From the race to the heirs: The favorite news of the week

• It's a 10-cent race. “Do you have Back Packing? Leave her here”

The 10-cent race for the return of packaging under the Volta system is launched and even some people are creative enough to call for them to be placed on the sidelines, because it is easier to pick them up, deposit them at one point and receive the 10 cents each. 

“ Do you have a return package? Leave her here. Not on the stationery. Help those who collect”, can be read in a sign placed on a stand next to a paper shop on Avenida de Roma, in Lisbon. 

The image, which was shared by a user on social network Facebook, appears after several news about the race to the content of the garbage, in several cities, to collect packaging eligible for the Volta. 

• Prepare the wallet: Fuels are going back up next week

Fuel prices will rise again next week. Gas oil should be 9 cents, while gasoline should be 3 cents more expensive, according to forecasts released this Friday by the Automobile Club de Portugal.

These figures thus confirm the provisional expectation that prices would increase further at the beginning of next week, according to the News to Minutes he moved on thursday.

• Mercadona announces new opening in Portugal (and is already in August)

Mercadona announced another opening in Portugal, revealing that it arrives in Moita, in the district of Setúbal, on August 20, according to a statement released by the company. This is the 74th chain supermarket in national territory.

“The Mercadona opens, on 20 August, in Rua Ana de Castro Osório no1, in the municipality of Moita, parish of Alhos Vedros, reinforcing the presence in the district of Setúbal, where will be the 7th store”, can be read in the published note. 

This new space, he explains, “has a team of 74 workers, with stable and quality jobs, with endless contracts from day one, thus contributing to the creation of local employment”.

• IUC will have “one date”: And who has more than one car?

The timetable for the Single Circulation Tax (IUC) will change from next year and the Government explains that, in essence, the payment of this tax will be made on a single date, rather than on the registration of the car as it is currently. The same applies to those who have more than one car: 

“The payment of the Single Circulation Tax becomes simpler. With the new rules, all vehicles of the same owner are brought together in a single settlement, with a single payment date”, explains the Executive, in a shared publication on the social network Instagram. 

According to the Government, “contributors may choose to pay in one instalment or in a phased form, without additional costs, and a transitional scheme is still planned during the year 2027 to ensure gradual adaptation to the new model”.

• One heir will unlock sale of one property: “Less impasses”

It's a matter of saying it's all about wanting. The government's decree to unlock the sale of buildings in undivided inheritances at the request of a single heir was approved in Parliament and the Minister of Infrastructure, Miguel Pinto Luz, considers that this measure will speed up the proceedings. 

“The new regime maintains important safeguards, protecting the household and the most sensitive situations, while making the processes faster and more effective. More housing. Less roadblocks. More efficiency”, the ruler said, in a shared publication on social network Instagram.