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News and developments from Porto, Portugal's second city.

The colourful riverfront houses and traditional rabelo boats of Porto's Ribeira district along the Douro river

A PwC Study Pegs Galp's Innovation District on the Old Matosinhos Refinery at €2 Billion a Year and 100,000 Jobs

A study Galp commissioned from PwC values the Innovation District planned for its shuttered Matosinhos refinery at roughly €2 billion a year over 30 years, with 100,000 jobs — 65,000 in Matosinhos — plus homes for 19,000 residents and campuses for 30,000 students. Demolition ends in December 2026.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

Technicians in blue scrubs working with analysis machines in a modern clinical laboratory

Porto's i3S Maps a Path to Personalised Vaccines Against Colorectal Cancer

Researchers at Porto's i3S institute have validated a strategy for personalised therapeutic vaccines against colorectal cancer, identifying tumour neoantigens that could train a patient's immune system to attack the disease.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A340 in the airline's red and green livery taxiing at an airport

TAP Rolls Out New Summer Routes From Porto to the Azores and Cape Verde, Plus Lisbon Links to Athens and Curitiba

TAP has switched on new routes this week — Porto to Terceira and Praia, and Lisbon to Athens and Curitiba — as it leans on Porto's airport and formally exits its restructuring plan ahead of a partial privatisation.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

Close-up of a golden-brown Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, on a white background

A Venomous Chilean Recluse Spider Turns Up in Porto, a First for the Iberian Peninsula

The Chilean recluse (Loxosceles laeta), whose bite can cause necrotic skin lesions, has been recorded in Porto — the first for Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula. Researchers stress the shy spider poses a low risk to the public.

The Portugal Brief 02 Jul 2026

A yellow and silver Metro do Porto light-rail train at a station platform in Porto

Porto Readies Free Metropolitan-Area Public Transport for Residents, With a July 1 Start Riding on the Court of Auditors

Free travel across the Porto metropolitan area for Cartão Porto holders is set to begin on 1 July — or whenever the Court of Auditors signs off, with a January 2027 backstop. The city has budgeted up to €10.25 million for 2026.

The Portugal Brief 02 Jul 2026

A yellow CP suburban train stopped at a Porto station platform under overhead electric lines

Alstom Breaks Ground on a Matosinhos Train Factory Set to Build 81 of CP's 153 New Carriages

PM Luís Montenegro laid the first stone of a ~€28 million Alstom train factory in Matosinhos on 30 June. It will build 81 of the 153 new trains CP ordered under a €746 million contract, create about 300 direct jobs and start production in 2028, with first deliveries in 2029.

The Portugal Brief 01 Jul 2026

Porto Reaches the Final Five for the 2028 European Green Capital, Singled Out for Its Water and Climate Record

Porto Reaches the Final Five for the 2028 European Green Capital, Singled Out for Its Water and Climate Record

The European Commission has shortlisted Porto among five finalists for European Green Capital 2028, praising its water management and climate-change adaptation. It joins Aalborg, Bielsko-Biala, Kosice and Zaragoza, a year after Guimaraes took the 2026 title.

The Portugal Brief 30 Jun 2026

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