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Serpa farmers consider 10-cent fuel support insufficient

📍 Beja💶 Finance🏛️ Government#economic-activity

The Farmers' Association admits it may “intensify forms of protest in the absence of structural responses.”

cmjornal.pt9 Sept
Serpa farmers consider 10-cent fuel support insufficient

Portuguese farmers required urgent meeting with government

📍 Beja💶 Finance🏛️ Government#economic-activity+1 more
The Portugal News29 Aug

Farmers from Serpa want a meeting with the Government

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APROSERPA threatens “other forms of protest” if the Ministry of Agriculture does not respond by the middle of next week. Two tractors can spend 542 euros on fuel in a single day.

observador.pt25 Aug
Farmers from Serpa want a meeting with the Government

In Alentejo, Serpa celebrates August with cheese, ham, and wine tastings

📍 Beja🏖️ Daily Life🎭 Culture#gastronomy+1 more

The traditional August Fair returns to Serpa between the 21st and 23rd. The famous local cheese, ham, and wines from the region are the protagonists of the “Symphony of Aromas” and open the door to discovering this municipality in the Lower Alentejo.

expresso.pt20 Aug
In Alentejo, Serpa celebrates August with cheese, ham, and wine tastings

Serpa Misericórdia accuses union and local authority

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal🩺 Health#public-safety+1 more

The resigning board of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Serpa admitted to having 'no alternative but to seek a private partner'. The administration resigned en masse at the end of July.

observador.pt14 Aug
Serpa Misericórdia accuses union and local authority

Serpa Misericórdia: PCP questions the Government

📍 Beja🏛️ Government🩺 Health#healthcare+1 more

The Serpa Misericórdia lacks the capacity to ensure its activity regarding health services. The PCP also criticised the attempt to hand over the institution's services to a private group.

observador.pt13 Aug
Serpa Misericórdia: PCP questions the Government

Man arrested for raping his girlfriend in Serpa

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The suspect has been remanded in custody.

cmjornal.pt12 Aug
Man arrested for raping his girlfriend in Serpa

Domestic Violence: GNR arrests 3 people in 3 locations

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The GNR carried out the arrests in Serpa, Aljustrel, and Almodôvar. The rape suspect was remanded in custody, while the other two defendants were released with coercive measures.

observador.pt11 Aug
Domestic Violence: GNR arrests 3 people in 3 locations

GNR recovers gold items worth 80,000 euros

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The GNR identified a 46-year-old suspect and managed to recover the items that had been stolen from inside a house in Serpa. The goods were returned to their rightful owner.

observador.pt31 Jul
GNR recovers gold items worth 80,000 euros

Administrative board of the Serpa Misericórdia resigns en masse

📍 Beja🩺 Health🏛️ Government#medical-services+1 more

The administrative board of the Serpa Misericórdia, in the Beja district, has resigned en masse after a proposal for the shared management of the institution's facilities with a private healthcare group was rejected, the outgoing provider revealed today.

rtp.pt31 Jul

GNR recovers gold items worth 80,000 euros stolen in Serpa

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#public-safety+1 more

In addition to the suspect being formally named an arguido, the GNR reported the facts to the Judicial Court of Serpa.

cmjornal.pt31 Jul
GNR recovers gold items worth 80,000 euros stolen in Serpa

Hospitals returned a decade ago saw gains in efficiency and productivity

📍 Beja🩺 Health🏛️ Government#healthcare+1 more

The only study on the impact of the return of the Fafe, Anadia, and Serpa units points to advantages, but leaves warnings because not everything went well in the Alentejo region.

publico.pt29 Jul

Serpa: Between the 'cante' and the heat

📍 Beja🎭 Culture🏖️ Daily Life#local-culture+1 more

Singing at the table, dogfish soup, blankets, cheese tarts, and bar-counter conversations: Serpa reveals itself in a succession of small rituals. Second and final part of the sensory biography of the Alentejo city. Chronicle by João da Silva.

publico.pt28 Jul

Fuel prices make life harder for social institutions

📍 Beja💶 Finance🚇 Infrastructure#cost-of-living+1 more

The Serpa Fire Department has already spent 10,000 euros more on diesel than last year. At a care home in Vila Pouca de Aguiar, the electricity bill has increased by 900 euros per month.

rtp.pt27 Jul
Fuel prices make life harder for social institutions

Serpa: A sensory biography

📍 Beja🎭 Culture#lifestyle+1 more

Millennial olive trees, café conversations, and games of belga at dawn. An Alentejo city told through the senses. Chronicle by João da Silva

publico.pt23 Jul

Traffic resumed on national road in the municipality of Serpa after accident

📍 Beja🚇 Infrastructure⚖️ Legal#public-transport+1 more

The road was closed for 12 hours due to the accident.

