Portugal's energy regulator, ERSE, studied 186 weeks of prices and found no persistent evidence that fuel rises faster than it falls, and no grounds to cap retailers' margins. The real reason the pump hurts, it says, is tax, not profiteering.
The STEPH union has called strikes for 14 and 28 September over a reorganisation that would move 54 ambulances to local health units and convert 46 life-support vehicles into cars that cannot carry patients — cutting roughly 100 ambulances from front-line response. The union calls it a dismantling o
A Tax Authority circular signed off on 27 July now treats each wind or solar farm as a single taxable 'property' — towers, blades, panels, substations and all — rather than a set of separate parts. One wind park's taxable value could jump from €63m to €150m. The renewables body APREN is fighting it;
AIMA has issued fresh guidance for EU citizens and their non-EU family members who still hold paper Residence Cards, directing them to renew through the online Renewals Portal. The catch: when entering the card number, holders must ignore the leading zero — enter 11641, not 011641 — or the form will
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Portugal's Labour Cost Index rose 5.4% year-on-year in Q2 2026, up from 5.3%, INE data show — well ahead of 3.0% inflation. Construction led at 6.7% and services accelerated to 5.8%, while industry and public administration cooled to 4.9%.
Fresh-produce exports fell 3.5% in value and 5.9% in volume in the first half of 2026, to EUR1.226 billion, as three winter storms — the 'Kristin effect' — cut harvests. The sector's trade deficit passed EUR300 million, nearly double 2024.
