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Miranda do Douro

Bragança, Portugal

Latest news and stories from Miranda do Douro.

Municipalities in Bragança

Alfândega da Fé(3)Bragança(74)Carrazeda de Ansiães(1)Freixo de Espada à Cinta(3)Macedo de Cavaleiros(5)Miranda do Douro(12)Mirandela(22)Mogadouro(10)Torre de Moncorvo(3)Vila Flor(2)Vimioso(7)Vinhais(15)
Alfândega da Fé(3)Bragança(74)Carrazeda de Ansiães(1)Freixo de Espada à Cinta(3)Macedo de Cavaleiros(5)Miranda do Douro(12)Mirandela(22)Mogadouro(10)Torre de Moncorvo(3)Vila Flor(2)Vimioso(7)Vinhais(15)







  • Alfândega da Fé(3)
  • Bragança(74)
  • Carrazeda de Ansiães(1)
  • Freixo de Espada à Cinta(3)
  • Macedo de Cavaleiros(5)
  • Miranda do Douro(12)
  • Mirandela(22)
  • Mogadouro(10)
  • Torre de Moncorvo(3)
  • Vila Flor(2)
  • Vimioso(7)
  • Vinhais(15)
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Recent stories

Miranda do Douro: A sensory biography

📍 Bragança🎭 Culture#mirandese+2 more

In this first part of the sensory biography of Miranda do Douro, we follow the trail of the language, the people, and the birds that shape it in the streets, squares, stages, and the sky. Chronicle by João da Silva

publico.pt11 Jun
Miranda do Douro: A sensory biography

Long live freedom

📍 Bragança🎓 Education🎭 Culture#education-quality+1 more

Aníbal Fernandes' opinion in Mirandese at the closing of the EDA 50 programme – Schools Discovering April, which takes place today at the Miranda do Douro School Group. Opinion by Aníbal Fernandes.

publico.pt7 Jun
Long live freedom

Abandoned children. French authorities were already searching for the couple

📍 Bragança⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The two children were abandoned three days ago, although they had already been in Portugal since last week.

rtp.pt22 May
Abandoned children. French authorities were already searching for the couple

Abandoned children: French authorities were already searching for mother and partner

📍 Bragança⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The two children were abandoned three days ago, although they had already been in Portugal since last week.

rtp.pt22 May
Abandoned children: French authorities were already searching for mother and partner

New images show mother who abandoned French children paying with a debit card at a petrol station in Portugal

📍 Bragança⚖️ Legal#crime-report

Marine filled up her car at a petrol station in Miranda do Douro on the day she arrived in the country. Surveillance footage accessed by Correio da Manhã shows the French woman using a debit card at the time of payment.

cmjornal.pt22 May
New images show mother who abandoned French children paying with a debit card at a petrol station in Portugal

Video surveillance records the moment the couple who abandoned French children stops at a petrol station in Portugal

📍 Bragança⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#crime-report+1 more

Marine and Marc refuelled their car at a petrol station in Miranda do Douro on the same day that the father of the children abandoned in Alcácer do Sal alerted French authorities to the disappearance of the minors.

cmjornal.pt22 May
Video surveillance records the moment the couple who abandoned French children stops at a petrol station in Portugal

ICNF admits delays in compensation payments for wolf attacks on herds

📍 Bragança🏛️ Government⚖️ Legal#icnf+3 more

This year, the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests received 326 reports of alleged damages.

cmjornal.pt27 Apr
ICNF admits delays in compensation payments for wolf attacks on herds

Government advocates for generational renewal of shepherds to increase livestock for brush clearing

📍 Bragança🏛️ Government🌱 Environment#government-policy+2 more

A decree published in the Official Gazette provides for the Government to support the establishment of new livestock producers with a grant of 30,000 euros.

Correio da Manhã10 Apr
Government advocates for generational renewal of shepherds to increase livestock for brush clearing

Miranda do Douro: welcome to the wonderful kingdom

📍 Bragança🏖️ Daily Life🎭 Culture#tourism+3 more

It is cliffs, viewpoints, birds of prey, traditional pauliteiros dancers, posta steak, pocket knives, sweet bread, donkeys, and traditional capes of honour. And it is also, of course, the Mirandese language that welcomes you here to the wonderful kingdom of Miranda do Douro.

Público28 Mar
Miranda do Douro: welcome to the wonderful kingdom

Politics far removed from Miranda do Douro

📍 Bragança🏛️ Government🏖️ Daily Life#election-campaign+3 more

Miranda do Douro has never seen large rallies. The campaign rarely visits the Trás-os-Montes municipality.

RTP Notícias2 Feb
Politics far removed from Miranda do Douro

Court orders Movhera to pay municipal property tax (IMI) on dam: "You cannot expect the rules to remain unchanged for 34 years"

📍 Bragança⚖️ Legal💶 Finance#imi-tax+3 more

Court rules in favour of the municipality of Miranda do Douro: IMI must be paid and applies to the entire property. The municipality says the decision is “a beacon that lights the path for all other municipalities with dams that are taking on EDP and Movhera”.

Expresso12 Jan
Court orders Movhera to pay municipal property tax (IMI) on dam: "You cannot expect the rules to remain unchanged for 34 years"

The decisive influence of Miranda do Douro on tax justice for dams

📍 Bragança🏛️ Government🌱 Environment#hydroelectric+3 more

This case should serve as a lesson: the wealth generated by Portugal's hydroelectric assets must not continue to escape the taxes due, thereby depriving the State and producing regions of essential resources. It is now for the Tax Authority to act swiftly.

Expresso8 Jan
The decisive influence of Miranda do Douro on tax justice for dams