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The three dark glass towers of the Amoreiras complex rising above a dense field of orange-tiled Lisbon rooftops under a clear summer sky

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Ends Flat as BCP Jumps 2.5%, Fitch Reviews Portugal Tomorrow, the Euribor Hits a Two-Year High

📋 In This Edition * Europe Rallies on Bond Relief and Lisbon Sits It Out, but BCP Jumps 2.5% * The Bond Sell-Off Pauses on Its Seventh Day * Fitch Reviews Portugal on Friday, and an Upgrade Is Technically Available * The Euribor Hits a Two-Year High and Diesel Could Jump 14 Cents on

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

The pale concrete facade of the Teresa e Alexandre Soares dos Santos Library on the Nova SBE campus at Carcavelos under a deep blue sky

The European Research Council Split 705 Million Euros Between 421 Young Researchers, and Exactly One Works in Portugal

Nikita Melnikov of Nova School of Business and Economics won the only Starting Grant hosted in Portugal, which ties the country with Slovenia, Lithuania and Luxembourg. Germany took 89, from a record 4,807 proposals filed.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

The Roman temple of Evora standing on its stone podium in a cobbled square, with the cathedral towers and the white Pousada dos Loios behind

A 12.8-Kilometre Bypass Opens East of Évora, and the Unfinished Stretch of the IP2 Has Sat Idle Since 2011

The Variante Nascente cost 54.9 million euros of recovery-plan money and could take 30 to 40 percent of traffic out of the walled city. Infraestruturas de Portugal will spend 700 million euros in the Alentejo through 2028.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

The main entrance of Hospital Dona Estefania in Lisbon, Portugal's paediatric hospital, with ambulances parked under the covered walkway

Every Baby Born in Portugal From 16 September Qualifies for the RSV Immunisation, and a Catch-Up Round Reaches Those Born Since April

Norma 004/2026, signed on 2 September, runs the campaign from 16 September to 31 March 2027 and drops the eligibility gap that left some babies uncovered. The catch-up for children born since 1 April closes on 30 October.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

The neoclassical facade of the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Assembleia da Republica, with stone lions flanking the wide steps and the Portuguese flag flying above the pediment

A 17-Page Complaint of Bullying and Irregular Hiring at Portugal's Parliament Was Archived Without Either Named Official Being Interviewed

The anonymous file described two years of shouting and persecution by the Secretary-General's adjunct, and a rise from 11 to 61 outside appointments to management posts. The legal auditor who proposed closing it had already asked to leave his post.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

A yellow and blue INEM ambulance marked Instituto Nacional de Emergencia Medica and 112, driving through a lit street in Porto at night

Deaf Residents Lost Their Direct Line to 112 in December 2021, and Nearly Five Years On Nothing Has Replaced It

The MAI112 app put a deaf caller, a sign language interpreter and a CODU dispatcher on the same video call. The service behind it stopped in December 2021. Parliament recommended reactivation in March; the interior minister says he learned of the problem only recently.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

A white Guarda Nacional Republicana patrol car with green stripes and the 112 emergency number on the bonnet, parked on cobblestones in front of apartment blocks in Portugal

Portugal's GNR Stopped 8,438 Drivers Over the Criminal Alcohol Limit in Seven Months, and the Peak Falls Between Midnight and Six

The force logged 8,856 alcohol-related road crimes between January and July, an average of 1,265 a month. The heaviest age band is 51 to 64, the risk peaks between midnight and 06:00 at weekends, and four districts account for the bulk of it.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

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