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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 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.
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Sonae's SC Hospitality Pours €50 Million Into Eight New The Editory Hotels — First Açores Property, Two Each in Madeira, Lisboa and the Algarve, Plus a €5 Million Renovation Tape, on a Plan To Triple the Portfolio to 30 Hotels by 2031

Sonae's SC Hospitality Pours €50 Million Into Eight New The Editory Hotels — First Açores Property, Two Each in Madeira, Lisboa and the Algarve, Plus a €5 Million Renovation Tape, on a Plan To Triple the Portfolio to 30 Hotels by 2031

SC Hospitality CEO Gonçalo Bernardes told Diário de Notícias the Sonae hospitality unit is putting €50M into eight new The Editory hotels — including its first Açores property — plus a €5M renovation tape, on a plan to lift the portfolio from 12 to 30 hotels by 2031.
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Going to the Beach in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 396 Bandeira Azul Beaches, the ISN Lifeguard Calendar, the Praia Acessível Programme, the Águas Balneares APA Reports and the Algarve, Costa de Prata and Costa Verde Maps

Going to the Beach in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 396 Bandeira Azul Beaches, the ISN Lifeguard Calendar, the Praia Acessível Programme, the Águas Balneares APA Reports and the Algarve, Costa de Prata and Costa Verde Maps

Portugal's 1,793-kilometre Atlantic coast carries 396 Bandeira Azul beaches in 2026. This practical guide walks the institutional architecture — the Bandeira Azul ecolabel, the ISN lifeguard calendar, the bandeira colour code, the Praia Acessível programme and the Águas Balneares APA reports.
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Hiking in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Rota Vicentina Fishermen's Trail, the Caminho Português de Santiago, Serra da Estrela's Long Trail, Madeira's Levadas, the Açores Trilhos, and the FCMP Markings System (PR/GR/E)

Hiking in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Rota Vicentina Fishermen's Trail, the Caminho Português de Santiago, Serra da Estrela's Long Trail, Madeira's Levadas, the Açores Trilhos, and the FCMP Markings System (PR/GR/E)

Portugal's hiking stack runs from the Rota Vicentina Fishermen's Trail (226 km) and the Caminho Português de Santiago to Serra da Estrela's GR50, Madeira's levadas, and the Açores trilhos — all marked under the FCMP system. A 2026 guide for foreign residents to routes, season, gear and federation.
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INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report Puts Aedes albopictus in 28 Mainland Municipalities — Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra Join the Tiger-Mosquito Footprint as Dengue Serotype 2 Persists in Madeira's Aedes aegypti

INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report Puts Aedes albopictus in 28 Mainland Municipalities — Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra Join the Tiger-Mosquito Footprint as Dengue Serotype 2 Persists in Madeira's Aedes aegypti

INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report puts Aedes albopictus in 28 mainland municipalities, up from 18 in 2024. Six new municipalities added in 2025 — Condeixa-a-Nova, Covilhã, Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra. Dengue serotype 2 again detected in Madeira's Aedes aegypti.
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