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The granite two-storey building of the Junta de Freguesia de Gradiz in northern Portugal, with a terracotta roof, an external stone staircase and a carved coat of arms

Portugal Bought Emergency Radio Handsets for Every Parish After Storm Kristin. The Tender for the Generators Drew No Bidders at All.

The Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that the generator tender will have to be run again, with no date attached. The satellite phones are waiting on a Court of Auditors approval.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

Two runners on the paved riverside path at Belem in Lisbon, with the grey water of the Tagus estuary behind them

Sixty-Eight Percent of Portuguese Say They Never Exercise, the Highest Share in the EU, and the Reason They Give Most Often Is Motivation

The European Commission's sixth Eurobarometer on sport puts Portugal last on almost every measure of movement, including the share who never walk for ten minutes at a time. Cost and missing facilities are named less often here than across the EU.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

The tree-lined Avenida Arriaga in central Funchal, Madeira, with green benches and black and white Portuguese pavement running between the buildings

Madeira's Rising Regional Minimum Wage Is Flattening Its Public Pay Scale, So the General Careers Stop on 2 October

The regional floor goes from 980 euros to 1,050 euros next year, and the union says hundreds of staff will land on it whatever their seniority. It wants 70 euros added up to level 23 of the Madeira table.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

The long grey facade of the Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon seen across its forecourt, framed by a flowering pink oleander in the foreground

Portugal's First Hundred Specialist Pharmacists Qualify in 2027. Their Regulator Wants the SNS Posts Opened Now.

The Residência Farmacêutica started in 2023 and reaches its first finish line next year, in clinical analyses, hospital pharmacy and human genetics. More than 500 pharmacists are behind them in the programme.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

The white station building of Castelo Branco on Portugal's Beira Baixa Line, with blue tiled panels, a red tiled roof and a train standing at the platform behind

Trains Are Running Again on the Whole of the Beira Baixa Line, and the Buses That Stood In for Them Since March Are Gone

The Mouriscas-A to Vila Velha de Rodao section reopened on Sunday after 3.4 million euros of repairs to two landslides left by Storm Kristin. Regionais, Intercidades and freight run the full 240 kilometres again.

The Portugal Brief 20 Sep 2026

The Paço das Escolas courtyard at the University of Coimbra, its clock tower and colonnaded Via Latina facade under a blue sky with the Portuguese flag flying

University Applications Close Tonight With 20,317 Candidates Chasing 11,112 Second-Round Places

Three thousand two hundred more applicants than the whole of last year's second phase, and the official vacancy list starts at roughly one place for every two of them. Results land on 30 September.

The Portugal Brief 20 Sep 2026

The bronze coat of arms of the Federative Republic of Brazil mounted beside the doorway of the Brazilian Embassy in Lisbon, on a pink rendered wall

The Estatuto de Igualdade in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Porto Seguro Treaty Statute That Puts Brazilian Residents on the Same Footing as the Portuguese, and the Six Doors It Leaves Shut

A free statute, open to any civilly capable Brazilian holding a Portuguese residence permit, that grants the same rights and duties as a Portuguese citizen. What it gives, the six offices it withholds, the Brazilian voting rights the political half suspends, and how you find out you have it.

The Portugal Brief 20 Sep 2026

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