Mixed-rate contracts passed 48 percent of the stock in July, overtaking variable rate for the first time on record. INE puts the average rate at 3.162 percent and the average instalment at 418 euros, exactly half of it interest.
Your weekly roundup from the Minho: Concentrix hires another 200 people in Braga, fires burn in Póvoa de Lanhoso, Vila Verde and Ponte de Lima, Jonas Wind beats Estoril late, Viana do Castelo files its answer over the new market, and Barcelos doctors start prescribing walks for depression.
The IMT says it has fielded several requests for preliminary meetings about testing automated driving systems on Portuguese roads, and that not one formal licence application has arrived. A 5,000 euro fee and a 40,000 euro deposit help explain the gap.
Good morning. Here is your Friday briefing for 18 September 2026: the day's essential Portugal stories for residents, expats and anyone keeping an eye on the country, running from the
Drink-driving and driving unlicensed came within one arrest of each other. Of 60,420 penalty notices, 11,730 were for using a mobile at the wheel.
Two establishments were shut down in the first half of this year, both over people performing medical procedures they are not qualified to perform. Those files go to the prosecutor.
Three years closed, 15.1 million euros of recovery-plan money, and a Macbeth that deliberately echoes the night of 2 December 1964. Entry is free until Sunday.
