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General Daily Briefing — Saturday, 12 April 2026

In today's briefing: • PSP Forces Emergency Halt to Biometric Checks at Airport Departures • Portugal Among Europe's Most Exposed to Jet Kerosene Shortfall • Fuel Prices to Drop From Monday as DGEG Forecasts Six-Cent Decline in Diesel • Socialist Cost-of-Living Resolution Voted Down in Parliament...

The Portugal Brief 12 Apr 2026

Airlines Brace for Summer Disruption as Argus Data Shows Portugal Among Europe's Most Exposed to Jet Kerosene Shortfall

Argus Media Estimates Portugal Has Just Four Months of Commercial Jet Fuel Stocks — the Lowest in Western Europe After the UK Portugal has approximately four months of commercial jet fuel reserves remaining, according to an estimate by energy...

The Portugal Brief 12 Apr 2026

Fuel Prices to Drop From Monday as DGEG Forecasts Six-Cent Decline in Diesel Despite Ongoing Energy Crisis

DGEG Forecasts Diesel to Fall Six Cents and Petrol 3.5 Cents From 13 April — a Rare Reprieve as Global Energy Markets Remain in Turmoil Portuguese drivers will see fuel prices fall from Monday, 13 April, according to forecasts published by the...

The Portugal Brief 12 Apr 2026

PSP Forces Emergency Halt to Biometric Checks at Airport Departures as EES Launch Overwhelms Border Control

Passengers at Risk of Missing Flights as New EU Border System Overwhelms Police Resources Portugal's Public Security Police (PSP) was forced to suspend the collection of biometric data at departures from Lisbon, Porto and Faro airports on Friday...

The Portugal Brief 12 Apr 2026

Portugal Lost 210,000 Farm Workers in 30 Years — Now 40 Per Cent of Those Who Remain Are Foreign

The Quiet Exodus Portugal's agricultural workforce has been halved in a single generation. A comprehensive study by consultancy Consulai, drawing on data from INE, the Bank of Portugal, Eurostat, and the Agricultural Census, documents a decline from...

The Portugal Brief 11 Apr 2026

Fewer Companies Born, More Going Bust — Portugal's Q1 2026 Entrepreneurship Data Flashes Warning Signs

The Numbers Portugal created 14,750 new companies in the first quarter of 2026 — a decline of 5.9 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to data from Informa D&B. That translates to 928 fewer businesses entering the economy....

The Portugal Brief 11 Apr 2026

Portugal's NHS Is Creating a Two-Tier Healthcare System — Private Patients Wait Days, SNS Patients Wait a Year

The Same Clinic, Two Different Realities A woman in Lisbon needs a mammography. If she pays out of pocket — between EUR 30 and EUR 200 — she can book one within a week at any of Portugal's major private healthcare groups. If she holds an SNS...

The Portugal Brief 11 Apr 2026

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