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Lisbon Airport Passport Queues Cut to 1 Hour, but EES Delays Persist
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UN intensifies pressure on Guinea-Bissau’s junta to free political detainees—a step vital to preserve Portuguese aid, remittances and stem irregular migration.

Lisbon’s Patriarch urges Portugal to rethink a €3 billion defense boost and tighter migration rules—arguing arms build-ups and border curbs breed fear. Read the full debate.

A Portuguese migrant was shot by ICE agents near Baltimore. Lisbon’s embassy seeks body-cam footage and urges emigrants to update consular emergency contacts.

Lisbon Airport police reinforcements have trimmed passport queues to ~60 minutes, but EES hold-ups persist. Learn tips to breeze through checks.

Passport control at Lisbon Airport could take up to six hours amid police protests and EES tech failures—check live queues and arrive at least 3–4 hours early.

Portugal Golden Visa investors gain reprieve as the Court upholds the 5-year citizenship route. Parliament will revisit the law in 2026—find out what may change.

Extra police, mobile biometric teams and an emergency ‘kill switch’ aim to cut Lisbon Airport’s Christmas 2025 queues. See what travellers in Portugal need to know.

Discover how Portugal's 2025 visa and funding reforms support migrant workers and entrepreneurs with streamlined permits, grants, mentorship, startup incentives.

Portuguese MIT physicist Nuno Loureiro, 47, was shot dead in Brookline. Police link suspect Cláudio Valente to a Brown University attack before his suicide.

An e-gate software failure at Lisbon Airport sparked three-hour passport queues. Discover when to arrive, book Fast Track, and breeze through border control.

Portugal’s Constitutional Court voids parts of the nationality law, freezing 515,000 applications for 4 years—what residents, investors & expats need to know.

Expect 3–6-hour queues at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado as Portugal implements EU Entry/Exit checks. Arrive early, plan ahead and get live PSP updates to avoid major delays.