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View over the terracotta rooftops of Lisbon toward the Tagus river and the 25 de Abril bridge

Company Takeovers in Portugal Reach a 22-Year High as 99 Deals Land at the Competition Authority

Portugal's Competition Authority (AdC) was handed 99 merger notifications in 2025 and issued 100 final decisions — its busiest year since it was founded in 2003, with 11 more cases rolling into 2026. Cash-rich firms, private-equity funds and foreign buyers drove a wave of consolidation across retail

The Portugal Brief 19 Jul 2026

Praca do Comercio on the Tagus waterfront in Lisbon's financial and commercial district

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Holds Near 9,060, Goldman Cools on BCP, Mota-Engil Wins Sines Gigafactory

📋 In This Edition * Portuguese Equities: Lisbon Enters the Week Near 9,060 * Government Bonds and the Euro: A Historically Tight Bund Spread * Banks in Focus: BCP Trades Below Goldman's Target as Results Loom * Deal Watch: Mota-Engil Lands a €207 Million Sines Battery Gigafactory Contract * Tech Watch: ICEYE Plants

The Portugal Brief 19 Jul 2026

Salted cod (bacalhau) laid out on a chilled counter in a Portuguese supermarket, each pile marked with a printed price and product label

Portugal's Food-Safety Watchdog Enlists Shoppers to Flag Mislabelled Products in an EU-Wide Push

Portugal's food-safety regulator ASAE is asking shoppers to read labels and report errors, part of the 23-country Safe4eat campaign. This year's focus: allergens, additives, nutritional and health claims — and what the law obliges every food label to tell you.

The Portugal Brief 19 Jul 2026

A young managed forest of pine and eucalyptus trees in central Portugal, slender trunks and green undergrowth typical of the country's fire-prone woodland

A New Free Platform Tracks the Iberian Peninsula's Living Forest Moisture to Sharpen Wildfire Warnings

A free new platform, ForestDrought, maps the live moisture of forests across the Iberian Peninsula every day — bringing the water in living plants, not just dead tinder, into wildfire-risk models as Portugal endures its worst fire year since 2017.

The Portugal Brief 19 Jul 2026

The Alqueva dam on the Guadiana river in Portugal's Alentejo, its curved concrete wall and access road above the reservoir under a blue sky

Águas de Portugal's New President Warns Almada Is Not Alone as a Quarter of the Country's Treated Water Leaks From Ageing Pipes

The new head of Águas de Portugal says Almada's supply crisis is a warning for the whole country: about 27% of treated water leaks from ageing pipes that are being renewed at a pace that would take 180 years, even as a €5 billion plan and EU funds inch forward.

The Portugal Brief 19 Jul 2026

The colourful houses of Porto's Ribeira district lining the north bank of the Douro river under a bright summer sky, seen from the water

The Porto Brief — Week of 19 July 2026: The Race to Run the Metro, a Polytechnic Turned University, and the Dragons Fly Home With a Win

Your weekly roundup from the Invicta: the government opens the contest to run Metro do Porto beyond 2027, the city's polytechnic becomes the Universidade Tecnica do Porto, parking fines near 300 a day, an ammonia leak clears the Leixoes docks, and FC Porto beat Birmingham to end their England camp.

The Portugal Brief 19 Jul 2026

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General Daily Briefing — Sunday, 19 July 2026

Here is your Portugal briefing for Sunday, 19 July 2026 — a fresh guide, plus the day's six stories at a glance: * The Ministry of Finance has trimmed its 2026 growth forecast to 2% and now expects a balanced budget rather than a small surplus, citing higher oil prices

The Portugal Brief 19 Jul 2026

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