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Sporting Crush Benfica 40-28 in the Friday-Night Handball Derby — 25 Wins From 25 Matches Leave Alvalade Side One Point From a Third Straight Andebol Title

Sporting Crush Benfica 40-28 in the Friday-Night Handball Derby — 25 Wins From 25 Matches Leave Alvalade Side One Point From a Third Straight Andebol Title

Sporting walked into Pavilhão No. 2 da Luz on Friday night and walked out with a twelve-goal win — 40-28 — over Benfica. It is their sixth consecutive derby and a 25th straight win on the season; only an FC Porto slip stands between them and a tricampeonato.

The Portugal Brief 25 Apr 2026

Miranda Sarmento Lifts the Aforro Ceiling — Series F Cap Rises to €250,000 Per Saver and the Combined E+F Limit Reaches €500,000 as the State Courts Retail Cash

Miranda Sarmento Lifts the Aforro Ceiling — Series F Cap Rises to €250,000 Per Saver and the Combined E+F Limit Reaches €500,000 as the State Courts Retail Cash

A despacho signed on Monday and gazetted in the Diário da República raises the per-saver Series F ceiling from €100,000 to €250,000 and the combined Series E+F cap from €350,000 to €500,000. Series F is paying 2.138% in April; the Aforro stock crossed €41 billion in March.

The Portugal Brief 25 Apr 2026

The Lisboa Brief — Week of April 25, 2026: Rafa's Stoppage-Time Derby Winner, 243 New Homes for Alto do Lumiar, and a Liberty Day on a Divided City

The Lisboa Brief — Week of April 25, 2026: Rafa's Stoppage-Time Derby Winner, 243 New Homes for Alto do Lumiar, and a Liberty Day on a Divided City

Benfica steal the Lisbon Derby in stoppage time. Câmara approves 243 new homes at Alto do Lumiar plus €15.8M for Bairro Padre Cruz. April 14 Metro strike desconvocada — fresh 24-hour walkout set for May 26. Santa Apolónia faces six-month closure. And a 25 de Abril under political row.

The Portugal Brief 25 Apr 2026

General Daily Briefing — Saturday, 25 April 2026

General Daily Briefing — Saturday, 25 April 2026

BdP's 2025 supervision report forces banks to refund €8.9 million for improper charges and logs 33,375 complaints and a 45% jump in illicit-activity cases. Conselho de Ministros overhauls the ITV regime. 600 Lisbon cultural agents accuse EGEAC of emptying out the 25 de Abril.

The Portugal Brief 25 Apr 2026

'Festas Sem Abril' — 600 Lisbon Cultural Agents Petition Against EGEAC's Hollowed-Out 25 Abril Programme as Moedas Calls It a Political Attack on Holiday Eve

'Festas Sem Abril' — 600 Lisbon Cultural Agents Petition Against EGEAC's Hollowed-Out 25 Abril Programme as Moedas Calls It a Political Attack on Holiday Eve

Lisbon enters its 52nd 25 de Abril with a row over what the city is — and is not — doing to mark it. Around 600 cultural agents have put their names to a petition under the title “Festas de Abril sem Abril” — “April Festivals...

The Portugal Brief 25 Apr 2026

Council of Ministers Greenlights ITV Overhaul — New Decree-Law Reshapes Inspection-Centre Network, Strengthens IMT Sanctions and Locks In the March 2026 Rule That Lets Recall-Stalled Cars Fail Automatically

Council of Ministers Greenlights ITV Overhaul — New Decree-Law Reshapes Inspection-Centre Network, Strengthens IMT Sanctions and Locks In the March 2026 Rule That Lets Recall-Stalled Cars Fail Automatically

The Conselho de Ministros communiqué of 23 April 2026 contains a decree-law that has been quietly working its way through the inter-ministerial circuit since the autumn: a complete overhaul of the legal framework governing periodic technical...

The Portugal Brief 25 Apr 2026

Banks Forced to Refund €8.9 Million in Improper Charges — BdP's Behavioural Supervision Logs 33,375 Customer Complaints, 51 Contraventions and a 45% Jump in Illicit Activity Cases

Banks Forced to Refund €8.9 Million in Improper Charges — BdP's Behavioural Supervision Logs 33,375 Customer Complaints, 51 Contraventions and a 45% Jump in Illicit Activity Cases

The numbers landed quietly on Friday: in 2025, Banco de Portugal forced the banks to return €8.9 million in improperly charged interest and commissions to their customers, opened 479 investigations into illicit financial activities — a 45% jump on...

The Portugal Brief 25 Apr 2026

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