A household using 10 cubic metres of water a month now pays €34.65 on average for water, sewage and waste — the fifth straight annual rise, ERSAR data show. The bill is set council by council: the gap between the cheapest, Castro Daire at €9.62, and the dearest, Grândola at €51.39, nears €42.
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Portugal's Arié group has bought the 25-store Portuguese arm of Spanish perfumery chain Primor, keeping the brand and management. Arié already owns Perfumes & Companhia (around 145 shops), giving it a commanding grip on Portugal's beauty-retail market. The deal value was not disclosed.
The European Commission has fined AliExpress €550 million under the Digital Services Act for failing to stop illegal, unsafe and counterfeit goods reaching its 193 million EU users. It is the largest DSA penalty yet, after fines on X and Temu. AliExpress calls it disproportionate and will appeal.
Portugal has agreed to buy three FREMM EVO frigates from Italy's Fincantieri for €3.9 billion, delivered 2029-2030 and financed through the EU's new €150bn SAFE loan programme. It is the first known state-to-state contract under the scheme, and includes work for the Alfeite shipyard near Lisbon.
The Health Regulatory Authority counted 83,089 deliveries in 2025, up 3.6%, while the share of planned caesarean sections leapt from 10.2% to 41.3% in a single year — reaching 55% of births in private units.
New Eurostat data shows Portugal ran a 0.3% budget surplus in the first quarter of 2026 — the third largest in the EU — while its public debt fell 3.9 points to 91% of GDP, even as the eurozone deficit widened to 3.1%.
