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Sonae's Musti Acquires ICA's Three Gaston Pet Stores in Sweden and Folds Them Into Arken Zoo

Sonae's Finnish pet-care arm Musti has agreed to buy three Gaston pet stores from ICA, Sweden's largest retailer, folding them into its Arken Zoo chain. The deal ends ICA's short-lived pet pilot and extends a pan-European buying spree that already includes Portugal's ZU.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

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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 what a plot allows before you buy, licensing through the câmara under the reformed RJUE, the architect and engineers you must hire, and the new partial VAT refund that cuts constr

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

A tranquil salt-marsh landscape in the Salinas de Aveiro, with an island of reeds and vegetation rising from shallow lagoon water under a clear sky in central Portugal

A 37-Hectare Island in the Ria de Aveiro Goes to Online Auction at €750,000 — Salt Pans, Oyster Beds and All

The Ilha dos Puxadoiros — some 37 hectares of reclaimed salt marsh, fish ponds and low white buildings in the Ria de Aveiro lagoon — has gone to online auction with a base price of €750,000. A rare, self-contained slice of the lagoon, it produces salt, samphire and oysters, but sits inside a Natura

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

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Portugal Floats Six Large Business Zones to Anchor Multinationals, With Sines as the Template

Portugal's economy minister, Manuel Castro Almeida, says the government wants to build six large 'business reception areas' of 300 to 800 hectares each — two in the North, two in the Centre, one near Lisbon and one in the interior Alentejo — to stop losing multinationals for lack of ready-to-build l

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

The harbour and breakwater at Sines on Portugal's Alentejo coast, with sailboats moored in the foreground and cargo ships anchored offshore

A €468 Million Logistics Park in Grândola Passes Public Consultation After a Four-Year Wait

Swiss-backed Qantara Capital's EUR468 million industrial and logistics park in Grandola has cleared public consultation, four years after it was announced and classified a Project of Potential National Interest. The promoter blames a frozen master plan and electoral cycles, and wants to break ground

The Portugal Brief 10 Jul 2026

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AIMA Opens Online Renewals for Residence Permits Expiring in July and August

AIMA has opened its online renewals portal to residence-permit holders whose cards expire in July and August 2026. Applicants file at portal-renovacoes.aima.gov.pt, generate a DUC to pay a fee of roughly EUR70 to EUR160 within ten working days, then attend for biometrics; expired cards stay valid fo

The Portugal Brief 10 Jul 2026

A hillside in Portugal blackened by wildfire, its forest charred bare, seen from a road running through the valley below

Portugal Summons EU Firefighting Aircraft as the Vouzela Blaze Burns Past 13,000 Hectares

Portugal triggered the EU Civil Protection Mechanism on Friday as a fire near Vouzela, in the Viseu district, grew past 13,000 hectares. Spain sent a Canadair and its Military Emergencies Unit, Italy two amphibious planes, and more than 1,300 firefighters battled fronts across the centre and north.

The Portugal Brief 10 Jul 2026

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