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Supremo Tribunal de Justiça's Acórdão 3/2026 Pins the Driving-Ban Penalty Clock to Final Judgement — Article 69(2) Closes the Voluntary Carta-de-Condução Surrender Loophole and Strips Pre-Trial Credit for Motoring Convicts

Supremo Tribunal de Justiça's Acórdão 3/2026 Pins the Driving-Ban Penalty Clock to Final Judgement — Article 69(2) Closes the Voluntary Carta-de-Condução Surrender Loophole and Strips Pre-Trial Credit for Motoring Convicts

STJ's Acórdão 3/2026 of 17 June pins the proibição de conduzir clock to trânsito em julgado, ruling that pre-trial voluntary licence surrender earns zero credit toward the driving-ban penalty under Article 69(2) of the Código Penal.
The Portugal Brief
Faculdade de Ciências ULisboa Names a Five-Month Biology Research-Initiation Bolsa for Carolina Fernandes-Henriques — Family-Funded Grant Honours a 30-Year-Old CUNY Neuroscientist and Targets Talent Retention Inside Portugal

Faculdade de Ciências ULisboa Names a Five-Month Biology Research-Initiation Bolsa for Carolina Fernandes-Henriques — Family-Funded Grant Honours a 30-Year-Old CUNY Neuroscientist and Targets Talent Retention Inside Portugal

Faculdade de Ciências ULisboa names a five-month Biology research-initiation grant after Carolina Fernandes-Henriques, the 30-year-old CUNY neuroscientist who died unexpectedly in 2024. Family-funded, opens September 2026, targets undergraduate retention.
The Portugal Brief
The Lisboa Brief — Week of 20 June 2026: Rock in Rio Opens Parque Tejo, Sana Sits on the Quartel da Graça €4M Back-Rent, Cinema Paris Cleared for Demolition and DCIAP Files Terror Charges on the Bruno Gonçalves Trail

The Lisboa Brief — Week of 20 June 2026: Rock in Rio Opens Parque Tejo, Sana Sits on the Quartel da Graça €4M Back-Rent, Cinema Paris Cleared for Demolition and DCIAP Files Terror Charges on the Bruno Gonçalves Trail

Lisboa lived a Rock in Rio week — Parque Tejo opened its 11th edition — but the harder stories were inside the offices: Sana sat on the Quartel da Graça hotel with €4M in back rent, the câmara cleared Cinema Paris for demolition, the DCIAP filed terror charges on a Lisbon Municipal Police trail.
The Portugal Brief