Portuguese homes among the coldest

Portuguese homes are among the coldest in Europe.

According to figures by statistics agency Eurostat, more than one in five Portuguese say they do not have the means to keep their homes warm enough. Currently, only citizens in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Greece and Cyprus are less able to afford the necessary heating in their homes. However, the number of Portuguese suffering in unheated homes has improved substantially in recent years, dropping from 40 to 22 percent in the space of ten years.