cmjornal.pt21 Jul
Traffic resumed on national road in the municipality of Serpa after accident

Traffic resumed in Serpa after accident

📍 Beja🚇 Infrastructure⚖️ Legal#public-transport+1 more

The section of the National Road 385 near Vila Verde de Ficalho has reopened to traffic following an accident involving a truck that caught fire.

observador.pt21 Jul
Traffic resumed in Serpa after accident

Truck crash followed by fire blocks national road in Serpa

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The alert for the accident was given at 14:12, and the heavy goods vehicle ended up overturned, blocking the entire road.

cmjornal.pt21 Jul
Truck crash followed by fire blocks national road in Serpa

Serpa: Truck crash and fire block national road

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The driver of the vehicle sustained minor injuries. The alert for the accident was given at 14:12, and the heavy goods vehicle ended up overturned, blocking the entire road.

observador.pt20 Jul
Serpa: Truck crash and fire block national road

Truck crash followed by fire blocks national road in Serpa

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The driver reportedly suffered minor injuries, according to the GNR

cnnportugal.iol.pt20 Jul
Truck crash followed by fire blocks national road in Serpa

Truck crash followed by fire blocks national road in Serpa

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The alert for the accident was given at 14:12, and the heavy goods vehicle ended up overturned, blocking the entire road.

cmjornal.pt20 Jul
Truck crash followed by fire blocks national road in Serpa

Suspect arrested in Serpa for abuse leading to baby's death

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The Judicial Police (PJ) arrested a man in Serpa suspected of abuse that caused the death of a three-month-old baby in January of last year. The child was in the care of the paternal grandmother's partner, along with her two-year-old sister. The cause of death was shaken baby syndrome.

rtp.pt16 Jul
Suspect arrested in Serpa for abuse leading to baby's death

Suspect in abuse case that caused baby's death in Serpa was unaware of investigation

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The investigation began in January, after the baby died at Hospital de Santa Maria in Lisbon with injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

cmjornal.pt16 Jul
Suspect in abuse case that caused baby's death in Serpa was unaware of investigation

Shaken baby syndrome

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#crime-report

It constitutes one of the severe forms of child abuse.

cmjornal.pt15 Jul
Shaken baby syndrome

What is shaken baby syndrome, which caused the death of a boy in Serpa? Joana Amaral Dias explains

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal🩺 Health#crime-report+1 more

The injuries caused can be considered very serious and irreversible. The clinical psychologist appeared on CMTV and explained that these shakes can delay the cognitive development of babies.

cmjornal.pt15 Jul
What is shaken baby syndrome, which caused the death of a boy in Serpa? Joana Amaral Dias explains

Man accused of fatally shaking three-month-old baby in Serpa remanded in custody

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#crime-report

A 69-year-old man has been remanded in custody on suspicion of fatally abusing a three-month-old baby, with investigators alleging the infant’s injuries are consistent with shaken baby syndrome, Portugal’s PJ The post Man accused of fatally shaking three-month-old baby in Serpa remanded in custody appeared first on Portugal Resident.

portugalresident.com15 Jul
Man accused of fatally shaking three-month-old baby in Serpa remanded in custody

Pre-trial detention for suspect in abuse of 3-month-old baby who died in Serpa

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The 69-year-old man was the partner of the paternal grandmother

cnnportugal.iol.pt15 Jul
Pre-trial detention for suspect in abuse of 3-month-old baby who died in Serpa

Neighbour of man who killed three-month-old baby in Serpa says family seemed "normal"

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A three-month-old baby was killed by “violent physical abuse” at the hands of his paternal grandmother's partner in Vila Nova de São Bento, Serpa.

cmjornal.pt15 Jul
Neighbour of man who killed three-month-old baby in Serpa says family seemed "normal"

Grandmother's partner kills three-month-old baby in Serpa. Victim was shaken until suffering fatal injuries

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

Crime at the victim's home. A 69-year-old man was looking after the baby who died and another two-year-old child.

cmjornal.pt15 Jul
Grandmother's partner kills three-month-old baby in Serpa. Victim was shaken until suffering fatal injuries

Man arrested on suspicion of killing three-month-old baby who was his partner's grandson

📍 Beja⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The assaults allegedly took place inside the home in Serpa while the three-month-old baby's parents and grandmother were away at work. The child was allegedly shaken violently.

publico.pt15 Jul