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Weekend Guide, September 4–6

Listen The first weekend of September is packed with events but short on discoveries: The Weeknd in Restelo — a […]

You can live in Portugal for years a short walk from Jerónimos, the Ajuda Palace or the Chiado museum and

1 September 2026

Portugal’s President António José Seguro has finally signed the new immigration law, doing so on the evening of August 31.

Portugal is short of workers: unemployment has fallen to 5.3%, the lowest level since 2011. Speaking last week, Economy Minister

The rubbish hasn’t been collected in two weeks, the school roof leaks, the playground is falling apart — and it

If you have looked for a job in Portugal, you know the routine: an advert without a single figure, and

August and early September are moving season — apartment-hunting time. At a summer viewing the windows are open, the walls

How to See a Doctor in Portugal: SNS, Private Clinics, Insurance and a Family Doctor There are two main routes

Portugal’s Constitutional Court found no breach of the Constitution in any of the contested provisions of the new Lei do

A pet who moves countries with its owner is an expat too—and its life in Portugal runs on its own

From the start of the new school year a pupil in a Portuguese school will not be able to take

30 August 2026

The resort town of Espinho has been off-limits for swimming since August 27, with restrictions introduced at all four central