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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 5h

A Metro Train Travels the Whole of Porto's Pink Line for the First Time, Months Before Passengers Can Board Clearance tests began on 6 October on the 3 km line theportugalbrief.pt/a-metro-trai...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 7h

Picking Wild Mushrooms in Portugal Where you may pick wild mushrooms in Portugal, the rules in parks and on other people's land, selling, the deadly species, and the poison line. theportugalbrief.pt/guides/picki...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

380 Pupils Enrolled in Portugal's Schools in the First Week of October, 73 Percent of Them Foreign, and the Minister Says Nobody Is Failing theportugalbrief.pt/380-pupils-e...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Infarmed Bars Exports of 52 Scarce Medicines and 163 Versions of the Antipsychotic Quetiapine Infarmed's monthly export suspension list, in force since 6 October, keeps eve theportugalbrief.pt/infarmed-bar...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

AIMA Staff Stop Work Nationwide on Tuesday, Pressing the Government on Pay, a Career of Their Own and Who Runs the Agency theportugalbrief.pt/aima-staff-s...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Portugal's Speaker Calls for a Limit of Two Inquiries at a Time, but the Law Contains No Such Cap Four parliamentary inquiries have been constituted, and Aguiar-Branco wa theportugalbrief.pt/portugals-sp...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Replacing a Lost or Stolen Residence Card in Portugal How to replace a lost, stolen, or damaged AIMA residence card in Portugal: the police report, booking with AIMA, the fee, and what happens to the old c theportugalbrief.pt/guides/repla...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

