Good morning. Here is your Thursday briefing for 20 August 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from workplace
The Autoridade Tributaria has issued its first assessment on the 2020 sale of six dams to the Movhera consortium, with the balance expected in September. EDP disputes both the tax framework and the sums, and will not pay until the courts rule.
A ConsumerChoice study finds 43% of parents expect to spend EUR 100 to EUR 250 per child on the return to classes, 83% think it will cost more than last year, and eight in ten will cut restaurants, leisure or holidays to pay for it.
Workers at REN Atlantico's Sines terminal, Portugal's only LNG import point, strike from 23 to 25 August. Their unions say most staff face nearly 47 years on rotating shifts before they can retire, and want an earlier exit.
After a rising tide of passenger complaints, the AMT has ordered Transtejo/Soflusa to file monthly returns on every service run, delayed or cancelled, with causes and remedies, broken down by line and by time of day.
Active Space Technologies will build 340 structural components for a European satellite constellation, worth up to EUR 3 million, with deliveries running to June 2028. Its hardware is also booked onto ESA missions to Venus, the Sun and Jupiter.
The labour inspectorate's count puts 81 workplace deaths in 2026 so far, after 160 last year: the worst run since 2015. On Wednesday a crane came down on a Belas site that had no licence to occupy the road, killing two painters.
