Fortitude Capital and BTG Pactual have wrapped JHSF's Fasano brand around the former The Oitavos in Cascais — a €200 million-plus rebuild on the Champalimaud-built Quinta da Marinha estate, framed as 90 hotel rooms and 40 branded residences with a Q4 2028 opening.
The Council of Ministers on 18 June 2026 approved a phytosanitary protection decree-law tightening quarantine-pest enforcement. The sanctions regime lands as Xylella fastidiosa reaches Alentejo cork oaks for the first time, pressuring Portugal's €1 billion-plus cork sector.
The Council of Ministers on 18 June 2026 approved a standalone Vehicle Transformation Decree-Law, replacing scattered IMT technical circulars with a unified rulebook for modifying registered cars. Prior IMT authorisation, homologated components and stricter emission tests anchor the new regime.
The Council of Ministers on 18 June 2026 filed the Albufeira Convention Protocol II with Parliament, tightening the Pomarão Guadiana flow regime with Spain. The revision anchors monthly water-sharing rules as drought stress hits Portugal's southern transboundary basin.
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Cascais Câmara funds the 12-month EO4RO satellite-and-AI pilot with GMV and Plymouth Marine Laboratory to forecast Rugulopteryx okamurae blooms 48-72 hours in advance — the first municipal-led Earth-observation programme aimed at the invasive Pacific brown alga to launch outside the Algarve.
Defence Minister Nuno Melo on 19 June hands the Forças Armadas a standing authorisation to act on wildfires without a prior civil-protection request, with a permanent Monte Real operations centre running P-3C CUP+, C-295M, drones and a Black Hawk on heat-wave watch.