An Air Force Sergeant Faces Portugal's First Trial for Pirating Newspapers on Telegram, and Expresso's Owner Wants 631,500 Euros theportugalbrief.pt/an-air-force...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Brussels Fires Twelve Legal Warnings at Portugal in a Week, From Consumer Credit to Dolphin Bycatch The European Commission sent Portugal four reasoned opinions and ei theportugalbrief.pt/brussels-fir...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nearly Half of September's New Cars in Portugal Were Fully Electric, and Tesla Alone Took One Sale in Seven Battery electric cars took 47.7 percent of Portugal' theportugalbrief.pt/nearly-half-...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Portugal's Health Inspectorate Logged 224 Workplace Harassment Cases Since 2017, and Confirmed Only Three IGAS's report on harassment in the public health service theportugalbrief.pt/portugals-he...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dogs Return to the Palace Gardens of Sintra and Queluz on Sunday After More Than a Century, One Per Person on a Free Ticket theportugalbrief.pt/dogs-return-...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Portugal Used More Electricity Than Ever From January to September, and Imported a Record Nine Terawatt-Hours From Spain theportugalbrief.pt/portugal-use...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Free Legal Advice for Immigrants Comes to 17 Councils as the Bar Association Staffs Lawyer Rotas at Gulbenkian-Backed Projects theportugalbrief.pt/free-legal-a...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Portugal Sets the Rules for Its 25-Year Build-to-Rent Tax Contracts, and Investors Need Three Years' Property Experience theportugalbrief.pt/portugal-set...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Portugal's Public Bodies Owe a Billion Euros in Overdue Bills Under a Stricter Rule, and Hospitals Account for 690 Million theportugalbrief.pt/portugals-pu...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just 946 People Have Signed Up for Portugal's Replacement for NHR, and Only One in Nine Is a Teacher or Researcher The Court of Auditors' first look at t theportugalbrief.pt/just-946-peo...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Portugal's 2025 State Accounts Break the Budget Law, the Court of Auditors Rules, and 12 Billion Euros of Unpaid Tax May Never Come In theportugalbrief.pt/portugals-20...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Complaining about an Insurer or Insurance Agent in Portugal How to complain when an insurer refuses or delays a claim in Portugal: the 20-day deadline, the ombudsman, the ASF, and arbitration up to €5,000. theportugalbrief.pt/guides/compl...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nearly One in Six Adults in Portugal Drink Every Day, Three Times the EU Rate and the Highest in the Union Eurostat figures for 2025 put daily drinking in Portu theportugalbrief.pt/nearly-one-i...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Disputing a Hospital or Clinic Bill in Portugal What a clinic must tell you about cost before treatment, what the bill must show, and how to complain to the health regulator if you were overcharged. theportugalbrief.pt/guides/dispu...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Weekly Digest: September 20 to September 27, 2026 The week's most important Portugal stories, curated from our daily coverage: AIMA's count of 1.59 million foreign residents, the face-covering ban in force, a 2025 surp theportugalbrief.pt/weekly-diges...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Filmed Slapping a Prisoner, a Guard Faced No Case Because Time Ran Out, the Ombudsman's Prison Inspectors Report The anti-torture mechanism's 2025 report fi theportugalbrief.pt/filmed-slapp...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A Student Renting Away From Home Can Take up to 400 Euros Off the Family's IRS Bill, if the Landlord and the Student Both Tell the Tax Office theportugalbrief.pt/a-student-re...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Almada Homes Under the Airport Flight Path Can Claim up to 5,000 Euros for Soundproof Windows, Once the Council Opens Applications theportugalbrief.pt/almada-homes...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The 20-Euro Green Rail Pass Is Now Law for Lisbon and Porto Commuter Trains and Fertagus From Saturday, but CP Still Has to Switch It On theportugalbrief.pt/the-20-euro-...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When Police Are Accused of Assault, the Case Must Not Go to Their Own Force, Portugal's Prosecutor General Orders Directive 2/2026 sets how prosecutors app theportugalbrief.pt/when-police-...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Leave Your Engine Running at an Airport Drop-Off and ANA Can Now Charge You up to 300 Euros, While Skipping the Parking Fee Can Bring a One-Year Ban theportugalbrief.pt/leave-your-e...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alto Alentejo's Shared Bikes Will Cost Nothing for Anyone Who Lives or Works in Portalegre District, but Three Hours Is the Limit theportugalbrief.pt/alto-alentej...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Week After Publishing It, the Government Rewrites the Douro Non-Harvest Formula, and Growers Who Pick Less Now Get More theportugalbrief.pt/a-week-after...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Portugal's Arts Agency Funds 77 Music and Opera Projects and Turns Away 131 That Qualified, Because the Money Ran Out DGArtes is spending 2.195 million euros on 72 theportugalbrief.pt/dgartes-fund...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Portugal's Plan for the Invasive Alga on Its Beaches Arrives, and It Treats Dead Seaweed as Outside the EU Sales Ban theportugalbrief.pt/portugal-inv...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Epidermolysis Bullosa Enters Portugal's Special Medicine Rules for the First Time, and the Dressings Become Free at SNS Counters in December theportugalbrief.pt/epidermolysi...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Portugal's Immigration Agency Is About to Lose Its President Two Years Into a Five-Year Term, and Parliament Hears Him on Tuesday theportugalbrief.pt/portugals-im...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Marriages in Portugal Rose Nine Percent in July While Births Slipped Three, and August Brought 906 Fewer Deaths Than Last Year theportugalbrief.pt/marriages-in...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Weekly Digest — September 13 to September 20, 2026 The week's most important Portugal stories, curated from our daily coverage. This week in Portugal: the stories that mattered most, from politics and the economy to ho theportugalbrief.pt/weekly-diges...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Prosecutors Shelve a Third Corruption Case Against Manuel Pinho, Finding No Proof He Sent a Million Euros of Tourism Money to the Firm That Hired His Son theportugalbrief.pt/prosecutors-...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Portugal Has Until 12 November to File Its Sines Bid for an EU AI Gigafactory, and German Industry's Worry Is the Paperwork theportugalbrief.pt/portugal-has...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From 29 November, Europe Starts Counting the Particles That Come Off Your Brakes and Tyres, Not Just Your Exhaust theportugalbrief.pt/euro-7-appli...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Seven in Ten Trains Ran on Time in the First Half of the Year, and Infraestruturas de Portugal Has Told the Market Not to Expect Better theportugalbrief.pt/seven-in-ten...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Mirandese, Portugal's Only Other Official Language, Now Has a Six-Pillar Strategic Plan, 500,000 Euros a Year and a 2029 Deadline theportugalbrief.pt/mirandese-st...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Portugal's Fifth IRS Cut Is Worth 12 Euros a Year on a 1,000 Euro Salary and 344 on a Household of Eight Thousand, and Parliament Has Yet to Vote It theportugalbrief.pt/portugal-fif...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Interior Minister Would Put Offenders' Nationality in Next Year's Security Report, and the 251 Percent Figure Behind the Debate Is Mostly One Residual Category theportugalbrief.pt/rasi-2026-na...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Transtejo's Ten Electric Ferries Ran Together for the First Time on Wednesday, Three Years After the First One Arrived theportugalbrief.pt/transtejo-te...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Patients Paid 571 Million Euros at Portuguese Pharmacy Counters in Seven Months, While the State's Share Climbed Four Times Faster theportugalbrief.pt/infarmed-amb...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Regulated Electricity Tariff Rises 2.7 Percent on 1 October, Turning This Year's Promised 1 Percent Increase Into 1.7 ERSE has moved the energy component o theportugalbrief.pt/regulated-el...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

MEO Says a Mass Attack Degraded Its International Network on Monday, Six Days After ANACOM Opened the Rulemaking for the Sector's Cybersecurity Regulation theportugalbrief.pt/meo-says-a-m...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The WHO Counted Sixty-Six Clade Ib Mpox Cases in Portugal in Six Weeks, More Than Germany, France and Britain Together theportugalbrief.pt/the-who-coun...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Forty Percent of the Patients at Amadora-Sintra Are Foreign Nationals, and the Hospital Has Eight Emergency Doctors Where It Needs Thirty theportugalbrief.pt/forty-percen...

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The Portugal Brief @theportugalbrief.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Weekly Digest — September 06 to September 13, 2026 The week's most important Portugal stories, curated from our daily coverage. This week in Portugal: the stories that mattered most, from politics and the economy to ho theportugalbrief.pt/weekly-diges...

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