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An aerial view of a solar park of tilted panel arrays spread across dry Alentejo scrubland, with a small whitewashed town visible on the horizon beyond the fields.

The Councils That Host Portugal's Wind and Solar Want Paying for It, and They Have Just Won a Formula for Splitting the IMI

The ANMP's renewable-energy section approved a Tax Authority formula for dividing IMI revenue where a dam, wind park or solar plant crosses a municipal boundary, and will ask to join the technical committee that decides the acceleration zones.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

The long low frontage of the Sete Rios coach terminal in Lisbon on a clear day, with Rede Expressos signage above the ticket hall and a coach waiting at the far end of the platform.

Six Months After Winning in Court, FlixBus Still Cannot Board a Passenger at Sete Rios, and It Has Gone Back to the Judge

An enforcement action and a criminal complaint against the terminal operator's managers. FlixBus says a 20 August access date already slipped, its 60-day capacity declarations are about to expire, and there is still not one journey on sale from Sete Rios.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

Members of the public sitting at a row of service counters beneath a large Registo sign inside a Lisbon Loja do Cidadao, with numbered ticket displays hanging from the ceiling.

107 New Conservadores Are Sworn In, Portugal's First Registry Recruitment in Twenty Years, and the Minister Promises Near Normality by December

The ministry says its backlog plan has cleared 26,000 delayed files since June, and Friday's Council of Ministers signed the pay diploma that reaches payslips in November, backdated to 1 July. The STRN, which did not sign, calls the recovery opaque.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

An unpaved farm track running between green fields at Varzea de Quarteira in the Algarve, shaded by carob and olive trees leaning in from both verges, with loose stones marking the edges.

Rights of Way in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Servidão de Passagem, the Landlocked Plot That Can Force One, the Twenty Years of Non-Use That Ends It, and Why an Invisible Track Can Never Be Won by Usucapião

Articles 1543 to 1574 of the Civil Code decide almost every Portuguese access dispute: when long use creates a right and when it cannot, what forcing a route costs, who may move it, and the twenty years of non-use that kills it.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

A steel high-voltage transmission tower carrying several conductor lines above a hillside of eucalyptus woodland near Rio Maior in central Portugal, under a clear sky.

One Billion Euros for a Power Cable to Morocco, and the Case the Minister Makes for It Is the Blackout

The link goes ahead only with private or European money, Maria da Graça Carvalho said on Friday, calling it still a conversation. The justification has quietly moved from exporting clean power to restarting the grid alone after an outage.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

Rolling Alentejo farmland at Castro Verde, ploughed red and brown earth between lines of widely spaced holm oaks running along the crest of a low hill under a clear blue sky.

Portugal's Environment Agencies Are About to Be Redrawn: River Basin Directorates for the APA, Central Control of Impact Assessments for the ICNF

Maria da Graça Carvalho told Lusa on Friday that the restructuring is practically ready and heading for the Council of Ministers. The first concrete detail points one way: decision-making moves from the regional offices to the centre.

The Portugal Brief 05 Sep 2026

The pedestrian quay at Vilamoura marina in the Algarve, lined with palms and moored motor yachts, with holiday apartment blocks and hotel buildings rising behind the waterfront shops.

Timeshare in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Direito Real de Habitação Periódica, the 14 Days to Cancel, the Ban on Taking Your Money First, and the Six-Month Renúncia That Ends It

Portugal runs two timeshare systems under one 1993 statute: a registered property right and a purely contractual one. The law gives 14 days to cancel, forbids any payment before that runs, and lets the holder of a real right end it unilaterally in six months.

The Portugal Brief 04 Sep 2026

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