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The Palacio Palmela in Lisbon, seat of Portugal's Procuradoria-Geral da Republica (Prosecutor General's Office)

A New Law Lets Judicial Authorities Anywhere in the EU Demand Data Directly From Providers in Portugal, With Fines Reaching 2% of Global Turnover

Lei 55/2026, published on Thursday, transposes the EU e-evidence directive. Production and preservation orders now go straight to a provider's designated establishment or legal representative, ANACOM becomes the central authority and enforcer, and providers have six months to appoint one.

The Portugal Brief 20 Aug 2026

The city of Coimbra rising above the Mondego river in central Portugal at dusk

A Coimbra Firm of 35 People Lands Its Biggest Order Yet, and Its Parts Will Reach Venus in 2031

Active Space Technologies will build 340 structural components for a European satellite constellation, worth up to EUR 3 million, with deliveries running to June 2028. Its hardware is also booked onto ESA missions to Venus, the Sun and Jupiter.

The Portugal Brief 20 Aug 2026

Business people gathered around a laptop at a technology workshop during the Web Summit in Lisbon

Libax Wires ChatGPT and Claude Into Portuguese Insurance Brokers' Systems

Libax, a Lisbon software house serving insurance brokers, has connected AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude to its clients' live databases using the Model Context Protocol. Brokers can now query their own books in plain Portuguese, a small but telling step in Portuguese SME AI adoption.

The Portugal Brief 19 Aug 2026

Portuguese Army soldiers in camouflage and helmets gathered around a map during a field training exercise in dry scrubland, rifles slung over their shoulders

The Portuguese Army Buys a €1.3 Million Laser Combat Simulator to Sharpen Field Training

The Portuguese Army has bought a laser-based force-on-force combat simulator from Sweden's Saab for about €1.3 million, part of a roughly €5 million plan to modernise training. Based at Santa Margarida, it instruments soldiers and weapons to score live exercises objectively.

The Portugal Brief 18 Aug 2026

A row of ship-to-shore container cranes and stacked shipping containers at a port terminal at dusk

Portugal's High-Tech Exports Edge to €2.2 Billion in the First Half, With Telecoms Doing the Heavy Lifting

Portugal's high-technology goods exports reached about EUR2.2 billion in the first half of 2026, up roughly EUR35 million on a year earlier, INE data show. Telecommunications equipment drove the gain, offsetting a decline in aerospace that had led the recent boom.

The Portugal Brief 17 Aug 2026

The circular building of the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in Braga, a Portuguese research institution

A €45 Million Compete Tender Steps In for Portugal's Collaborative Laboratories After Their Recovery-Plan Funding Ran Out

The Government has opened a €45 million Compete 2030 line for Portugal's Collaborative Laboratories and Technology and Innovation Centres, replacing Recovery-Plan money that expired on 1 July. Applications from the Norte, Centro and Alentejo regions run until 15 October 2026.

The Portugal Brief 16 Aug 2026

A satellite ground station with one large white parabolic antenna and a field of smaller dishes on a grassy site under a blue sky

A Sintra Antenna Farm and Its 'Metal Sunflowers' Chase a Role in Europe's IRIS² Satellite Network

At Alfouvar, near Sintra, a MEO teleport of more than 60 antennas is bidding to join IRIS² — the EU's €10.6 billion secure-satellite constellation, conceived as a sovereign answer to Starlink. If chosen, MEO would add up to 25 new dishes, with certification due by the end of the year.

The Portugal Brief 16 Aug 2026

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