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The art of the coppersmiths of Santa Marta de Rossas has been inscribed in the Intangible Cultural Heritage, under an urgent safeguarding regime. The municipality welcomes the distinction and commits to providing support.
There is an ongoing fire in Póvoa do Lanhoso, Braga district, mobilising around 100 firefighters, which has already reached Vieira do Minho. Reporter Pedro Monteiro provides more details.
A fire broke out this Sunday night in the parish of Esperança, in Póvoa de Lanhoso. The fire reached the parish of Guilhofrei, in Vieira do Minho, this Monday.
93 personnel are on the ground fighting the fire, supported by 26 vehicles and seven aerial assets. The fire has two active fronts, one of which has already been brought under control.
The fire began on Sunday night.
The accommodation offer at Pousadela Village, in Vieira do Minho, gains nine new houses in Encosta de Louredo, in the heart of the Cabreira mountain range. Inspired by the elements of nature, they enjoy views of the river and the mountain that frame this area of the Peneda-Gerês National Park.
The cycling race Volta a Portugal departs from Vieira do Minho at 1:25 PM with an expected arrival in Geres at 5:10 PM.
Framed by the beauty of Caniçada, in the heart of the Peneda-Gerês National Park, the iconic Aquafalls hotel is reborn for a new chapter as a refuge to “feel the region up close”. The reopening comes after a troubled history that began in 2008.
The house was built in an area with “strongly restrictive” protection mechanisms, having submitted photographs of “alleged ruins”. The project developers and the author of the project were convicted.
Domestic violence crimes and threats with a firearm confirmed by the GNR.
Luís Filipe Freitas suffered a workplace accident on Saturday morning in Cerdeirinhas.
The victim was setting up scaffolding at a warehouse when he fell.
The defendant was convicted of four counts of embezzlement, three of which were in a continued and aggravated form, and three counts of document forgery.
The Braga Court convicted the former notary of embezzlement and document forgery. She must also compensate 19 victims with over 54,000 euros.
The defendant was convicted of four counts of embezzlement, three of which were in a continued and aggravated form, and three counts of document forgery.
The fire broke out shortly after 06:00 in the Union of Parishes of Ruivães and Campos.
The fire in Vieira do Minho is spreading through brush on a hillside with difficult access, without threatening homes. The reactivation of the Terras de Bouro fire was brought under control by 5:30 PM.
The fire is consuming brush on a hillside with difficult access, with no homes or property currently at risk.
The defendant was brought before a judge for an initial judicial interrogation at the Braga Judicial Court, where she was placed under a measure of identity and residence obligation.
GNR officers carried out searches of a home and a vehicle
Sébastien Ogier loses his lead in the Rally de Portugal following a tyre puncture during the stage in Vieira do Minho.
Sebastien Ogier suffers a tyre puncture, allowing Thierry Neuville to take the lead in the Portuguese rally event.
The World Rally Championship event in Portugal will include a stage in the municipality of Vieira do Minho this coming Sunday.
The municipality of Vieira do Minho reaffirms its support and partnership for the upcoming WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal event.
The Government rejected the revision of the Municipal Master Plan (PDM) for Vieira do Minho, in the Braga district, identifying a significant set of provisions that are non-compliant or incompatible with the spatial planning schemes for the Caniçada and Ermal reservoirs. According to information sent this Friday to the Lusa agency, the municipality reported the non-ratification by the...
Firefighters from Vieira do Minho were mobilised.
Firefighters from Vieira do Minho were mobilised.
The users' committee and the population state there are only four doctors for the entire municipality, two at the health centre and two at the Ruivães and Rossas extensions, serving approximately 14,000 patients.
There are only four clinicians for approximately 14,000 patients.
