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The white and black panelled facade of the Loja do Cidadao in Mafra, with the municipal coat of arms above the glazed entrance and a cyclist passing

The Government Abandons Its Plan to Charge for the Company Digital Wallet, With Vehicle Documents, Insurance and Licences Due Before October

In January the minister said the wallet was free and hinted that advanced features might not be. The Ministry of State Reform now says no cost changes are foreseen, as the DUA, insurance and alvaras load in.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

The main square of Cantanhede in central Portugal, with the white parish church and its stone bell tower, cafe awnings, palms and an equestrian statue beyond

A Cantanhede Metalworker Commits Two Million Euros to a Fourth Hall Because Defence Already Buys a Fifth of What It Makes

Vesam builds from October and runs from mid-2027, roughly doubling its pre-assembly and testing area. Defence is 20 percent of turnover, space is starting, and more than 95 percent of the work goes abroad.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

The pale rendered facade of the Teresa e Alexandre Soares dos Santos Library on the Nova SBE campus at Carcavelos, under a deep blue winter sky

Only St Gallen Finishes Above Nova SBE: Five Portuguese Management Masters Now Sit Inside the Financial Times Top 100

Nova SBE climbs two places to second worldwide, ahead of INSEAD and HEC Paris. Catolica Lisbon is 25th, ISEG debuts at 59th, Iscte is 62nd and Catolica Porto climbs 29 places to 66th.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

A Prio filling station beside a road in Portugal, its canopy and price totem lit under a dark sky, with a car at the pumps and a mini market alongside

Portuguese Diesel Sets an All-Time Record at the Pump This Week After a Fifteen-Cent Jump, With Petrol 95 Near 2.12 Euros a Litre

ANAREC projects diesel up about 15 cents and petrol about 10 from Monday, clearing the 2.131 euro record set in April. The government widened the ISP discount three cents on Friday and ruled out a VAT cut.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

The blue facade of the Palacio da Conceicao in Ponta Delgada, seat of the Azorean regional government, framed by two tall palm trees with a bare flagpole in front of the entrance.

Fifty Years Ago on Tuesday the Azores Swore In a Government of Their Own, and the Argument It Started Is Still About Money

The first Azorean government took office on 8 September 1976, four days after the assembly elected that June, under a 33-year-old Mota Amaral. Fifty years on the design has held and the funding has not, and a working group has eighteen months to rewrite the regional finances law.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

The yellow and glass facade of the Shopping Center Brasilia beside the Rotunda da Boavista in Porto, green neon lettering above the entrance and cars parked along the avenue in front.

Porto's Shopping Brasilia Turns Fifty in October, and Thirty-Five Beauty Salons Are Part of Why 223 of Its 243 Units Are Trading

It opened in 1976 with six escalators, 242 shops and coaches arriving from Spain to ride them. Since a court shut Lisbon's Apolo 70 in 2021 it has been the oldest shopping centre still trading in Portugal or Spain, and 223 of its 243 units are open.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

The empty main stand of the Estadio do Bessa in Porto, its seats spelling B.F.C. in black against cream with the Boavista panther crest above, and the striped pitch in front of it.

Three Months After the Bessa Auction Failed, 33 Million Euros Arrives From a Lisbon Property Group, and Boavista's Creditors Now Decide

The two lots carried a 32.9 million euro floor and the online auction never reached it. A Lisbon group has now gone above it. Under article 161 of the insolvency code the creditors must be told the buyer's name and every term of the deal fifteen days before anything is signed.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

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