What Portugal searched for on 2 November 2026

Most searched in the 24 hours to 21:20: ecco (10K+), pakhtakor - al-nassr (10K+), renata cambra (5K+), roberto martínez (5K+), carros elétricos famílias carenciadas (2K+), juro (2K+).

• carros elétricos famílias carenciadas2K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 09:02

  People started searching for this after newspapers worked out on 1 November who will actually be eligible for the new support towards an electric car: the state will pay 80% of the car's price before IVA (VAT) if the household is on the social electricity tariff or has an annual income below €11,572. This means someone earning the minimum wage does not qualify: €920 a month over 14 payments comes to €12,880 a year, €1,308 over the limit, and in 2027 the minimum wage will rise to €970. The ministry has not yet explained how household income will be counted, as a total for the whole household or per person, and whether families with children qualify depends on that.

  The second condition is the price of the car: no more than €15,000 before IVA, or €16,000 if you scrap an old petrol or diesel car. According to Jornal de Negócios, only three models on sale in Portugal come in under this limit, the cheapest being the Dacia Spring. For who can apply, how much is paid and what is known about timing, see our article 80% help towards an electric car for households on the social electricity tariff or earning up to €11,572 a year.

  About 1.6 million households meet the conditions, but the money will cover only 20,000 cars, roughly one household in eighty. No date has yet been announced for when applications will open; how payments of this kind work is explained in our guide State money towards an electric car.

  Source: zap.aeiou.pt

  

• juro2K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 20:02

  On 2 November Banco de Portugal (the Bank of Portugal) published its interest rate figures for September: the average rate on new mortgages rose for the sixth month running, to 3.06%, its highest level since April 2025. The average monthly repayment on a mortgage for a main home reached a record €450, €4 more than in August and 9% more than a year earlier.

  Most new mortgages (86%) are taken out at a mixed rate, fixed for the first few years and variable after that. These average 2.92%, compared with 3.30% for variable-rate loans. Rates on new fixed-term deposits are also rising, for the eighth month running, to an average of 1.82% a year.

  If you are choosing a mortgage now, compare mixed and variable rates. For how the rate is made up and what the bank will ask of a foreigner, see Mortgages in Portugal: what makes up the rate and what a foreigner will be asked.

  Source: our news story

  

• ecco10K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 16:03

  The Danish shoemaker Ecco is closing its factory in Santa Maria da Feira, near Porto. 632 people will lose their jobs, and each has been promised a month's pay for every year worked.

  Source: cmjornal.pt

• pakhtakor - al-nassr · classificações de pakhtakor x al-nassr10K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 17:31

  Al-Nassr played Uzbek side Pakhtakor in the AFC Champions League without Cristiano Ronaldo, who was left out of the travelling squad. The coach, Ange Postecoglou, says it was his decision; the Brazilian press cites security concerns.

• renata cambra5K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 16:03

  Renata Cambra is an activist who went to court for the right to keep a tent in Rossio as part of a protest demanding affordable housing. On 2 November the court ruled in her favour: the tent can stay until 24 November, overnight included.

  Source: our news story

• roberto martínez5K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 20:02

  Former Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho has said in an interview that the national team coach, Roberto Martínez, was planning to take Cristiano Ronaldo off, but Ronaldo asked to stay on the pitch.

• cartel2K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 17:31

  A court has jailed nine people for eight years or more over an international hashish-trafficking network. An undercover officer from the Judicial Police (PJ) had helped them move 6.7 tonnes of hashish through Portugal, from a boat out at sea to a warehouse in Olhos d’Água in the Algarve.

  Source: sol.iol.pt

• detenção2K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 20:02

  A court has released the seven people detained when police broke up a protest camp for affordable housing in Porto, on condition that they remain at their registered address. There will be no fast-track trial: the case has been passed to an ordinary investigation, and their lawyer expects it to be dropped.

  Source: our news story

• millennium bcp1K+ searches
  Published 2 November 2026, 16:03

  The head of Millennium BCP announced that the bank will lend money to build affordable housing for the middle class, and that it has already used up 88% of its share of the state guarantee on mortgages for young people. We don't know why people started searching for the bank today.

  Source: jornaleconomico.sapo.pt

• ataque informatico intermarche · intermarché2K+ searches
  Published 3 November 2026, 00:01

  Hackers broke into the system that controls the refrigeration equipment of a contractor working for the Intermarché chain: on 2 November, fridges and freezers were affected in seven of its shops across the country. The chain says deliveries have not been disrupted and the food is safe. Around the same time, similar attacks hit supermarkets in Belgium, Sweden and Ireland.

  Source: publico.pt