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Portugal's Ten-Year Science Slide Is Nearly Three Times the OECD's, and Only One in Eleven of Its Fifteen-Year-Olds Now Reaches the Top Two Levels

PISA 2025 landed on Tuesday. Portugal matches the OECD average in science, reading, mathematics and computational problem solving, but that average is the lowest ever recorded. Since 2015 Portugal has lost 19 points in science, 36 in reading and 34 in mathematics.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

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Portugal Made Room for Forty Deep Tech Teams in Porto and Filled Thirty-One, With Nearly Half the Cohort Still at Proof of Concept

Tech Foundry Portugal started on Tuesday with 31 projects from 98 applications. The government's June call offered up to 40 places over four months; the cohort that began fills 31 of them over three.

The Portugal Brief 08 Sep 2026

The white and black panelled facade of the Loja do Cidadao in Mafra, with the municipal coat of arms above the glazed entrance and a cyclist passing

The Government Abandons Its Plan to Charge for the Company Digital Wallet, With Vehicle Documents, Insurance and Licences Due Before October

In January the minister said the wallet was free and hinted that advanced features might not be. The Ministry of State Reform now says no cost changes are foreseen, as the DUA, insurance and alvaras load in.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

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A Class Action Over Uber's Pay Algorithm Lands in Amsterdam, and Portuguese Drivers Are Eligible to Join It Even Though the Wire Reports Leave Portugal Off the List

Stichting WIE International filed on Wednesday, arguing the dynamic pay system breaches article 22 of the GDPR. Its research puts Uber's average commission at about 29 percent. Portugal's parliament capped the platform share at 25 percent nine days ago.

The Portugal Brief 04 Sep 2026

The Palácio de São Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Portuguese parliament, its white neoclassical facade and columned portico seen from the street, with the Portuguese flag flying above the roof.

Portugal's Data Watchdog and Its Bar Association Both Back a New Digital Identity Theft Crime, Then Ask Parliament to Rewrite Almost Every Line of It

Two opinions on Chega's Projeto de Lei 697/XVII/1 reached the Constitutional Affairs Committee this week. The lawyers cite 61,798 cyber incidents in 2025, 78 percent of them account takeovers. The CNPD found paragraphs that repeat themselves and a numbering scheme with holes in it.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

The Escola Ramalho Ortigao school building in Campanha, Porto, Portugal

Fifty-Two Percent of Portugal's Children Ran Into Online Hate Speech Last Year, and 85 Percent Have Already Used Generative AI

The EU Kids Online 2025 report surveyed 2,111 Portuguese children aged nine to seventeen. Fifty-two percent met online hate speech in the past year, rising to 72 percent at sixteen and seventeen, and 85 percent have used generative AI, mostly without teachers or parents knowing.

The Portugal Brief 02 Sep 2026

A Tekever AR3 fixed-wing drone in Royal Air Force markings sits on a catapult launch rail in a grass field, with a serviceman in camouflage crouched beside it.

Tekever Adds Edinburgh to Its British Map, Absorbing the Engineers Behind Its 200-Kilogram Drone

The Portuguese group has bought Flowcopter of Edinburgh, whose hydraulic transmission lets the new AR6 carry 200 kilograms over 500 kilometres. It is Tekever's second acquisition in two months, and it sits inside a 400 million pound British investment programme.

The Portugal Brief 01 Sep 2026

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