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CGTP Stages Biggest Protest in Years — Schools Shut, Building Sites Idle as Unions Reject Government's Employment Package

CGTP Stages Biggest Protest in Years — Schools Shut, Building Sites Idle as Unions Reject Government's Employment Package

Tens of thousands of workers are expected to march from Saldanha to the Assembleia da República this Friday afternoon as Portugal's largest trade union confederation stages its biggest protest in years against the government's proposed labour reform...

The Portugal Brief 17 Apr 2026

Seville's April Fair Honours Portugal With Gateway Celebrating 500 Years Since Carlos V Married Infanta Isabel

Seville's April Fair Honours Portugal With Gateway Celebrating 500 Years Since Carlos V Married Infanta Isabel

When Seville's famous Feria de Abril lights up on the evening of 20 April, the monumental gateway welcoming millions of visitors will carry an unmistakably Portuguese theme — honouring the 500th anniversary of the marriage between Emperor Carlos V...

The Portugal Brief 17 Apr 2026

IMF Slashes Portugal Growth to 1.9% and Sees Inflation Jumping to 3.1% — Budget Assumption Now Outdated

IMF Slashes Portugal Growth to 1.9% and Sees Inflation Jumping to 3.1% — Budget Assumption Now Outdated

The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for Portugal to 1.9 per cent in 2026 and warned that inflation will more than double earlier projections, reaching 3.1 per cent this year as the Middle East conflict sends energy costs...

The Portugal Brief 17 Apr 2026

Portugal Recorded More Births in 2025 — And Still Lost 34,244 People Through Natural Causes

Portugal Recorded More Births in 2025 — And Still Lost 34,244 People Through Natural Causes

Preliminary INE data for 2025 shows 87,732 live births — 2,798 more than 2024 and the first annual rise in nearly a decade. But the natural balance still widened to a record minus 34,244. Without net migration of 143,641, Portugal would be shrinking by the size of Bragança every year.

The Portugal Brief 16 Apr 2026

Sines Is Quietly Becoming Portugal's Most Strategic Asset — The Hormuz Crisis Is Accelerating The Shift

Sines Is Quietly Becoming Portugal's Most Strategic Asset — The Hormuz Crisis Is Accelerating The Shift

Port of Sines container capacity is expanding from 2.7M to 4.1M TEU, the LNG terminal handles 60 per cent of Portugal's gas, and a EUR 547 million investment has extended the concession to 2049. The Hormuz crisis is speeding up a transformation that would otherwise have taken a decade.

The Portugal Brief 16 Apr 2026

Portugal Enters Summer with Reservoirs Near Record Levels — 51 of 59 Dams Above 80 Per Cent Capacity

Portugal Enters Summer with Reservoirs Near Record Levels — 51 of 59 Dams Above 80 Per Cent Capacity

At the end of March 2026, 51 of the 59 reservoirs tracked by SNIRH were above 80 per cent of total capacity, with Alqueva at 97.9 per cent. After seven storms in 25 days, Portugal enters summer with a water cushion most of Southern Europe would envy — but one heatwave can still draw it down fast.

The Portugal Brief 16 Apr 2026

Lisbon Court Orders Preventive Detention for Suspect Charged With Terrorism in Molotov Attack on Marcha pela Vida

Lisbon Court Orders Preventive Detention for Suspect Charged With Terrorism in Molotov Attack on Marcha pela Vida

A 39-year-old man arrested on Wednesday for throwing a Molotov cocktail at anti-abortion demonstrators outside the Assembleia da República in Lisbon will remain in preventive detention, a Lisbon court ruled early on 16 April. The decision, first...

The Portugal Brief 16 Apr 2026

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