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Montenegro Rebukes Spain's Migration Policy While Defending Portugal's 'Dignity Without a Pull Effect' Approach

Speaking as EU interior ministers met over the Ceuta crisis, PM Luís Montenegro criticised policies that create a 'pull effect' and defended Portugal's orderly-but-humane line. Lisbon still declined to back a call to suspend Spain from Schengen.

The Portugal Brief 05 Aug 2026

Declaring Foreign Income in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Anexo J of the IRS Modelo 3 for Pensions, Salary, Rent, and Investment Earnings From Abroad

Declaring Foreign Income in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Anexo J of the IRS Modelo 3 for Pensions, Salary, Rent, and Investment Earnings From Abroad

Portuguese tax residents must declare foreign pensions, salary, rent and investment income on Anexo J of the Modelo 3. Here's what goes on it, and how double-taxation treaties keep you from paying twice.

The Portugal Brief 05 Aug 2026

Plastic Makes Up Nearly Nine in Ten Items Logged on Portugal's Monitored Beaches, APA's Marine-Litter Report Shows

Plastic Makes Up Nearly Nine in Ten Items Logged on Portugal's Monitored Beaches, APA's Marine-Litter Report Shows

APA's marine-litter survey of 15 mainland beaches found plastic makes up almost nine in ten items collected, with cigarette butts the fastest-rising piece of litter and beachgoers the biggest single source.

The Portugal Brief 05 Aug 2026

A Sophisticated Cyberattack Disrupts the State Water Group Águas de Portugal, Freezing Customer Channels While Supply Runs Normally

A Sophisticated Cyberattack Disrupts the State Water Group Águas de Portugal, Freezing Customer Channels While Supply Runs Normally

Portugal's largest water utility was hit by a 'highly complex' cyberattack that froze its back-office systems and customer channels — but supply, water quality and, so far, personal data were untouched.

The Portugal Brief 05 Aug 2026

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Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Holds Flat, Novobanco Profit Slips 16%, Euro Tops $1.15

📋 In This Edition * Market Wrap: Lisbon Ends Almost Exactly Where It Started * Movers: Yesterday's Laggards Lead as Jerónimo Martins Slips * Business & Tech Focus: Novobanco Profit Falls, Farm Aid Brought Forward * Bonds, the Euro and Euribor at Fresh Highs * The Day Ahead Market Wrap: Lisbon Ends Almost Exactly

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

A small CubeSat satellite deployed into Earth orbit, as ESA's Oeiras incubator opens a new call for space startups

The European Space Agency's Oeiras Incubator Opens a Fresh Call for Three Space Startups

ESA BIC Tagus, the European Space Agency's newest Portuguese incubator, run by Instituto Superior Técnico's Técnico Venture Lab in Oeiras, will pick three Portuguese or international space startups by 5 October — each getting zero-equity funding, ESA technical support and access to an international

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

Attendees gather around a laptop at Web Summit in Lisbon, illustrating Portugal's growing technology-education scene

Lisbon's Code For All Lands 19th on Time's Global Ranking of the Best Edtech Companies

Code For All, a Lisbon startup that retrains people for tech careers, has been ranked 19th in the world and 4th in Europe on Time magazine's list of the 500 best education-technology firms — the only Portuguese company to make the cut, scoring 87.7 behind leaders Duolingo, Cogna and Unext.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

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