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Brazil is the guest country for the Alentejo Heritage Festival, taking place this month in Montemor-o-Novo. The event features a samba circle by Coletivo Gira and a performance by Brazilian singer Luca Argel. Running from the 25th to the 27th, the free festival celebrates the cultural heritage of both Portugal and Brazil through music, dance, and art across the city.
Arguido, a viver em união de facto com a arguida, pelo menos desde abril de 2025, e com o conhecimento e consentimento daquela, abusou sexualmente da vítima.
Os dois arguidos, um homem de 56 anos e uma mulher de 49, estão acusados, em coautoria, de 24 crimes de abuso sexual de criança agravados e 20 crimes de abuso sexual de menor dependente agravados.
Arguido, a viver em união de facto com a arguida, pelo menos desde abril de 2025, e com o conhecimento e consentimento daquela, abusou sexualmente da vítima.
Chinese renewable energy developer Chint Solar is pressing ahead with another hybrid project in the Alentejo, adding a solar plant, wind farm and battery storage complex near Montemor-o-Novo to a The post Chinese developer advances another hybrid energy project in Alentejo appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Back at the helm of the L’AND Vineyards restaurant in Montemor-o-Novo, the chef’s menu unites Portugal with Asian influences. Here, the maturity he claims to have found is clearly visible.
Returning to the MAPA restaurant at L'AND Vineyards, Miguel Laffan continues his journey through the world from Montemor-o-Novo. Without stress, but with certainty: “If we think a star is secure, we start to slack off.”
Traffic in the Elvas to Marateca direction has been interrupted since 12:35, the time when the collision between a truck, a van, and a tractor occurred. The injured were transported to the Évora hospital.
A GNR source explained that the tractor involved in the collision was cleaning the shoulder of the A6 when the accident occurred, which forced the closure of traffic, a situation that remained as of 14:15.
The road is partially closed.
The main defendant showed a police badge during a fake operation that resulted in a six-thousand-euro scam. The Public Prosecutor's Office believes there are more victims.
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When everyone takes refuge at home to escape the heat, I stay outside to linger in the embrace of Olga Tokarczuk and Margaret Atwood. A chronicle by João da Silva.
The Left Bloc warns that farmers and families may have been excluded from support because they declared damages while their land and homes were still underwater.
Three of the five human DNA samples identified in an international study came from the Escoural Cave in Montemor-o-Novo. The genes may have been imprinted on the stone simply by touch.
A Portuguese team participated in the first global discovery of ancient human DNA preserved on the walls of prehistoric caves, with the Escoural Cave in Montemor-o-Novo providing some of the most relevant samples for the study released this week.
Of the five samples that revealed authentic ancient human DNA, three were identified in Escoural, considered the only known site in Portugal with Palaeolithic art in a cave context.
A Portuguese team has participated in the first global discovery of ancient human DNA preserved on the walls of prehistoric caves, with the Escoural Cave in Montemor-o-Novo providing some of the most significant samples for the study published this week. The research, involving scientists from several countries, demonstrates that human genetic traces can survive for thousands of years on cave walls, offering new ways to study the behaviour of prehistoric communities. Archaeologist Sara Garcês, who was part of the team, noted that this discovery shifts the focus from the archaeology of objects to an archaeology of gestures and their meanings, revealing a physical connection between human groups and these underground spaces.
In a council meeting this Wednesday, Carlos Pinto de Sá, the mayor, clarified that the decision had already been made before the fire and the proposal provided for the sealing of the company.
Messias Baptista won the silver medal at the European Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho this Sunday, June 14, finishing second in the K1 200m final in a race decided by mere milliseconds. The Portuguese canoeist reaffirmed his place among the continental elite, finishing in 34.178 seconds, just 75 milliseconds behind Spain's Carlos Arévalo. Despite the success, Baptista expressed mixed feelings after narrowly missing out on medals in the K2 and K4 500m team events.
The fire, for which the alert was raised at 18:07 on Thursday, was declared under control by 23:30.
The fire that broke out at a recycling warehouse in the Adua Industrial Zone in Montemor-o-Novo, in the Évora district, is in the resolution phase, a Civil Protection source told Lusa today.
The fire that broke out at a recycling warehouse in the Adua Industrial Zone in Montemor-o-Novo is in the resolution phase, according to Civil Protection. Five firefighters were injured.
The fire spread to an area of brushwood
The fire that consumed the scrubland was declared under control at 18:52. By 19:45, the fire was still active in the warehouse and consuming plastic.
The fire will be investigated by the Judicial Police.
The fire will be investigated by the Judicial Police.
One of the fires, in the parish of Cabrela, left a 77-year-old man injured. In the second case, a 65-year-old woman's house 'burned down completely'.
