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A shopping street in Porto with a trading clothes shop on the corner and, next to it, a vacant ground-floor unit carrying a retail letting board.

Renting a Shop or Office in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Non-Residential Lease, the Five-Year Default, the Trespasse, and the 5 Percent Stamp Duty

Commercial leases in Portugal sit in their own subsection of the Civil Code, and almost all of it can be contracted away. What the law gives you when the contract is silent, what the landlord can never take away, and the three taxes that catch people out.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

The EDP combined-cycle gas power station at Lares, Figueira da Foz, with two red and white stacks above green turbine halls and the site sign at the gate.

Portugal's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.6 Percent Last Year While the EU's Fell, and Gas-Fired Power Explains Most of the Gap

The Joint Research Centre's 2026 EDGAR release puts Portugal at 53.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2025, up 820,000 tonnes. Power generation and industrial burning account for 72 percent of the rise. The EU total fell 0.2 percent over the same year.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

Steam rising from fumaroles beside a wooden boardwalk at Lagoa das Furnas on São Miguel, with earth mounds used for cooking pits in the foreground.

A Magnitude 2.9 Four Kilometres From Furnas Adds a São Miguel Volcano to the Azores Alert List, and the Warning Expires in Eight Days

CIVISA raised the Furnas volcano to alert level V1 on Tuesday evening after a swarm that began at 11:47 and produced a magnitude 2.9 felt at intensity V in the village. Four volcanic systems on three islands are now at V1, and only this one has an expiry date.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320neo taxiing at London Heathrow, with British Airways aircraft and airport buildings in the background

Britain Granted 692 Work Visas to Portuguese Nationals in the Year to June, Half the 2023 Total and Fewer Than It Granted for Study

Home Office data shows Skilled Worker grants to Portuguese nationals down 61 percent and Health and Care Worker grants down 77 percent in three years, while refusals fell and study visas held up.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

A tiled Lisbon apartment block in blue and white azulejos, with cantilevered balconies, potted plants and a resident standing at an open window

The Tax Authority Has Emailed 33,381 Landlords About Contracts Its Own System Still Calls Active, and Gives Them Until 30 September to Reply

Each contract is registered on the Portal das Financas as active, non-renewable and past its end date. Some owners say they closed them years ago, and the tax authority concedes a lag between selecting the list and sending the alerts.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

The front facade of the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Portuguese parliament, with the national flag flying above the pediment and stone lions at the foot of the steps

Two 400 Million Euro Measures Go to the Council of Ministers Next Week: an IRS Cut Reaching the Sixth Bracket and a One-Off Pension Supplement

Montenegro used the Chega censure debate to announce an IRS reduction worth 400 million euros, felt through lower withholding in November, and a pension bonus of about the same value paid with the December pension.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Mota-Engil Jumps 5.4% on Bogota, the State Completes Its REN Purchase, Eight Bid for Azores Airlines

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Mota-Engil Jumps 5.4% on Bogota, the State Completes Its REN Purchase, Eight Bid for Azores Airlines

📘 New Guide Published Personal Insolvency in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Exoneracao do Passivo Restante, the Three Years of Ceded Income, the 300,000 Euro Small-Debtor Route, and the Four Debts a Discharge Never Clears How the CIRE discharge works after Lei 9/2022: three years of

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

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