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Spain's Concentra Buys Óbidos Insurance Broker Obimedia in Its Latest Portuguese Deal

Spanish group Concentra has bought 100% of Obimedia, an insurance broker in Óbidos with €700,000 of 2025 business and a €6 million premium book. The deal extends a cross-border roll-up of Portugal's brokerages that Concentra began in 2021 with the Melior agency.

The Portugal Brief 13 Jul 2026

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Fernando Pimenta Wins Two Golds in a Single Weekend at the Montreal Canoe World Cup

Portuguese canoeist Fernando Pimenta won two World Cup golds in a weekend in Montreal, taking the K1 1,000 metres on Saturday and the K1 5,000 metres on Sunday. The double underlines the Ponte de Lima veteran's standing as Portugal's most reliable medal contender.

The Portugal Brief 13 Jul 2026

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Portugal Ships Eight Tonnes of Donated Medicine to Earthquake-Hit Venezuela

Portugal flew about eight tonnes of donated medicine to Venezuela on Monday aboard a TAP aircraft, responding to June's deadly earthquakes. Five drug makers — Tecnimede, BIAL, FAES Farma, Menarini and Bluepharma — pooled the consignment for Venezuela's health ministry.

The Portugal Brief 13 Jul 2026

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Portugal Filed a Record 1,170 Patent Applications in 2025, the Most in a Decade

Portugal filed 1,170 national patent applications in 2025, up 22.9% and the most in a decade, the INPI reports. European filings of Portuguese origin rose 6.1% to 368, women featured on 34% of applications, and the north led the country with 37% of filings.

The Portugal Brief 13 Jul 2026

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Volkswagen's Capacity Cuts Unsettle Portugal's Auto-Components Industry as a Third Down Year Looms

Volkswagen's plan to cut production capacity 25% and axe half its models is rattling Portugal's auto-components makers, whose exports fell 7% in May. Industry body AFIA warns 2026 will bring more losses and job cuts, though the Autoeuropa plant in Palmela looks set to be spared.

The Portugal Brief 13 Jul 2026

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Portugal's Income Tax Shrank the Most in the EU Over a Decade as Social-Security Charges Took Over

The IRS personal income tax fell 5.2 percentage points as a share of Portugal's tax revenue between 2014 and 2024 — the EU's steepest drop — while social-security contributions rose 3.6 points to fill the gap. On a €1,500 salary, worker and employer pay €521 a month in contributions.

The Portugal Brief 13 Jul 2026

Porto's Ribeira historic centre of colourful stacked houses rising from the Douro river waterfront, part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed old city

The Heritage Advisory Body ICOMOS Asks Porto to Account for Two Building Projects in Its UNESCO-Listed Old City

ICOMOS Portugal has demanded urgent clarifications from Porto City Council over two interventions in the UNESCO-listed historic centre — expansion works at the Major Seminary near the Sé and the interior demolition of the Confeitaria Serrana — as the classification turns 30.

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

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