Latest news and stories from the Coimbra district, Portugal.
The Oliveira do Hospital court had established as fact that, in March 2023, João Rogério Silva rear-ended the vehicle of former Chega official António José Cardoso.
The Rally de Portugal event causes traffic disruptions in the city of Coimbra.
Episodes of violence are already recurrent. The victim was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
The Coimbra Court of Appeal decided to uphold the decision of the Oliveira do Hospital Court, which convicted former Chega national councillor João Rogério Silva for the crime of violent damage last September.
The Coimbra Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the Oliveira do Hospital Court, which convicted former Chega national councillor João Rogério Silva for the crime of violent damage committed last September. The court found that in March 2023, Silva rear-ended the vehicle of former Chega official António José Cardoso and subsequently struck the car with a knife and a hose. Silva received a two-year suspended prison sentence, which he appealed, claiming an error in the assessment of evidence. The Appeals Court rejected his arguments, confirming the conviction and the conditions of his suspended sentence, which include compensation payments to the victims and requirements to seek employment and cooperate with social reintegration services.
The Oliveira do Hospital court had established as fact that, in March 2023, João Rogério Silva rear-ended the vehicle of former Chega official António José Cardoso.
The city of Coimbra will implement traffic and parking limitations to accommodate the Rally de Portugal event until May 8th.
Temporary traffic and parking measures are in place in the Santa Clara area to accommodate the Rally de Portugal event.
An overview of the modifications to the rally route within the Coimbra district for the upcoming event.
Over more than two decades, Paulo Furtado has built The Legendary Tigerman as a radically independent project, shaped by instinct, discipline, and a firm refusal to compromise creatively. You can listen to this unique artist on the podcast “The Heart and Hustle of Portugal” with Tony Gonçalves.
Hermes Costa, a professor at the University of Coimbra, believes that the way the Government has handled the negotiation process “weakens it more than it does the unions”.
The author of some of the most recognised and acclaimed songs in Portuguese music joins a list of winners that has already distinguished names such as Fernando Tordo, Paulo de Carvalho, Jorge Palma, Sérgio Godinho, and Tozé Brito.
French rally driver Sébastien Ogier conducted test runs in the Góis region in preparation for the upcoming Rally de Portugal.
The Constitution is not a dead artefact or a document to be archived in a museum display case. It is alive, and it is precisely this vitality that makes it indispensable. At a time when hasty rhetoric about its replacement or exhaustion is multiplying, it is important to reaffirm the essential: the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic remains one of the most solid pillars of our democracy. Pedro Costa Gonçalves, Director of the Faculty of Law at the University of Coimbra, notes that recent commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the Constitution highlighted that while it can and should be revised, it must not be discarded. There is a crucial difference between updating and replacing, or between perfecting and dismantling. Recognizing the need for specific revisions reinforces the Constitution, which has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for adaptation over five decades. The Faculty of Law of Coimbra marked the occasion with a two-volume collective work reflecting on the past, present, and future of the Fundamental Law, serving as a reminder that the Constitution remains an object of study and commitment. Ultimately, a solid democracy is not built from a void, but on the foundations it has managed to erect and preserve.
Aguiar-Branco highlighted the contribution of the Coimbra school to the pluralism of debate, but warned that “democracy cannot be taken for granted,” during a session commemorating the institution's 50th anniversary.
Aguiar-Branco was speaking at the closing of the opening session of the conference 'The Coimbra Faculty of Law and the Constitution'.
An overview of the latest updates and changes for the Rally de Portugal taking place in the central part of the country.
The first phase of construction for the new student residence in Coimbra includes 66 studios by 2027. The second phase, currently in the licensing process, includes a total of 60 studios and eight one-bedroom apartments.
Traffic in the north-south direction of the A1, which had been closed since 05:55 between Mealhada and Coimbra, reopened today at 09:29 on only one lane, according to the Coimbra Sub-Regional Command.
The University of Coimbra marks World Portuguese Language Day by hosting a conference featuring the Ambassador of Timor-Leste to Portugal.
According to the mayor, this is a 7.2 million euro project that a small municipality in the interior of the Coimbra district would not have the capacity to undertake with its own budget.
Traffic on the A1 is completely blocked in the northbound-to-southbound direction due to an accident involving three trucks that occurred early this Thursday morning at kilometre 199, in the Coimbra area. Two people were injured. The alert was raised at 05:40. The road is closed for vehicle removal and road cleaning, and is only expected to reopen to traffic in the early afternoon. As of 08:10, 15 personnel supported by four vehicles were on site.
The accident resulted in one injury
The alert for the accident on the North motorway, which occurred at kilometre 199 and resulted in one minor injury, was given at 5:55 am.
An accident involving three heavy goods vehicles during the early hours is disrupting traffic on the A1, North-Southbound between Mealhada and Coimbra. Road cleaning operations are currently underway.
In the Central region, 1,600 applications for support to rebuild homes destroyed by the bad weather were rejected.
Only after the battle did D. Afonso Henriques title himself king; he did so in all documents from then on. The most important consequence of the battle was, therefore, the founding of the Kingdom of Portugal.
The movement was created following the dissolution of the 2nd Rapid Intervention Team of the PSP.
The road connecting the village of Chão Sobral to the neighbouring places of Parente and Tapadas, in the parish of Aldeia das Dez, in the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital, is closed to traffic after collapsing due to bad weather.
The Mayor of Coimbra, Ana Abrunhosa (PS), publicly retracted today the accusations she had made against Lusa agency journalist João Gaspar, admitting that she had “an unfortunate moment, which will not happen again”.
