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Storm Kristin

Aerial wildfire surveillance scene over a Portuguese interior landscape

Portugal Heat Wave Lifts Seven Districts to IPMA Aviso Amarelo for the 21-22 June Window — 23 Inland Concelhos Hit Perigo Máximo de Incêndio as Nuno Melo and Luís Neves Stand Up a Monte Real Operations Centre

IPMA places seven districts under aviso amarelo from 09:00 Saturday 21 June to 18:00 Sunday 22 June as inland maximums push 40°C; 23 concelhos shift to perigo máximo de incêndio and the Defence and Interior ministries stand up a Monte Real operations centre.
The Portugal Brief
Conselho de Ministros Hands the Agência PTRR Presidency to Luís Leite Ramos as the €22.6 Billion Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência Plan Heads Into Its Execution Phase — 96 Measures, 15 Domains and a 2034 Horizon

Conselho de Ministros Hands the Agência PTRR Presidency to Luís Leite Ramos as the €22.6 Billion Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência Plan Heads Into Its Execution Phase — 96 Measures, 15 Domains and a 2034 Horizon

Council of Ministers picks ex-PSD deputy Luís Leite Ramos to chair the new Agência PTRR, the €22.6 billion nine-year Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência plan covering 96 measures across 15 domains and running to 2034. First operational milestone: a 2026-2027 work programme by 31 July.
The Portugal Brief
AirAdvisor Tape Pegs Portuguese Airline Compensation Bill at €53 Million for January-May 2026 on 4.5 Million Disrupted Passengers — Storm Kristin Carve-Out Trims the Owed Total Below the Same-Period 2025 Mark

AirAdvisor Tape Pegs Portuguese Airline Compensation Bill at €53 Million for January-May 2026 on 4.5 Million Disrupted Passengers — Storm Kristin Carve-Out Trims the Owed Total Below the Same-Period 2025 Mark

AirAdvisor reads out €53 million in compensation owed to passengers on Portuguese-departing flights for January-May 2026 — 4.5 million travellers disrupted, 130,000 holding Regulation 261/2004 entitlements. Storm Kristin's extraordinary-circumstances carve-out trims the bill below 2025.
The Portugal Brief