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Portugal's High-Speed-Vessel Crackdown Takes Effect on Sunday 17 May After 90-Day Vacatio Legis — 1-to-4-Year Prison for Flagless EAVs, €100,000 Corporate Fines and the 'Narcopirataria' Regime Inherits the October Guadiana GNR Fatality

Portugal's new high-speed-vessel regime enters force on Sunday 17 May after a 90-day vacatio legis. Flagless EAVs draw 1-4 years in prison; €25k individual / €100k corporate fines; DGRM licensing and AT customs become non-optional. PJ has seized 200+ narcolanchas in six years.

17 May 2026

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CIVISA Raises Faial-Pico Channel Volcanic Alert to V1 at 12:06 on Saturday 16 May as Seismicity Climbs Along the Madalena-Lagido Submarine Line — Cachorro System Under Eight-Day Watch

CIVISA raised the Faial-Pico channel volcanic alert from V0 to V1 at 12:06 on Saturday 16 May 2026 as low-magnitude seismicity returned to the Madalena-Lagido submarine line. The watch holds for eight days; the Cachorro Submarine Volcanic System is the structure under observation.

16 May 2026

Portugal's High-Speed-Vessel Crackdown Takes Effect on Sunday 17 May After 90-Day Vacatio Legis — 1-to-4-Year Prison for Flagless EAVs, €100,000 Corporate Fines and the 'Narcopirataria' Regime Inherits the October Guadiana GNR Fatality

CIVISA Raises Faial-Pico Channel Volcanic Alert to V1 at 12:06 on Saturday 16 May as Seismicity Climbs Along the Madalena-Lagido Submarine Line — Cachorro System Under Eight-Day Watch

Bolieiro Walks the Açores Into the First Conferência de Regiões in Ponta Delgada on 12 May Asking for More US and NATO Troops at Lajes — Regional President Pitches the Atlantic Archipelago as a Submarine-Cable and Data-Centre Hub for the Alliance

São Jorge Felt by All of the Açores Central Group — IPMA Reads a 4.6-Magnitude Tectonic Earthquake South of Santo Antão at 12:21 Sunday, Intensity V on Mercalli and One Landslide at Fajã dos Cubres

Bloco de Esquerda Açores Demands Reversal of SATA Handling Privatisation — 'Absurd' Strategy Risks 'Extremely Negative' Consequences for the Archipelago

Açores: CIVISA Walks the Faial-Pico Channel Volcanic Alert From V1 Back Down to V0 After a Month of Submarine Tremors at the Cachorro System — Quake Swarm From 1 April Triggered the Alert; Decline Brings Reference Levels Back

IPMA Puts 11 Continental Districts Under Yellow Warning Tuesday for Showers, Hail and Thunderstorms — Central Açores Group Already Under Active Rain Notice on Monday Afternoon