Good morning. Here is your Thursday briefing for 27 August 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from a
AICCOPN's latest barometer counts 3,477 tenders launched in seven months, down 31 percent. Contracts signed through open tender fell 34 percent, while direct awards and prior consultations grew 20 percent to €449 million.
The Instituto da Segurança Social has added certified occupational disease, occupational-disease pension income and survivor-pension income to the declarations issued straight from the app, with no desktop portal and no counter visit.
Agudela, Cabo do Mundo, Matosinhos, Marreco, Memória and Quebrada are all flagged for microbiological contamination, with Foz do Lima and Vila Praia de Âncora making eight on the northern coast.
Hugo Freitas de Sousa, 39, was stopped re-entering the United States from Canada on an ESTA after a family wedding on Terceira. He has been at an ICE facility in Tacoma for nearly a month and on hunger strike for four days.
Supply grew by 942 rooms in the capital and prices rose anyway, by about 10 percent in under a week. Portaria n.º 331-B/2026/1 says the state will cover €500 in Lisbon and €419 in Porto. The market is now above both.
Volker Türk's letter reached the President of Parliament on Tuesday and became public on Wednesday. It names four treaties, warns of re-pathologising gender identity, and asks for withdrawal. Chega and the CDS said no within hours.
