From Monday, diesel rises about nine cents to roughly €2.058 a litre and petrol to around €2.00, as US-Iran tensions and threats to the Bab-el-Mandeb and Hormuz chokepoints push Brent back toward $100.
The latest DN/Aximage barometer pushes the AD into third behind Chega, with the PS back in front and the government's approval at its lowest of the legislature amid the Luís Neves affair.
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Bank of Portugal financial accounts show household financial assets reached about €402 billion in 2025, more than double the 2005 figure. Yet deposits and savings certificates still make up 44% of that wealth, even as household debt falls to 63% of GDP.
With roughly six weeks left before the plan closes, the government has submitted the seventh and final reprogramming of Portugal's PRR recovery fund. The Porto Metro Ruby Line loses €73 million in financing and 92 health centres shift to the loan component as Lisbon races to protect its allocation.
Coach and tour operators have asked the Sintra Administrative and Tax Court to suspend the traffic restrictions the town hall imposed on the historic centre this month, arguing the rules were rushed in at peak season and are strangling their business.
SNS 24 has already taken more than four million calls this year, up 17%, and is heading for over seven million — its busiest year since the 2021 pandemic peak. More than half of triaged patients are steered away from hospital emergency rooms.
