Simple diesel is set to rise about two cents to roughly €2.045 a litre from Monday while 95-octane petrol eases a cent to about €2.024, according to ACP forecasts, capping a summer of fuel-price swings driven by Middle East tensions.
Half a year after Storm Kristin battered central Portugal, 25 people across six municipalities in the Leiria and Lisbon districts remain in temporary housing. More than 35,900 recovery applications and 179,000 insurance claims are still working through the system.
The Port of Aveiro Authority has signed a €972,748 contract to build photovoltaic panels for self-consumption, expected to generate about 656,553 kWh a year and cover more than 80% of the port's own electricity, part of its Energy Transition Strategy.
Wells, Sonae's health-and-beauty chain, plans to grow from 310 to 350 stores by 2030, adding ten shops and refitting twenty a year on €10 million of annual investment. Its health-and-beauty arm booked €469 million in the first half of 2026, up 13.1%.
On 12 August, totality will be visible in Portugal only from a sliver of the Montesinho Natural Park near Bragança, for about 26 seconds — the country's first total solar eclipse since 1912. Hotels across the district have already sold out as astro-tourists descend.
From 2026/27, students on the top tier of the family allowance get a new €1,075 incentive grant, paid automatically on enrolment. But the full redesign of higher-education social support — and its €2,660 average scholarship — has been pushed back to 2027/28.
