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Ministry of Environment Lists 671 Bathing Waters for the 2026 Season — Down From 673 After Winter Storms Knock Five Beaches Off the Map and Santo André, Cerejal and Ilhéu de Vila Franca Join

Ministry of Environment Lists 671 Bathing Waters for the 2026 Season — Down From 673 After Winter Storms Knock Five Beaches Off the Map and Santo André, Cerejal and Ilhéu de Vila Franca Join

The Ministry of Environment and Energy has fixed Portugal's 2026 bathing-water register at 671 sites — 512 coastal and transitional, 159 inland — down two from 2025 after the 2025/2026 winter storm season knocked five beaches off the list. Two new beaches and one Azorean re-entry join.
The Portugal Brief
Ryanair Demands Portugal Suspend the Entry-Exit System Until September After Two-Hour Queues at Faro, Funchal and Porto — Letter to Minister Luís Neves Cites Greece Precedent and EU's 90+60-Day Flexibility Window

Ryanair Demands Portugal Suspend the Entry-Exit System Until September After Two-Hour Queues at Faro, Funchal and Porto — Letter to Minister Luís Neves Cites Greece Precedent and EU's 90+60-Day Flexibility Window

Ryanair has formally asked Portugal to suspend the EU's biometric Entry-Exit System until after summer, citing one-to-two-hour queues at Faro, Porto and Funchal three weeks after launch. Greece has already exercised the EU's 90-day suspension carve-out.
The Portugal Brief