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An aerial view of Vila Franca do Campo on Sao Miguel in the Azores, its white houses and red roofs spread along the coast with the islet offshore

The Azores Write the Rules for Machado-Joseph Support, a Year After the Ombudsman Said the Gap Was Blocking Access

Thursday's Conselho do Governo approved regulation covering mobility and comfort equipment, a home carer and a companion subsidy. The archipelago has the world's highest prevalence of the disease, concentrated on Flores and Sao Miguel.

The Portugal Brief 22 Aug 2026

A black-and-turquoise Lisbon taxi crossing a cobbled square lined with yellow and pink Portuguese buildings

Portugal's Taxi Associations Head for the Constitutional Court Over the Ride-Hailing Law the President Just Signed

ANTRAL and the Federacao Portuguesa do Taxi say letting a licensed taxi also work as a TVDE vehicle breaches the framework law of the land transport system. They cannot petition the court directly, so they are pressing the Ombudsman and the AMT instead.

The Portugal Brief 22 Aug 2026

A heavy bank of dark storm cloud over a grey Atlantic sea, with a break of pale light along the horizon

An Atlantic Depression Turns August Into Autumn From Sunday, With Thunderstorms and Three-Metre Seas

IPMA expects rain along the whole western coast on Sunday and heavier, thundery showers in the North and Centre on Monday, with gusts to 60 km/h and maximum temperatures down to 22 to 26 degrees. Its meteorologist calls the system more autumn than summer.

The Portugal Brief 22 Aug 2026

A yellow Carris funicular carriage standing on its cobbled, rail-laid street between pastel Lisbon buildings, overhead cables above the track

The Final Report on Lisbon's Gloria Funicular Disaster Is Pushed Back to Early 2027, With Six Safety Orders Already Accepted

The GPIAAF now expects its report close to the end of the first quarter of 2027, not on the accident's first anniversary. Destructive one-off testing is being shared with a parallel Ministerio Publico inquiry. Carris and the IMT accepted all six recommendations.

The Portugal Brief 22 Aug 2026

An unfinished apartment block standing beside an occupied residential building on Rua Emilio Biel in Porto

Noise and Neighbours in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Regulamento Geral do Ruído, the 23:00 to 07:00 Rule, When Building Work Is Banned, and How to Make a Complaint Count

There is no general quiet-hours law in Portugal, but there are specific rules with specific times. What the Regulamento Geral do Ruido says about neighbour noise, why building work is banned at weekends, what the police can order at 23:00, and the fines from €200 to €216,000.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

The Portuguese Navy submarine NRP Tridente alongside a quay at the Lisbon Naval Base at Alfeite

Portugal Buys €21 Million of NATO Procurement Services to Rebuild the Alfeite Naval Base for Its Next Warships

Resolucao do Conselho de Ministros 172/2026 authorises the Navy to spend up to €21 million buying procurement services from NATO's NSPA to repair, improve and expand the maritime and port support installations at Alfeite, ahead of the new ships Portugal has on order.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

The Instituto Superior Tecnico central pavilion on the Alameda campus in Lisbon, seen across its calcada forecourt

Lisbon's New Artificial Intelligence Building Comes In at €8 Million, €1.1 Million Above What the Government Announced

A resolution published in the gazette on Friday raises the ceiling for the AIDE research building at the Instituto Superior Tecnico from €6,878,710 to €8 million after the tender came in high. The 2025 tranche was never spent, and the school now covers €1.5 million from its own revenue.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

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