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The Socialists Launch Their Autumn Offensive in Olhão, With the 2027 Budget the Real Prize

The Socialists Launch Their Autumn Offensive in Olhão, With the 2027 Budget the Real Prize

The Socialists open Portugal's political autumn on Sunday in Olhão with a frontal attack on the government over the cost of living, health and crisis response — while keeping their real leverage, the 2027 State Budget, in reserve.

The Portugal Brief 15 Aug 2026

Portugal's 2021 Floating-Solar Auction Has All but Collapsed, and EDP's Exit From the Alqueva Leaves Only One Plant Standing

Portugal's 2021 Floating-Solar Auction Has All but Collapsed, and EDP's Exit From the Alqueva Leaves Only One Plant Standing

Four years after Portugal auctioned its reservoirs for floating solar, five of six plants have failed and EDP has abandoned the biggest — the Grande Lago on the Alqueva. Wildlife rules and thin economics explain a stalled bet.

The Portugal Brief 15 Aug 2026

The glass entrance of the Edificio Victoria on Lisbon's Avenida da Liberdade, the office building that houses Euronext Lisbon, with international flags above a curved metal canopy

Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Closes Week Up, TAP Sale Nears, Sonae Eyes Malls

📋 In This Edition * Weekend Wrap: A Holiday Close to a Quietly Positive Week * The Deal Table: Two Rivals Circle TAP, and the State Bets on Getting Its Money Back * Retail & Real Estate: Sonae and Norway's Sovereign Fund Turn Their Gaze Home * Markets, Bonds and the Euro: A

The Portugal Brief 15 Aug 2026

The A1 motorway near Fatima, Portugal, with light traffic, blue direction signs to Lisboa and Fatima and an 80 km/h speed-limit sign

President Seguro Warns Portugal Cannot Treat Road Deaths as Fate, Citing Nearly 300 Killed This Year

At a fire-brigade centenary in Celorico de Basto, President Antonio Jose Seguro warned that Portugal cannot keep treating road deaths as fate, citing 589 people killed in 2025 and about 300 already this year. 'Let us stop this tragedy.'

The Portugal Brief 15 Aug 2026

Aerial view of Porto, Portugal, with a yellow metro train crossing the double-deck Dom Luis I bridge over the Douro river and the historic old town behind

A Porto-Built Startup Wins Black Hat's First Global Security Prize for Automating How Banks Grant Access

Opnova, a cybersecurity startup whose technology is built in Porto, won the inaugural Global Startup Spotlight at Black Hat USA 2026 — a result confirmed by the organiser. It automates how banks grant and revoke staff access across their oldest systems.

The Portugal Brief 15 Aug 2026

A deep open-pit marble quarry with white and beige stone walls and green water pooled at the bottom, in the Estremoz marble belt of the Alentejo, Portugal

A Bankrupt Alentejo Marble Firm Draws No Bidder, and the State Writes Off a €2 Million Stake

The industrial complex of Marbrito, an insolvent marble firm in Vila Viçosa, has gone to auction repeatedly without a single bid. The State held 28.7% through a business-revitalisation fund and, Jornal de Negócios reports, has lost around €2 million.

The Portugal Brief 15 Aug 2026

The colonnaded facade of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, with students gathered on the front steps

Lisbon's Law Faculty Opens a Dedicated AIMA Channel to Fast-Track Residence Permits for Foreign Students and Staff

The Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon has opened a dedicated channel, under a protocol with AIMA, to help its international students, lecturers and researchers obtain and renew residence permits — covering about 30% of its foreign students for now.

The Portugal Brief 15 Aug 2026

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