Good morning. Here is your Wednesday briefing for 26 August 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from TAP&
Asked by Iniciativa Liberal whether the tax authority is adding requirements the IRS Code never wrote, the Finance Ministry says it is not. A property in ruins cannot be your permanent home on the day you buy it, and a house you also work in is not exclusively housing.
The Ministry of Justice has opened applications for the post of Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union. An evaluation panel shortlists three, parliament's European Affairs Committee hears them, and the government then picks one.
Worldpanel by Numerator's first-half figures put Continente on 27.6 percent, Pingo Doce on 22.3 and Lidl on 13.8, with traditional grocers still ahead of Mercadona. Pingo Doce grew the basket, Lidl grew the visit, and the leader stopped losing.
The Blackstone and EQT-backed group notified the Competition Authority on Tuesday of its purchase of Egeo SGPS, everything except Egeo Solventes. Since selling SUMA to Mota-Engil in January 2024 it has bought Carmona, Stericycle Portugal, EcoAmbiente and now Egeo.
Calvelex, Mundifios, Paulo de Oliveira and Riopele have put 30 million euros into Portugal's only flax and hemp wet-spinning plant, with China's Kingdom Holdings as partner. It sits in a rebuilt Filatex shed at Rebordoes and expects about 250 workers.
TAP has maintained NATO's AWACS fleet since 1987. Its maintenance division now says national defence work and European partnerships are where it grows next, and that the privatisation could help it get there.
