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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

A quay at the port of Leixoes in Matosinhos, northern Portugal, with a dockside crane, moored vessels and container gantries under a clear sky.

Portugal's Export Credit Agency Left Private Hands on Tuesday, and the Bank Taking It Over Says Only 0.2 Percent of Exports Are Covered

From 1 September the Banco Português de Fomento sells export credit insurance and issues State guarantees under a new brand, Fomento Trade, ending fifty-seven years in which COSEC held the mandate. The change was ordered in June 2022 and postponed twice.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

A flock of free-range hens and cockerels in the dirt yard of a Portuguese village house, with a stone wall, a log pile and terracotta roofs behind.

Keeping Chickens and Other Small Livestock in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Three-CN Ceiling on Detenção Caseira, the 4.50 Euro Registration, the Flock Declaration Due by 30 September, and the Bird-Flu Rules That Can Confine Your Hens

A hundred birds is the household ceiling, and staying under it still means a form, a fee and a registry. What detenção caseira allows, what the July 2026 amendment changed, the declaration due this month, and what happens the moment you sell an egg.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

The perimeter wall, iron gate and watchtower of the Estabelecimento Prisional de Coimbra, a white crenellated prison building on a quiet Portuguese street.

Creatine and Whey Protein Are Now Banned From Portugal's Prisons, Because the Search Kit at the Gate Cannot Tell Them From Drugs

A despacho signed by the DGRSP's director-general bars food supplements in powder, granulate or tablet form from every Portuguese jail, arriving by visit, parcel or any other route. The stated reason is that gatehouse equipment cannot distinguish them from narcotics.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

The river Zezere running fast over mossy granite boulders in its glacial valley below the Serra da Estrela, near Manteigas in central Portugal.

Five Councils That Reported Their Storm Damage Late Are Written Into Portugal's 80 Million Euro River and Coast Recovery Fund

Resolução do Conselho de Ministros 176/2026, gazetted on Monday and in force from Tuesday, adds Fronteira, Manteigas, Marvão, Nelas and Santa Comba Dão to the Territórios Resilientes annex and lifts the ceiling by 3,493,000 euros to 80,088,647 euros.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

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