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A cobbled Campo Maior street roofed over with a dense canopy of white, red and orange handmade paper flowers strung between the houses, with hanging lanterns

After Eleven Years, Campo Maior Readies Millions of Handmade Paper Flowers to Drape Its Streets for August's UNESCO-Listed People's Festival

For the first time since 2015, the Alentejo town of Campo Maior stages its UNESCO-listed Festas do Povo from 8 to 16 August, with thousands of residents making paper flowers to blanket up to 100 streets in a festival held only when the townspeople decide.

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

A €182.5 Million Productive-Innovation Grant Call Channels Extra Support to Portugal's Exporters and Low-Density Regions, Closing 30 September

Portugal's Inovacao Produtiva call, run under Portugal 2030 with Compete 2030 leading, offers €182.5 million in non-refundable grants to SMEs until 30 September 2026, with up to 60% cover in low-density areas and priority for exporters and digital and climate projects.

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

Heads of state and government of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries pose for a group photograph on a red carpet in front of a CPLP summit banner

The Portuguese-Speaking Bloc Turns 30 Still Short of Its Potential, Portugal's Foreign Minister Says, as He Courts Guinea-Bissau's Return

As the Community of Portuguese Language Countries turns 30 on 17 July, Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel says its full potential is nowhere near exploited, presses for suspended founder Guinea-Bissau's return, and reports progress on the CPLP Mobility Agreement that shapes Lusophone migration to Portuga

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

Aerial view of the Douro river, Ribeira district and rabelo boats in Porto

The Porto Brief — Week of 12 July 2026: Free Rides Finally Arrive, the Câmara Honours Rui Moreira, and the Dragons Decamp to England

Your weekly roundup from the Invicta: free public transport finally arrives for Porto Card holders, the Câmara decorates nearly thirty figures and salutes Rui Moreira's legacy, FC Porto decamps to England for pre-season, and Pedro Abrunhosa plays a solidarity concert at the Casa da Música.

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

General Daily Briefing — Sunday, 12 July 2026

General Daily Briefing — Sunday, 12 July 2026

Here is your Portugal briefing for Sunday, 12 July 2026 — the day’s six stories at a glance: * Teachers’ union Fenprof is taking Portugal’s troubled digital exam-grading system to the public prosecutor, while the opposition PS demands answers from the prime minister and floats a parliamentary inquiry. * Portugal and

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

A Ponte de Lima Food Group Puts €5.2 Million Into Its Factory to Push the Chipicão Snack Brand Into Spain

A family-owned food producer in the north of Portugal is betting on its own balance sheet — rather than European subsidies — to fund an expansion and take one of its brands across the border into Spain. Officetotal Food Brands, which runs the...

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

Silves Brings Back Its Award-Winning Cork Museum, Shut Since 2009

Silves Brings Back Its Award-Winning Cork Museum, Shut Since 2009

One of the Algarve's most celebrated cultural landmarks has come back to life. On Saturday, the Museu da Cortiça (Cork Museum) in Silves — the medieval former capital of the Algarve, set on the banks of the Rio Arade (Arade River) — reopened its...

The Portugal Brief 12 Jul 2026

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