On Idealista's second-quarter figures, renting the average home now takes 82% of a typical salary and buying it 76% — roughly double the level lenders treat as safe. Faro, Funchal and Lisbon are the hardest hit; the interior still holds out.
Producer prices — what factories charge before goods reach the shelf — rose 5.8% in the year to July, INE said on 18 August, with energy again the main driver. A wholesale gauge that is creeping up rather than fading, and what it signals for the cost of living.
A decree published on 18 August ties the free medicines that over 220,000 low-income elderly receive through the Complemento Solidario para Idosos to generics and reference prices from October. The medicines stay free — but only up to the cheapest equivalent. What changes, who is affected, and what
More than 400 people have gone to the Hospital da Horta with gastroenteritis since 1 July, roughly four times last year. The health authority has opened an investigation and is testing the water as a precaution, though it says there is no evidence the network is to blame. What we know, and the advic
President Seguro has promulgated the decree extending SIFIDE II — the country's biggest business tax break — through the 2026 tax year, while ending the fund-based route that had parked some €2 billion in tax-driven vehicles. What the credit offers, up to 82.5% of R&D spend, and what changed.
