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Algarve Reservoirs at 95% Don't Cancel the Fire Risk — DECIR Charlie's 13,335 Operatives and 78 Aircraft Step Onto a 2,780-Fire Run That Already Doubles 2025 in the Same Five-Month Window

Algarve Reservoirs at 95% Don't Cancel the Fire Risk — DECIR Charlie's 13,335 Operatives and 78 Aircraft Step Onto a 2,780-Fire Run That Already Doubles 2025 in the Same Five-Month Window

Portugal entered the official fire season with the Algarve reservoir system at 95% of usable capacity — and Civil Protection deploying 13,335 operatives, 78 aircraft and two Black Hawks. The two readings are not contradictory: a wet winter is exactly what feeds a hot fire run.
The Portugal Brief
Pitta Ferraz Takes the Chair and Paulo Carmona Steps Into the Infraestruturas de Portugal CEO Seat in May — Mandate Frames the Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid Lines and the Third Tagus Crossing

Pitta Ferraz Takes the Chair and Paulo Carmona Steps Into the Infraestruturas de Portugal CEO Seat in May — Mandate Frames the Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid Lines and the Third Tagus Crossing

IP opens a new mandate in May with Duarte Pitta Ferraz as chairman and Paulo Carmona stepping out of the DGEG to take the CEO seat — replacing Miguel Cruz after his end-2024 term. Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid and the Third Tagus Crossing top the pipeline.
The Portugal Brief
Sines Investment Pipeline Edges Toward 10% of Portuguese GDP as Santiago do Cacém Calls for a Gabinete da Área de Sines Reboot — Housing Reaches €5,000/m² and the A26-A2 Connection Slips to 2028

Sines Investment Pipeline Edges Toward 10% of Portuguese GDP as Santiago do Cacém Calls for a Gabinete da Área de Sines Reboot — Housing Reaches €5,000/m² and the A26-A2 Connection Slips to 2028

ECO's 22 May reportage frames Sines as a 10%-of-GDP investment cluster outpacing public infrastructure: Repsol, Galp and Start Campus anchor the pipeline, Santiago do Cacém projects 15,000 new workers by 2031, two-bedroom rents clear €2,000, the A26-A2 link slips to 2028.
The Portugal Brief