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The Parque das Nações business district in Lisbon, where Swisscom will open a new operations centre

Swisscom Picks Lisbon for a New Operations Hub, Starting With 40 Jobs in 2027

Switzerland's largest telecoms operator will open a technology and business-services centre in Lisbon in 2027, starting with 40 staff and aiming for around 200 — its third such hub after Riga and Rotterdam, and one more foreign employer betting on the city's talent base.

The Portugal Brief 06 Aug 2026

The Palácio da Justiça in Lisbon, a modernist court building, as Portugal moves to streamline judicial procedures

A New Decree Rewrites Court Procedures to Speed Cases and Cut Registry Paperwork

A decree-law published on 6 August amends Portugal's criminal, civil and administrative procedure codes to trim bureaucracy — bundling fee guides into notifications, blocking incomplete online filings, and letting courts pull data from public databases directly instead of asking parties to resupply

The Portugal Brief 06 Aug 2026

The Assembleia da República (Assembly of the Republic), Portugal's parliament in Lisbon, where the pay-transparency bill is under debate

Portugal Moves to Strip Repeat Pay-Discrimination Offenders of Tax Breaks and Public Contracts

A government bill before parliament would transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive, barring repeat pay-discrimination offenders from public tenders for two years and stripping their tax breaks. Workers gain the right to ask for pay data, a two-month answer deadline, and three years' protection fr

The Portugal Brief 06 Aug 2026

An INEM ambulance, run by Portugal's national emergency medical service, in a Lisbon square

Health Ministry Rewrites a Disputed Pay Order for Emergency Stroke and Heart-Attack Teams

Portugal's health ministry has published Despacho n.o 9696/2026, rewriting how the SNS pays doctors for extra urgent work and revoking a criticised 29 June order. The earlier version had excluded some stroke-unit staff tied to the fast-track 'Vias Verdes' for strokes and heart attacks; the Ordem dos

The Portugal Brief 06 Aug 2026

The headquarters of RTP, Portugal's public broadcaster, in Lisbon

Portugal's Public Broadcaster RTP Halts Disputed Salary Top-Ups Flagged by a State Audit

RTP's board has preventively suspended new remuneration supplements after a draft Inspecao-Geral de Financas audit of its 2018-2024 management flagged them as improper. The top-ups reach more than 300 staff and under 2% of personnel costs; RTP disputes the findings, citing its 2006 company agreement

The Portugal Brief 06 Aug 2026

Peloton of racing cyclists competing in the Volta a Portugal on a city street lined with spectators

The 87th Volta a Portugal Sets Off From Lisbon With a Danish Rider in Early Yellow

The 87th Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta opened Wednesday with a 6.5 km Lisbon prologue won by Denmark's Julius Johansen, who took the first yellow jersey. The race runs to 16 August over roughly 1,388 km and ten stages, from Lisbon to Porto, with 119 riders on 17 teams.

The Portugal Brief 06 Aug 2026

Euro banknotes and coins spread out, representing savings and personal finance in Portugal

New Ten-Year Treasury Certificates Draw Nearly €300 Million From Savers in a Month

The Certificados do Tesouro Série 5 raised about €297.7 million from 8,300 subscribers in July, their debut month. The ten-year product pays a fixed step-up rate rising from 2.35% to 3.35%, with early redemption allowed after year one, and is managed by the IGCP.

The Portugal Brief 06 Aug 2026

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