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The Mouraria at night on the slope below the floodlit Castelo de Sao Jorge in Lisbon, lit windows and street lamps picking out the tiers of houses on the hillside.

739 Arrests for Dealing in Central Lisbon Since 2024, and the Officers Who Made Them Say Everyone Is Replaced

PSP figures given to Diario de Noticias cover 1 January 2024 to 15 August 2026. The Mouraria accounts for 316 arrests and the Baixa for 114. The commander says the trade there is run by long-established Portuguese families, not by foreigners.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

A single white three-bladed wind turbine rising above a canopy of umbrella pines and eucalyptus against a deep blue sky, in the hills of the Algarve interior.

Portugal Put Up 199 Megawatts of Onshore Wind in Six Months, Enough for a Place in Europe's Top Ten

WindEurope's autumn report puts Europe on course for a record year at 8.8 gigawatts in the first half, up 30 percent. Portugal should reach about 250 megawatts for the full year and add 2.1 gigawatts by 2030, the twelfth largest jump in the EU.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

Portalegre seen from above on a clear morning, red-tiled roofs and white houses below the cathedral towers and castle keep, with low cloud lying along the ridge behind.

A New Iberian Defence Cluster Names Portalegre as Its First Territory, With a Public Launch on 25 September

The Industrial Portugal Gateway, promoted by the Luso Defense Group with NERPOR as territorial partner, wants an ecosystem rather than a single plant. Its CEO says there is a pipeline of European and non-European companies, but will not name them.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

The Parque das Nacoes waterfront in Lisbon reflected in still water, with the two Sao Gabriel and Sao Rafael towers, the Portugal Pavilion and the arena along the quay.

Portugal's First Global Minimum Tax Returns Fall Due on 30 September, Three Months Later Than Planned

Modelo 63 for 2024 and Modelo 62 for 2025 are both due on 30 September, after a despacho in June moved the deadline back from 30 June without penalties. The regime sets a 15 percent floor on groups with 750 million euros of revenue.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

The container cranes of the Port of Sines on the horizon, seen at low sun from a wide Atlantic beach with breaking surf and dark rock outcrops in the foreground.

Exports Carried Portugal Through the Spring, and Investment Slowed Just as the Recovery Plan Ran Out of Calendar

GDP rose 0.8 percent in chain and 2.5 percent year on year in the second quarter. Net external demand was decisive; investment growth fell from 10.4 percent to 5.7 percent. Economists say the slowdown came while the recovery plan was still spending.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

The colonnaded front of the Palacio da Justica in Porto, with a bronze statue of Justice holding scales on a carved stone pylon in the foreground.

Recovering an Unpaid Invoice in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Injunção, the 51 Euro Court Fee, the Fifteen Days the Debtor Gets, and the Enforcement Title You Hold If Nobody Objects

It is not a lawsuit, no judge reads it, and it starts at 51 euros. What the injunção covers, the two-year limitation period that kills most freelance claims, where it is filed, what happens if the debtor opposes, and the boxes on the form that decide the outcome.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

An STCP double-decker bus on line 500 to Praca da Liberdade, standing on a cobbled street in central Porto beside the Banco de Portugal building.

Porto's Buses Now Answer on WhatsApp, and the Number Works From a Line, a Stop or Your Location

From Tuesday, STCP replies with real-time arrival predictions on WhatsApp, on the same 226 158 158 number as its Linha Azul. It lands in the same week the network switches timetables twice and the summer beach reinforcements end.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

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