Food retail volumes slipped 0.3 percent in August, the first annual fall since December 2023, INE figures show. Specialised food shops such as butchers and bakers sold 6.5 percent less and cut jobs, while household goods rose 10.1 percent and overall retail grew 2.4 percent.
The transport regulator's 2025 rail statistics show regional passengers up 108 percent and occupancy up from 35 to 77 percent in the pass's first full year, while ticket revenue fell, the State's compensation rose and punctuality hit its lowest since at least 2015.
Homes in Portugal cost 16.5 percent more in the second quarter of 2026 than a year earlier, the fastest rise in the EU for a second quarter running, Eurostat figures show. The EU average was 4.7 percent; Portuguese prices have roughly tripled since 2015.
The 2025 Iberian lynx census counts 394 lynx in Portugal, up from 354, and 2,663 across the peninsula. All of Portugal's breeding animals live in the Guadiana valley, and 12 of the 13 found dead in Portugal last year were killed on roads.
How to replace a lost, stolen, or damaged AIMA residence card in Portugal: the police report, booking with AIMA, the fee, and what happens to the old card.
ICAD's president, Joana Teixeira, says Portugal has failed to curb drinking or treat dependence. Her institute's figures show dependence rising from 0.3 to 1.1 percent of adults and readmissions at a ten-year high.
Three resolutions let the ESPAP buy electricity, gas and road fuel for hundreds of public bodies in 2027, with spending capped below 230 million euros. A tender for leased electric cars followed a day later.
