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A stop in Figueira da Foz included a visit to Santana Lopes's office. Without announcing formal support, the former PSD leader praises António José Seguro as a candidate of calibre for Belém.
António José Seguro, a candidate backed by the Socialist Party (PS), receives praise from Santana Lopes — the former PSD leader, former prime minister and current mayor of Figueira da Foz. They were together in the city.
Former PSD leader Santana Lopes said on Friday that the Presidency of the Republic would be 'in good hands' with António José Seguro and said he was 'calm' about a victory for the Socialist candidate, while stressing that he was not expressing his vote. The visit of Seguro's caravan to the Figueira da Foz town hall, led by Santana Lopes, did not ...
Santana Lopes says the Port of Figueira da Foz deserves a full-time administration, in permanent contact with operators and the fishing community, and independent from Aveiro.
Pedro Santana Lopes, the mayor, argued today that the port of Figueira da Foz, on the coast of the district of Coimbra, should have a standalone administration, separate from Aveiro, because of its complexity.
Annual costs for a complement of 16 municipal police officers are around half a million euros.
Fishermen based in Figueira da Foz are urging authorities to stop using explosives in the Mondego River.
Figueira da Foz fishermen are demanding that dredging and the use of explosives on the Mondego's rocky bed stop immediately, as they prevent lamprey and shad from entering the river, whose fishing season begins on Saturday.
Two of the less seriously injured victims are minors.
Home News Ancient whale bones removed from Portuguese beach Ancient whale bones removed from Portuguese beach A whale bone, presumed to be thousands of years old, identified Buarcos beach, north of Figueira da Foz, has been removed to the city's municipal museum.
