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A Prosegur security guard in a black uniform beside a queue of passengers with backpacks heading to the security checkpoint at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport

Portugal Opens a Six-Month Rewrite of Its Private Security Law, From Airport Screening to Cash Vans and Nightclub Doors

A working group led by the PSP's private security department starts in early October and must deliver a proposal to replace the rules of Lei n.º 34/2013 by early April 2027, covering training, supervision, new technology and critical infrastructure.

The Portugal Brief 23 Sep 2026

A Portuguese Air Force F-16 on approach with landing gear down, the national flag and tail number 15119 visible on the fin against an overcast sky

The Next Military Programming Law Will Carry the F-16 Replacement, and the Armed Forces Chief Wants Retention Before Recruitment

General João Cartaxo Alves says the law is in final drafting and reaches Parliament this year. It will state the money, not the manufacturer, and the choice between three aircraft comes separately.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

The steel and glass roof of Terminal 1 at Lisbon airport seen from below, with overhead signage reading partidas departures and terminal 2 above the concourse

Portugal Offers Its Border Officers 160 Euros a Month Backdated to July, and 230 From Next Year, to Stop Them Leaving the Passport Desks

The supplement is aimed only at the PSP's air-border unit and the GNR's coastal and border unit. The ministry says it is meant to prevent a new degradation of the service, and the unions have not accepted it.

The Portugal Brief 18 Sep 2026

The Palácio de São Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Portuguese parliament, seen from the street corner with the national flag flying above the portico.

The Interior Minister Would Put Offenders' Nationality in Next Year's Security Report, and the 251 Percent Figure Behind the Debate Is Mostly One Residual Category

Parliament debated the 2025 internal security report on Wednesday. Luís Neves said he is open to adding a nationality column to the 2026 edition. The report itself shows that 838 of the 1,205 immigration-related occurrences sit in a heading it never itemises.

The Portugal Brief 16 Sep 2026

A Policia de Seguranca Publica patrol car in white and blue livery parked on a cobbled Portuguese street beside a pavement, with shopfronts and pedestrians behind

A Second Unlicensed Car Workshop Surfaced in Rio de Mouro Inside Four Days, and This One Had a Man Living in the Shed Behind It

Police, the environmental brigade, Sintra's municipal police and the tax authority inspected the premises together on 10 September. Between them they logged no prior notification, one expired extinguisher, no environmental permit, invoicing offences and possible undeclared work.

The Portugal Brief 13 Sep 2026

The frontage of the Sete Rios coach terminal in Lisbon on a clear day, with a Rede Expressos ticket office and a coach waiting at the kerb

More Irregular Migrants Are Reaching Lisbon and Porto by Coach and Train, and the PSP Is Watching the Terminals

Secondary movement inside Schengen is now the borders unit's main worry, ahead of the external frontier. For many of those arriving, Portugal is a staging post rather than a destination.

The Portugal Brief 13 Sep 2026

A black Policia Maritima rigid inflatable patrol boat under way on an estuary in Portugal with three officers aboard and a wooded shoreline behind

A 107-Year-Old Police Force Sued the Portuguese State on Friday, and Its Inspectors Say Local Commands Now Close at Five With One Officer on Duty

The association representing Maritime Police inspectors and chiefs filed at the Lisbon Administrative Circuit Court against the State and the Navy's military command, citing 182 admissions in ten years against a legal minimum of 722, and drawing the comparison with SEF.

The Portugal Brief 12 Sep 2026

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