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Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. 2025 municipal elections The results from the Sunday election for local government posts, covering city halls, municipal assemblies, and parish assemblies, show the far-right Chega party gaining ground but falling short of its ambitious agenda.  The ruling Social Democratic Party…

The Week em Breve Sept 8 to 14  Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know.  Only 1 in 33 Brazilians in Portugal are registered to vote in local elections  Just 3% of Brazilians living in Portugal, who are eligible to vote for municipal government here, have registered to vote in this year’s municipal elections, according to…

Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. 16 dead in Elevador da Glória crash, investigations underway An accident on Wednesday evening on Lisbon’s iconic Elevador da Glória — the rail funicular connecting Restauradores in Chiado at the bottom with Bairro Alto at the top — has caused the death of 16 people, marking one of the…

Gomojo is that rare thing in the music business: a band that catapulted to success very early — in large part thanks to radio play on Portugal’s Antena 3 within months of forming — but whose members have not let it go to their head.  In some ways, that’s inevitable because of their sound, described in their early press as psychedelic pop, or dream pop: Gomojo isn’t high-octane rock, and an…

Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. 14-year-old admits to starting several fires As fires continue raging through parts of Portugal — there were 97 active fires as of Friday morning — a 14-year-old in the Braga area has admitted that he was behind several of them, according to Euronews. Polícia Judiciária said, in a…

Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. Wildfires continue raging across Portugal, state of alert extended again Over 3,600 firefighters were battling wildfires across the country as of Monday morning, with five fires still active in the districts of Bragança, Guarda, Castelo Branco, and Viseu, officials said, according to…

“Expresso spoke to some of these immigrants who call themselves ‘expats’, who came after the sun and quality of life but ended up with some weight on their conscience,” the publication wrote (in Portuguese, behind paywall). Related: ‘There’s an arrogance to the way they move around the city’: is it time for digital nomads like me to leave Lisbon? | The Guardian

Alex Holder, a London transplant to Lisbon who co-founded the excellent English-language bookshop Salted Books in Santos — all while raising a couple of kids and working several other gigs to boot — gives a brutally honest assessment of a certain kind of expat here (read: earning handsomely enough to afford private schools and avoid public transport). Is the tide turning on the digital nomad…

Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. Love for sale: getting residency through a paid marriage The Judicial Police (Polícia Judiciária – PJ) says it has uncovered a marriage-of-convenience network that facilitated at least 60 marriages between foreigners and Portuguese brides since the end of 2023 for the purpose of…

Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. Police Arrest Six Suspected Neo-Nazis, Including Police Officer Polícia Judiciária (PJ) arrested six suspected neo-nazis who are part of Movimento Armilar Lusitano, considered an armed militia, and seized explosives and firearms, including 3D-printed guns as well as four printers to make…

Lisbon used to be cheap, including its museums, and some were free every single day, for everyone. That wonderful time has passed for most of us. You can still visit some for free if you’re a member, under 12, or a student, and in some cases if you’re unemployed, or with the tourist-oriented Lisboa Card, which as of June 2025 started at €31 for an adult 24-hour pass. But even without it, you…

Portuguese Train Strike Goes into Sixth Day Ahead of Elections Commuting will be one more issue on the minds of Portuguese voters as they head into legislative elections on Sunday, May 18. The employees of the nation’s state-owned railway operator Comboios de Portugal (CP) have been on strike since May 7, demanding wages that keep up with cost of living increases, according to news reports.…

Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. Historic blackout hits Portugal and Spain On April 28, power went down across the Iberian Peninsula, causing disruptions to transport, communications, and businesses across Portugal and Spain. In Lisbon, the blackout lasted about 10 hours and caused the metro, trains, and trams to shut…

Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. Thousands gather for the Carnation Revolution parade in Lisbon On Friday, Lisboetas came out on the streets to commemorate April 25, 1974, marking the end of the authoritarian right-wing Estado Novo regime. This year, a small number of far-right demonstrators showed up at Largo de São…

Welcome to the Week em Breve, a wrap-up of important Portuguese news to keep you up to date and in the know. Immigration services to give preference to lawyers Got a lawyer to help you with that residency appointment? Apparently, you’ll get preferential treatment if you do, according to Lusa. The Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados – OA) and the Agency of Migration, Integration,…