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Small wooden fishing boats hauled up and turned over on the slipway at Camara de Lobos, Madeira, in front of a row of white and blue fishermen's huts.

Portugal Hands Out Fishing Quota by Track Record, Crew Numbers and Island Keys, and Is Not Among the Eleven Countries Applying Any Environmental Test

A study for the European Parliament's fisheries committee logs six allocation criteria in Portugal and no environmental one. Undulate ray counts crew members, tuna runs on an Azores island key, sardine splits at 9 and 16 metres. Historical catch decides the rest.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

Green and pale yellow apartment blocks with glazed balconies on Rua Candido dos Reis in Almada, Portugal, above a cobbled calcada square.

A Portuguese Home Loan Adds Between €23 and €70 in September, the Steepest Single Reset Since Late 2023

On a €150,000 loan over 30 years at a 1 percent spread, the three-month reset adds €23.21, the six-month €46.95 and the twelve-month €70. The European Central Bank meets on 10 September, and markets are already pricing a second rise on 17 December.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

The concrete arch of the Alto Lindoso dam and its reservoir seen from a hillside across a green granite valley in northern Portugal, under a blue sky.

Portugal Puts Its Electricity Storage Plan Out for 20 Days of Public Consultation, Targeting 3.9 Gigawatts of Pumped Hydro and 3 Gigawatts of Batteries by 2030

The National Storage Strategy is now on Participa.pt and anyone can file a comment. It wants pumping at 3.9 GW and batteries at 3 GW by 2030, rising to 5.26 and 4.5 by 2040. The 2030 pumping number rests on one project, and Brussels still has to approve that half.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

The white neoclassical facade, stone staircase and stone lions of the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Portuguese parliament, under a cloudy sky.

Iniciativa Liberal Promises a Whole-System Tax Reform Before Year's End as the Political Year Restarts in Quarteira, With the Left Bloc Regrouping in Setúbal

Not tinkering with IRC and IRS, says the liberals' parliamentary leader, but the tax system as a whole, plus justice, civil protection and Social Security. In Setúbal the Bloco calls its first Pureza-era forum a moment of listening. Both are aiming at the 2027 budget.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

The stone DOMVS IVSTITIAE facade and colonnade of the Palacio da Justica courthouse in Porto, Portugal, with a carved relief and a statue beside the entrance.

A Porto Labour Court Rules on Employer of Record Hiring for the First Time, and Refuses to Let the Tech Company That Received the Work Out of the Case

If you work in Portugal for a foreign company with no office here, a third company may hold your contract. The court declared the dismissal unlawful because the reasons were vague, and tied that vagueness to the structure itself. What to keep proof of.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

The blue and white neoclassical facade of the Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos opera house seen across the chequered paving of the Largo de Sao Carlos in Lisbon.

Portugal's Heritage Institute Has Until Midnight Monday to Show 84 Museums, Palaces and Theatres Are Finished, and Means to Spend €243,220,517.94 to the Cent

Eighty-one museums, monuments and palaces plus three national theatres have to show their main works are done by Monday midnight. Ninety-nine percent of the money is in execution. But meeting the target is not reopening: São Carlos waits until 2028 and the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia until 2030.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

The two yellow and white carriages of the Ascensor da Bica passing each other on the steep cobbled Rua da Bica de Duarte Belo in Lisbon, with a dog crossing the tracks between them

The Lisboa Brief, Week of 29 August 2026: A Year On, Carris Still Cannot Say When the Lifts Reopen, Moedas Counts Zero of His 200 Police, and the Baixa Loses Its Last Bank

Your weekly roundup from the capital: on the eve of the Elevador da Glória's first anniversary, Carris publishes a page of answers but no reopening date, the mayor counts none of his 200 police, central Lisbon's anaesthetists file liability disclaimers, and the Banco de Portugal leaves the Baixa.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

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