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Barcelos Backs Two New Tech-Training Centres With €3.2 Million for Industry and IT

Barcelos has inaugurated two Specialised Technology Centres backed by a €3.2 million PRR-funded investment, one for industry and one for IT, teaching programming, cybersecurity, AI, automation and robotics. The northern city is betting on locally grown skills to keep its dense industrial base suppli

The Portugal Brief 17 Jul 2026

Two wind turbines on a green hillside behind a dry-stone wall at the Serra Branca wind farm in the Azores, Portugal

Sabugal Rejects Two Planned Renewable-Energy Acceleration Zones Over Fire and Land Fears

The Guarda-district municipality of Sabugal has issued an unfavourable opinion on two large renewable-energy acceleration zones (PSZAER) proposed on its land, citing overlap with maximum fire-hazard and forest areas and a planned business zone. It joins a wave of interior councils demanding local be

The Portugal Brief 17 Jul 2026

The city of Coimbra rising above the Mondego river at dusk, with the university on the hilltop

Coimbra Prepares to Double Its Tourist Tax to €2 a Night to Cover Visitor Costs

Coimbra's council is set to vote on Monday to double its municipal tourist tax from €1 to €2 per person per night. The city calculates each overnight stay costs it about €3.49 in services and infrastructure, against €726,000 raised by the levy in 2025, and says the higher rate still falls short of t

The Portugal Brief 17 Jul 2026

The facade of the former Marquês de Pombal Industrial School building in Alcântara, Lisbon

Portugal's Ninth-Grade Exam Results Slip Past Their Friday Deadline in a Grading Backlog

The results of this year's ninth-grade national exams did not appear on 17 July as scheduled, with EduQA blaming a backlog in classification and unable to give a new date. Officials also admitted some papers may ultimately be returned without a numerical grade, though higher-education deadlines are

The Portugal Brief 17 Jul 2026

A Galp petrol station forecourt in Viseu, Portugal, with an orange Desconto canopy and price display

Portugal's Diesel Jumps 13.5 Cents a Litre From Monday as Gulf Tensions Reach the Pumps

From Monday, 20 July, the average price of diesel is set to climb 13.5 cents to about €1.988 a litre and petrol 6.5 cents to around €1.980, pushed up by renewed Middle East tension. The government's ISP fuel-tax mechanism should claw back part of the diesel rise, but ministers have rejected cutting

The Portugal Brief 17 Jul 2026

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Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Galp Drags PSI Lower, BES Payouts Advance, Logoplaste Draws Bids

📋 In This Edition * Portuguese Equities * Blue-Chip Movers * Government Bonds * Euro and the Dollar * Business & Tech Focus: Bank of Portugal Advances BES Creditor Payouts * Deal Watch: Private Equity Circles Logoplaste * The Week Ahead Portuguese Equities Lisbon spent Wednesday, 15 July out of step with the rest of Europe. The benchmark

The Portugal Brief 15 Jul 2026

Two Comboios de Portugal trains, a green passenger railcar and a blue maintenance locomotive, standing side by side at a station platform

Government Targets a National Intermodal Transport Pass Linking Lisbon and Porto by Year's End

Infrastructure Minister Miguel Pinto Luz says a single pass valid across buses, metros and trains in the Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas — together about 80% of national transport supply — could arrive by the end of 2026. The main hurdles are technical: reconciling different ticketing systems an

The Portugal Brief 15 Jul 2026

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