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The Sines oil refinery on the Portuguese coast, with flare stacks and a tall chimney rising above pine woodland

Pump Prices to Tumble About 12 Cents a Litre Next Week, ACP Forecasts

Diesel is forecast to fall about 12 cents a litre next week and petrol 12.5 cents, one of the sharpest drops in memory, taking simple diesel to roughly €1.931 and 95-octane petrol to €1.855, according to ACP estimates as global oil prices cool.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

Euro banknotes and ten-cent euro coins scattered together, representing Portuguese social benefit payments

Government Insists 94% Will Not Lose Under Portugal's New Single Social Benefit

The government says about 94% of people on benefits will get the same or more once Portugal merges 13 social payments into the new Prestação Social Única. Unions dispute the figure, citing claimants set to lose up to €188 a month. Practical effects begin on 31 December.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

Traffic on the A1 motorway near Fatima in central Portugal.

Portugal's Road Deaths Barely Fell in a Decade as the Rest of Europe's Dropped a Fifth

Portugal cut road deaths by just 0.7% over the past decade while the EU average fell around 20%, a new European report finds, leaving the country well off its 2030 target.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

A modern office building in the Alcantara district of Lisbon.

Portugal's Overdue Pay-Transparency Bill Would Make Employers Disclose Salaries From 2027

A government bill would force Portuguese employers to reveal pay to job candidates and staff from 2027, transposing an EU directive Portugal was supposed to adopt by June.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

The blue-tiled facade of the Blue Liberdade Hotel in central Lisbon.

Foreign Capital Lifts Portugal's Hotel Investment to €508 Million, Passing All of 2025 by June

Investors poured €508 million into Portuguese hotels in the first half of 2026, up 54% on a year earlier and already more than the whole of 2025. Almost all of it came from abroad.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

The Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon, Portugal's largest hospital, at night

Three Summer Heat Spells Left an Estimated 680 Excess Deaths in Portugal, INSA Finds

The National Health Institute links three 2026 heat episodes — 16 June, 2–8 July and 23 July — to about 680 more deaths than expected, most among people aged 75 and over. Officials say public warnings and precautions kept the toll below what forecasting models had predicted.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

A small Delta espresso, the everyday coffee ritual at the heart of Portugal's café culture

An Oliveira do Bairro Vending Firm Bets on Cups and Coffee to Hit €15 Million

vendinGO, a vending company from the Bairrada, has bought a paper-cup factory (Madil) and a coffee roaster (Caffier) for about €1.8 million, aiming to control its supply chain 'from the coffee to the cup' and lift turnover to €15 million by year-end while adding 20 qualified jobs.

The Portugal Brief 07 Aug 2026

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