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Bank Accounts, Debit Cards, and MB WAY — Your Complete Financial Setup Checklist After Landing in Portugal

Moving to Portugal means dealing with a new financial system — and the sooner you open a local bank account, the easier everything else becomes. Whether you're here on a D7 visa, a digital nomad permit, or an EU free-movement basis, a Portuguese...

Opposition Demands Answers After Government Pays EUR 40,000 for AI Platform That Tracks Journalists and Social Media

The Portuguese Government is facing a political firestorm after reports emerged that it paid nearly EUR 40,000 to an Irish analytics company for an AI-powered platform capable of tracking journalists, monitoring social media, and predicting which...

Government Creates CIPO — Portugal's New Unified Command to Prevent a Repeat of Last Summer's Wildfire Catastrophe

Portugal's government has created a new unified command structure to coordinate wildfire prevention across multiple ministries and agencies, in what officials describe as an extraordinary response to an extraordinary threat. The Comando Integrado de...

Driving in Portugal: Licence Exchange, Toll Systems, Speed Cameras, Parking Apps, and Importing a Car

What This Guide Covers If you plan to drive in Portugal — whether as a tourist, a new resident, or someone importing a car — the rules are different enough from most other European countries to catch you off guard. This guide covers everything from...

Portugal Overtakes Italy in EU Car Production for First Time as Autoeuropa Plant Hits 240,000 Vehicles

A Quiet Industrial Milestone Portugal produced 240,400 vehicles in 2025, overtaking Italy to become the ninth-largest car manufacturer in the European Union. The achievement, recorded in data from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association...