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The Maputo waterfront seen from the water, cargo vessels and cranes along the quay with the city's mid-rise skyline and a tall white tower behind under a clear blue sky.

More Than a Hundred Portuguese Companies Open Stands in Maputo on Monday, With a Secretary of State and AICEP Alongside

The 61st Feira Internacional de Maputo runs to 5 September with close to 3,000 exhibitors from 29 countries. Portugal is Mozambique's seventh-largest supplier, with 1,100 exporting companies and goods trade above 193 million euros in 2025.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

An aerial view of the Praca do Comercio in Lisbon, its yellow arcaded ministry wings framing the square, with the Rua Augusta arch behind and the Tagus in the foreground.

Monday Is the Last Day to Pay Your IRS, and the Last Day the State Has to Pay You

About 6.4 million returns were filed and 2.3 million refunds paid by early July, with roughly 200 million euros still to go out. Refunds are smaller this year because less was withheld monthly. If you cannot pay, the instalment request closes on 15 September.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

The Santa Marta lighthouse and the Condes de Castro Guimaraes house on the rocky Cascais shoreline at dusk, lit windows reflected in the shallow water below.

A Cascais Fertility Clinic Shut Overnight, and the Regulator Only Heard About It From the Insolvency Administrator

Ovom Care was declared insolvent on 25 August. The law requires six months' notice before a fertility clinic closes; patients, most of them British and most of whom paid up front, got none. Some 220 gametes and embryos are due to move to another Lisbon clinic.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

The concrete and glass entrance to the Campus de Justica de Lisboa, with a signboard listing the registry offices and two people walking through the doorway.

A 1,600-Page Indictment Traces €2.5 Billion of Congolese Public Works to Ostriches, Ponies and a Trump Tower Apartment

Operacao Rota do Atlantico charges nine over 2.5 billion euros of Congolese public works. Prosecutors say 76.7 million euros went to the president's son and finance minister, and more than 180 million to a former football agent. Contestations are due by 3 October.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

A Lisbon street stencil of a surveillance camera reading Sorria, a sua liberdade esta a ser vigiada

Your Data Rights in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the One-Month Reply Deadline, the CNPD's Three Complaint Forms, the Nine Provisions of the National Law the Regulator Refuses to Apply, and What a Camera May Not Film

What you can demand from any company or public body holding your data in Portugal, the one-month reply deadline, where a camera may not point, the CNPD's three complaint forms, and the nine provisions of the national law the regulator disapplies.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

The district Social Security building in Setubal, part of the Seguranca Social network administering benefits and pensions in Portugal

Eight Months of Data Cross-Checks Saved Portugal's Social Security 76.5 Million Euros, and the Proof-of-Life Deadline Feeding Them Closes on 15 September

The government puts eight months of anti-fraud savings at 76.5 million euros, found by matching databases across Portuguese public bodies and European countries. Overseas pensioners have until 15 September to file proof of life.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

Autumn woodland in the Peneda-Geres National Park, one of the pilot areas named in Portugal's nature restoration plan

Portugal Is Third in the EU to Deliver a Nature Restoration Plan, and the Government's Own Statement Cannot Decide Whether It Holds 375 Measures or 386

Portugal filed its draft nature restoration plan with the European Commission on 28 August, three days before the Article 16 deadline and third of twenty-seven member states. The government's own statement counts the measures twice, at 375 and at 386.

The Portugal Brief 31 Aug 2026

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