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Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Bondalti Moves to Delist Ercros, Permira Backs Quadrante, TAP Clears the EU

Weekend edition — Saturday, 11 July 2026. Euronext Lisbon is dark on Saturday and Sunday, so the levels below reference Friday's 10 July close, when the PSI signed off fractionally lower to end a quiet week. With the tape shut, this weekend brief turns to the deal flow that

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

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One in Seven Crime Victims in Portugal Is Now Over 65, With 44,161 Elderly Targeted in 2025

Crime against Portugal's over-65s rose 30.5% between 2020 and 2025 to 44,161 victims, outpacing the 19.9% rise for everyone else, DGPJ data show. Property crimes and scams dominate, making fraud the main threat to older residents.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

The neoclassical Assembleia da Republica, Portugal's parliament, floodlit at night with its columns and a stone lion statue in the foreground

Brussels Tells Portugal to Shore Up Pension Sustainability and Fill Health-Staff Gaps in Its European Semester Verdict

EU finance ministers closed the 2026 European Semester by urging Portugal to guarantee the medium-term sustainability of its pension system — projected third-highest for pension spending by 2045 — fill health-workforce gaps and expand affordable housing.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

The main entrance and adult emergency department of Hospital de Sao Joao in Porto, with a yellow INEM medical tent and staff on the forecourt under a grey sky

A University of Glasgow Study Finds Portugal's Merged Local Health Units Missed Their Targets While Spending Climbed

A University of Glasgow study by economist Joao Pedro Martins finds Portugal's 39 Local Health Units missed their business-plan targets while spending rose, with no gains in access, capacity or efficiency — echoing family-doctor teams who say the 2024 merger was rushed.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

Alfama's terracotta rooftops overlooking the Tagus River in Lisbon under a clear blue summer sky

The Lisboa Brief — Week of 11 July 2026: Moedas Puts €59.2M of Idle City Land Up for Auction, Summer Beach Buses Return and NOS Alive Closes at Algés

Lisbon's red-warning heat broke into full festival season this week — but the story that outlasts the weather is money: Moedas's executive approved a €59.2M auction of ten idle municipal plots, now facing an Assembleia Municipal with no coalition majority. Plus summer beach buses, a new Tagus ferry

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

General Daily Briefing — Saturday, 11 July 2026

General Daily Briefing — Saturday, 11 July 2026

📘 New Guide Published Building Your Own Home in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Autoconstrução, Buying Building Land, Câmara Licensing Under the Reformed RJUE, and the New Partial VAT Refund on Construction Thinking of buying a plot and building in Portugal? A practical 2026 guide to self-building (autoconstrução): confirming

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

The wide sandy beach of Praia de Faro on the Algarve coast meeting a calm blue Atlantic sea under a clear sky

The Sea off Faro Climbed to 26.1°C in Two Marine Heatwaves, Navy Buoy Data Show

The sea off Faro warmed to 26.1°C through two marine heatwaves between mid-June and early July, a Portuguese Navy coastal buoy recorded. The stronger event ran about 2.2°C above the seasonal threshold, part of a warming trend along the Algarve's touristed coast.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

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