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A nameplate inside a glass entrance reading Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Coimbra, Família e Menores, Ministério Público, under the Portuguese coat of arms.

Adult Guardianship in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Maior Acompanhado, the Judge Who Must Meet the Person Face to Face, the Five-Year Review, and the Mandate That Lets You Choose in Advance

Interdição and inabilitação no longer exist. What replaced them removes only what the situation requires, leaves marriage, moving house and making a will untouched by default, is unpaid, and can be refused by almost nobody in the immediate family.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

The carved white limestone dome and spires of the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos in Lisbon rising above trees against a pale sky.

Portugal Puts a Price on Opening Its Museums on a Public Holiday: 60 Euros a Day, Backdated to April

A two-page decree adds one article to the law that created Museus e Monumentos de Portugal. Front-of-house staff who work a feriado now get a fixed 60 euros on top of the pay they were already owed, indexed annually, with effect from 1 April 2026.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

A TAP Air Portugal A321neo on stand at Lisbon airport, with a Luxembourg Airlines jet and the control tower behind it under a cloudy sky.

The Cabinet Read Parpública's Report on TAP and Chose Neither Bidder: Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Get Three Weeks to Improve

The minister said the extra round would take "some weeks, not months". The resolution published in Friday's gazette says three weeks, allows two ministers to move that date, and quietly extends the deadline for the entire sale to 31 December 2026.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

Praça da República in Viana do Castelo: the crenellated granite old town hall behind a carved stone fountain and beds of pink flowers.

A Three-Month-Old Heritage Association Gets Its Day in Court Over Viana do Castelo's New Market, and the Council Threatens to Bill It

A Braga court admitted the injunction on 1 September, the same day the works restarted after eight months of archaeology. The mayor says he will pursue the association for the delay. What the judge actually did is narrower than the headlines suggest.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

The pink-painted street beside Cais do Sodré in Lisbon, lined with bar and club frontages under iron balconies, a few people walking past.

Loures Hands Out 20,000 Drink-Testing Wristbands, and the Mayor Says There Was No Incident Behind It

The first 5,000 went out at the gate of a Carl Cox concert on Saturday evening. The chemistry came out of a NOVA Lisbon laboratory, the whole campaign cost 22,000 euros split with the promoter, and Ricardo Leão says the council has no record of a single spiking case.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

The Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte in Porto: a white facade with red window frames, a blue and white azulejo frieze and a Portuguese flag.

Stopping the State in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Providência Cautelar, the 48-Hour Despacho Liminar, the 306 Euro Fee, and the Rule That Freezes an Act the Moment the Authority Is Served

Portuguese administrative cases take years, by which time the building is up and the flight has gone. The injunction procedure in the CPTA is the answer: 48 hours to a first order, ten days to oppose, five days to a decision, and an automatic freeze most applicants never hear about.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

A Portuguese tax office at Praia da Vitoria on Terceira, the words Servico de Financas spelled out in raised letters across the cream facade above the entrance.

Two Routine Indexations Will Cost the State 401 Million Euros of Income Tax Next Year, Before Anyone Cuts a Rate

The annual updating of the standard deduction and the IRS brackets was applied to 2026 income, but part of the cost only lands when the tax is settled in 2027. The Finance Ministry books it at 401 million euros, inside a framework that counts nothing the government has yet chosen to do.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

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