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Alcochete's Luís de Camões Airport Nears a July 17 Milestone as ANA Readies the €8.5 Billion Construction Blueprint

ANA faces a 17 July deadline to deliver the binding Technical Report for the roughly 8.5 billion-euro Luis de Camoes airport at Alcochete, due to open around 2037. The government approved up to 4.5 million euros to demilitarise the firing range on the site, where building limits now cover 71,000 hec

The Portugal Brief 04 Jul 2026

The Mondego river at Coimbra with a modern cable-stayed bridge and a curved footbridge crossing green riverbanks

University of Coimbra Experts Trace the February Mondego Dike Rupture to Failed Flood Defences and Years of Neglected Maintenance

A University of Coimbra working group has traced February's rupture of the Baixo Mondego flood dikes to protection systems that largely failed, a channel silted by debris trapped under the A1 bridge and years without maintenance — concluding the fix is repair and upkeep, not a new strategy.

The Portugal Brief 04 Jul 2026

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Portugal and Spain Switch On a €128 Million Power Link That Lifts Cross-Border Grid Capacity by 1,000 MW

Grid operators REN and Red Eléctrica switched on a new 400 kV line between Viana do Castelo and Pontevedra, a ~€128 million project that raises Portugal-Spain exchange capacity by about 1,000 MW to 4,200 MW inbound, adding 281 GWh of renewable integration a year.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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After an 18-Year Gap, Portugal Plans €6 Billion of New Road Concessions From 2029 as Brisa's A8 and A15 Deals Wind Down

The government has sketched more than €6 billion of new motorway concessions for 2029-2031 — its first road PPP in 18 years — while opening talks with Brisa over the A8 and A15. The tolling model is still undecided.

The Portugal Brief 02 Jul 2026

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Alstom Breaks Ground on a Matosinhos Train Factory Set to Build 81 of CP's 153 New Carriages

PM Luís Montenegro laid the first stone of a ~€28 million Alstom train factory in Matosinhos on 30 June. It will build 81 of the 153 new trains CP ordered under a €746 million contract, create about 300 direct jobs and start production in 2028, with first deliveries in 2029.

The Portugal Brief 01 Jul 2026

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MEO Will Operate a New 'Brexit Cable' Linking Galway to Lisbon, Ireland's First Subsea Route That Skips the UK

MEO will operate PISCES, a roughly 3,000 km subsea cable connecting Galway in western Ireland to Lisbon — the first link letting Ireland reach mainland Europe without routing through the UK. It is MEO's first new submarine cable in 11 years and adds a landing station in northern Portugal.

The Portugal Brief 30 Jun 2026

A modern riverside building on the Tagus in Lisbon with the 25 de Abril bridge in the distance, illustrating the city's river-transport plans

Lisbon Targets a 2027 River-Ferry Return to Parque das Nações, While Transtejo Pegs the Restart No Earlier Than 2028

Lisbon's city hall says river ferries will once again call at Parque das Nações from 2027, reviving a stop that last operated during Expo'98. The operator, Transtejo Soflusa, is more cautious — its president has put the restart no earlier than 2028, pending dredging and demand studies.

The Portugal Brief 29 Jun 2026

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