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AIMA Reimposes the 10-Senha Daily Cap on Lawyers at the Porto Loja With a 12h–16h Window — Three Cases Per Advogado Per Day Against a 200,000-File Court Backlog, Less Than a Year After the National Cap Was Lifted by Protocol With the Ordem

AIMA Reimposes the 10-Senha Daily Cap on Lawyers at the Porto Loja With a 12h–16h Window — Three Cases Per Advogado Per Day Against a 200,000-File Court Backlog, Less Than a Year After the National Cap Was Lifted by Protocol With the Ordem

The Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo has quietly reimposed the ten-senha daily cap on lawyers at its Porto loja, with access squeezed into a four-hour 12h–16h window. Público's Vicente Nunes reads the new rule on the ground on Saturday...
The Portugal Brief
Mercado do Bolhão's Knife Sharpener Joins Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — André Fernandes, 37, Becomes the First Amolador Inscribed Under the SIPCI Framework

Mercado do Bolhão's Knife Sharpener Joins Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — André Fernandes, 37, Becomes the First Amolador Inscribed Under the SIPCI Framework

André Fernandes, the third-generation knife sharpener at Porto's Mercado do Bolhão, has had his candidacy accepted into the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — the first amolador inscribed under the SIPCI framework, with a museum on the long-range plan.
The Portugal Brief
Porto historic centre and Sé Cathedral skyline — Norte hosts the 2026 Vodafone Rally de Portugal with the service park at Exponor in Matosinhos

Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2026 Heads Into Sunday With Ogier +21.9s on Neuville — Solberg's Paredes Rain Surge Cost the Frenchman 19 Seconds Before an Afternoon Recovery, FIA Fines ACP €15,000 for the Friday Stage-7 Safety Breach

Sébastien Ogier ends Saturday at the 59th Vodafone Rally de Portugal +21.9 on Neuville and +25.8 on Pajari, after a Paredes rain crisis briefly handed the lead to Oliver Solberg. The FIA fines ACP €15,000 (suspended) for the Friday Arganil 2 incident.
The Portugal Brief
Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

The cerimónia oficial of the Dia da Europa lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto on Saturday 9 May 2026 for Portugal's 40 years in the EU. Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho lead the 11:00 session; the noon flag-raising and the free Aliados concert open the public day.
The Portugal Brief
Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

IP awarded Mota-Engil the €113.5M Contumil-Ermesinde quadruplication on the Linha do Minho on 8 May 2026 — 24% below the €150M base price, Q1 2030 completion, ~€40M Portugal 2030 EU cofinancing inside a €226M envelope. First concrete piece of the Porto-Vigo high-speed link.
The Portugal Brief