic is squeezed out of Rua da Sofia, and SMTUC expects about 14 percent of daily passengers to be affected.

The Portugal Brief 24 Aug 2026

The street frontage of a Portuguese IEFP Centro de Emprego job centre, green signage over the entrance of a white building with calcada paving in front

Portugal's New Single Social Payment Lasts 12 Months, and the Unemployment Subsidy It Absorbs Lasted Up to 24

The CGTP wants the social unemployment subsidy taken back out of the Prestacao Social Unica before it starts paying on 31 December, setting out where duration, value and the crediting of contributions all move against the claimant.

The Portugal Brief 24 Aug 2026

Two banded bundles of euro banknotes lying on a pale wooden desk, a strap of fifties behind a thicker strap of twenties, serial numbers printed on the paper bands

One Abandoned Suitcase in Porto Held More Fake Euros Than Portugal Seized in All of 2025

More than seven thousand counterfeit 200-euro notes, face value 1,470,000 euros, were left beside recycling bins on Rua do Almada. The 2025 Annual Internal Security Report puts the whole year's euro seizures at 952,725 euros across 19,366 notes.

The Portugal Brief 24 Aug 2026

The Castelo de Bode reservoir on the Zezere in central Portugal, still blue water between wooded banks with a concrete water intake tower standing mid-channel

Quercus Opposes Renewing the Panasqueira Mine Licence, Citing More Than a Century of Waste Above Lisbon's Water Supply

The public consultation on a revised environmental licence for Portugal's only working tungsten mine closed on Monday. Quercus filed against it, arguing the file cannot support a decision and that the catchment runs down to the reservoir EPAL treats for 2.6 million people.

The Portugal Brief 24 Aug 2026

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