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Nuno Melo Confirms Two UH-60 Black Hawks Will Reinforce Portugal's 76-Asset DECIR 2026 Wildfire Fleet — Esquadra 551 'Panteras' Inaugurates a €2 Million PRR Facility at Ovar as ANEPC Flags a Belly-Tank Methodology Adjustment

Nuno Melo Confirms Two UH-60 Black Hawks Will Reinforce Portugal's 76-Asset DECIR 2026 Wildfire Fleet — Esquadra 551 'Panteras' Inaugurates a €2 Million PRR Facility at Ovar as ANEPC Flags a Belly-Tank Methodology Adjustment

Nuno Melo confirmed at Ovar BA8 on 8 May that two Força Aérea UH-60 Black Hawks will fold into DECIR 2026's 76-aircraft fleet — one for attack, one for transport — as ANEPC's Mário Silvestre flagged a belly-tank refill methodology shift after Viseu's PT EU MODEX 2026.
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Long-Distance Buses (Autocarros de Longo Curso) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Rede Expressos, FlixBus, the Sete Rios Terminal, the Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã, EVA Transportes in the Algarve, and the €2.95 Booking Floor

Long-Distance Buses (Autocarros de Longo Curso) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Rede Expressos, FlixBus, the Sete Rios Terminal, the Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã, EVA Transportes in the Algarve, and the €2.95 Booking Floor

A practical guide to long-distance buses in Portugal in 2026 — Rede Expressos vs FlixBus, the Sete Rios and Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã hubs, EVA in the Algarve, the €2.95 booking floor, and where the coach beats the train for foreign residents.
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Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

Portugal Marks 40 Years in the European Union on Saturday 9 May 2026 — Dia da Europa Cerimónia Oficial Lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto, with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho Leading the 11:00 Sessão Solene

The cerimónia oficial of the Dia da Europa lands at the Paços do Concelho do Porto on Saturday 9 May 2026 for Portugal's 40 years in the EU. Maria Luís Albuquerque, Inês Domingos and Carlos Coelho lead the 11:00 session; the noon flag-raising and the free Aliados concert open the public day.
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Assembleia da República Ratifies the 2023 Lisbon Acordo on School Equivalence Between Portugal and Brazil — Ensino Fundamental and Médio Get Automatic Recognition, the Embassy Drops Its 16,000 Yearly Validations, and Higher Education Stays Outside Scope

Assembleia da República Ratifies the 2023 Lisbon Acordo on School Equivalence Between Portugal and Brazil — Ensino Fundamental and Médio Get Automatic Recognition, the Embassy Drops Its 16,000 Yearly Validations, and Higher Education Stays Outside Scope

The Assembleia da República closed the third anniversary of the Cimeira Luso-Brasileira on Friday by voting through the Acordo Complementar ao Tratado de Amizade, Cooperação e Consulta entre Portugal e Brasil, the 22 April 2023 Lisbon protocol that...
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Solar Self-Consumption (Autoconsumo) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to UPAC Tiers, the DGEG Communication, the ERSE Surplus-Injection Rules and What Your Roof Actually Earns

Solar Self-Consumption (Autoconsumo) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to UPAC Tiers, the DGEG Communication, the ERSE Surplus-Injection Rules and What Your Roof Actually Earns

Portugal closed 2024 with 237,000 self-consumers and 1.8 GW of installed UPAC capacity. This 2026 guide walks foreign residents through the four DGEG/ERSE capacity tiers, the SERUP communication, surplus-injection rules to the CUR, and the payback maths on a typical Portuguese roof.
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Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

IP awarded Mota-Engil the €113.5M Contumil-Ermesinde quadruplication on the Linha do Minho on 8 May 2026 — 24% below the €150M base price, Q1 2030 completion, ~€40M Portugal 2030 EU cofinancing inside a €226M envelope. First concrete piece of the Porto-Vigo high-speed link.
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