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A couple accessed a travel agency's account and booked flights, hotels, and cruises worth 14,000 euros. They were identified by the Braga Judicial Police.
A couple accessed a travel agency's account and booked flights, hotels, and cruises worth 14,000 euros. They were identified by the Braga Judicial Police.
The Union of Workers in Agriculture and the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Industries of Portugal (SINTAB) revealed this Thursday that there are offers to purchase the two Celeste Group factories, located in Guimarães and Vizela, which have declared insolvency. The insolvency administrator informed us that there are already proposals to buy both factories.
The 44-year-old suspect was arrested by the Guimarães PSP. She is to appear before a judge this Thursday.
The union has requested meetings with the insolvency administrators of the three companies and with the mayors of Guimarães and Vizela, the municipalities where the majority of the people who lost their jobs lived and worked.
The majority reside and worked in the municipalities of Guimarães and Vizela, where the group's industrial units are located.
The Celeste Group, which operated in the bakery and pastry sector with factories in Guimarães and Vizela and shops in the Minho and Douro Litoral regions, has filed for insolvency, leaving more than 300 workers unemployed, a union source indicated this Wednesday. The situation has left over 300 workers suddenly without jobs, with the vast majority...
Amidst pomegranate trees and flags, Seguro highlighted the symbolism of Guimarães as a “cradle of the future”. In Porto, the new President of the Republic stated that “there is no Portugal without Porto”. On the second day of his mandate, the new head of state sought to commit himself to a more cohesive, sustainable country that is attentive to future generations.
The Minister of Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, stated this Tuesday that investment in nuclear energy “makes no sense” in Portugal, stressing that the focus must remain on renewables. Speaking to journalists in Guimarães, on the sidelines of the European Green Capital presentation session, Maria da Graça Carvalho mentioned...
