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A small CubeSat satellite deployed into Earth orbit, as ESA's Oeiras incubator opens a new call for space startups

The European Space Agency's Oeiras Incubator Opens a Fresh Call for Three Space Startups

ESA BIC Tagus, the European Space Agency's newest Portuguese incubator, run by Instituto Superior Técnico's Técnico Venture Lab in Oeiras, will pick three Portuguese or international space startups by 5 October — each getting zero-equity funding, ESA technical support and access to an international

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

Attendees gather around a laptop at Web Summit in Lisbon, illustrating Portugal's growing technology-education scene

Lisbon's Code For All Lands 19th on Time's Global Ranking of the Best Edtech Companies

Code For All, a Lisbon startup that retrains people for tech careers, has been ranked 19th in the world and 4th in Europe on Time magazine's list of the 500 best education-technology firms — the only Portuguese company to make the cut, scoring 87.7 behind leaders Duolingo, Cogna and Unext.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

A hand holds a smartphone showing a folder of retail stock-trading apps, as investor complaints to Portugal's CMVM regulator rise

Investor Complaints to Portugal's Market Regulator Jump 9.4%, With More Than a Third Upheld

The CMVM received 151 investor complaints in the first half of 2026, up 9.4% on a year earlier, and sided with the complainant in 37% of the 175 cases it closed. Order execution and shares drew the most grievances, most of them aimed at banks — with Caixa Geral de Depósitos and the broker XTB the tw

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

A New Decree Puts February's Storm-Kristin Toll-Waiver Bill Directly on the State Budget

A New Decree Puts February's Storm-Kristin Toll-Waiver Bill Directly on the State Budget

A decree-law published on Tuesday routes the state's 70% share of February's Storm-Kristin toll waiver through the general budget, settling how four motorway operators will be repaid.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

A Think Tank Urges the Government to Shield the Sines Refinery, Portugal's Only One, in the Galp–Moeve Downstream Deal

A Think Tank Urges the Government to Shield the Sines Refinery, Portugal's Only One, in the Galp–Moeve Downstream Deal

SEDES has written to the prime minister, president and every party, warning that the Galp–Moeve tie-up could hand control of Portugal's only refinery abroad and urging the state to use its sovereign powers to protect it.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

European Prosecutors Open a Verification Process into 17 PJ Contracts With a Barcelos Firm Signed Under Now-Minister Luís Neves

European Prosecutors Open a Verification Process into 17 PJ Contracts With a Barcelos Firm Signed Under Now-Minister Luís Neves

The EU's public prosecutor has opened a verification process into 17 Judicial-Police contracts with the Barcelos firm Construbarcelos — worth about €2.3 million in EU funds — signed while Luís Neves, now internal-affairs minister, ran the force.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

A fibre-optic broadband cable, as ANACOM proposes compensation for botched provider switches

ANACOM Floats Compensation of Up to €5,750 for Botched Internet-Provider Switches

Under a proposal now in public consultation, consumers who lose service when switching internet or phone provider could claim €23 a day, up to €5,750 per switch, with the incoming operator made responsible for the whole process. The rules are not yet in force.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

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