From Monday 7 July, savers can buy the new Certificados do Tesouro Serie 5 — a ten-year, state-guaranteed product with fixed rates rising from 2.35% in year one to 3.35% in year ten, an average 2.71% a year. Minimum EUR1,000, sold via AforroNet, CTT and Banco BiG.
Portugal's toll-road concessionaires, led by Brisa and Lusoponte, want around €500 million in compensation for the traffic they lost during the pandemic lockdowns. The government, through the IMT, refuses — arguing they were never materially harmed. The dispute is now heading into arbitration.
As a sixth heatwave warms Iberian waters, Europe's health authorities are flagging a summer risk from Vibrio, including the 'flesh-eating' V. vulnificus. Portugal's beaches stay graded excellent, but Porto researchers find the bacteria go unmonitored — here is the real risk, and how to stay safe.
Portugal's current health spending reached €31.9 billion in 2025 — 10.4% of GDP — and grew 7.8%, faster than the economy's 5.9%, new INE figures show. Public financing now covers 65.2% of the bill, up on 2024, while households and insurers still carry a third of the cost.
Exponor, the largest exhibition complex in northern Portugal, has been sold to a Quadrantis Capital and MCaetano venture for €40 million. AEP keeps running the Matosinhos fairground under a 25-year lease, with a €15 million modernisation promised and an option to buy it back after 20 years.
Passengers filed 26,933 complaints against Portugal's regulated transport operators in 2025 — down from 2024's record 29,586, but still dominated by CP's late trains and Rede Expressos coaches, with missed timetables the number-one grievance.
