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Municipalities in Leiria

Alcobaça(25)Alvaiázere(15)Ansião(7)Batalha(21)Bombarral(2)Caldas da Rainha(39)Castanheira de Pêra(2)Figueiró dos Vinhos(21)Leiria(326)Marinha Grande(69)Nazaré(16)Óbidos(5)Pedrógão Grande(25)Peniche(14)Pombal(44)Porto de Mós(14)
Alcobaça(25)Alvaiázere(15)Ansião(7)Batalha(21)Bombarral(2)Caldas da Rainha(39)Castanheira de Pêra(2)Figueiró dos Vinhos(21)Leiria(326)Marinha Grande(69)Nazaré(16)Óbidos(5)Pedrógão Grande(25)Peniche(14)Pombal(44)Porto de Mós(14)

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  • Alcobaça(25)
  • Alvaiázere(15)
  • Ansião(7)
  • Batalha(21)
  • Bombarral(2)
  • Caldas da Rainha(39)
  • Castanheira de Pêra(2)
  • Figueiró dos Vinhos(21)
  • Leiria(326)
  • Marinha Grande(69)
  • Nazaré(16)
  • Óbidos(5)
  • Pedrógão Grande(25)
  • Peniche(14)
  • Pombal(44)
  • Porto de Mós(14)

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"This is just the beginning!" - Storm Kristin Aftermath UPDATE - Natasha Donn's News Review - Ep.9

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A month and a half after Storm Kristin, students are still learning in containers, parish halls... and a former mortuary chapel

📍 Leiria🎓 Education🌱 Environment#severe-weather+2 more

The storm left several schools in need of major repairs. In Vieira de Leiria, the school has been scattered across the town, and a month and a half later, there is still no end date for these temporary arrangements.

Público15 Mar
A month and a half after Storm Kristin, students are still learning in containers, parish halls... and a former mortuary chapel

Transforming polytechnics into universities

📍 Leiria🎓 Education🏛️ Government#higher-education+2 more

The link between a climate catastrophe and the structural reorganization of the higher education system is, to say the least, difficult to explain. Opinion by Miguel Copetto.

Público15 Mar
Transforming polytechnics into universities

Two seriously injured in collision on the IC9 in Alcobaça

📍 Leiria⚖️ Legal🚇 Infrastructure#public-safety+2 more

The IC9 was closed for several hours in the east-west direction, where the accident occurred.

Correio da Manhã14 Mar
Two seriously injured in collision on the IC9 in Alcobaça

Two seriously injured in collision on the IC9 in Alcobaça

📍 Leiria⚖️ Legal🚇 Infrastructure#public-safety+2 more

The IC9 was closed for several hours in the east-west direction, where the accident occurred.

Correio da Manhã14 Mar
Two seriously injured in collision on the IC9 in Alcobaça

Mayor of Leiria explains why he did not answer the Minister of Defence: “I received thousands of calls”

📍 Leiria🏛️ Government⚖️ Legal#public-safety+2 more

Gonçalo Lopes says he refused the field kitchen and security for the generators because it “was no longer necessary”. The Mayor of Leiria responds to Nuno Melo's accusations by praising the military: they were “exemplary” and provided “decisive” help.

Expresso14 Mar
Mayor of Leiria explains why he did not answer the Minister of Defence: “I received thousands of calls”

Mayor of Leiria explains why he did not answer the Minister of Defence: “I received thousands of calls”

📍 Leiria🏛️ Government⚖️ Legal#local-government+2 more

Gonçalo Lopes says he refused the field kitchen and security for the generators because it “was no longer necessary”. The Mayor of Leiria responds to Nuno Melo's accusations by praising the military: they were “exemplary” and provided “decisive” help.

Expresso14 Mar
Mayor of Leiria explains why he did not answer the Minister of Defence: “I received thousands of calls”

How Nuno brought light back to Leiria: “I ordered the utility pole factories to stop and work only for us”

📍 Leiria🚇 Infrastructure🏖️ Daily Life#emergency-services+2 more

The faces of those who held the country together. During the month that devastated Portugal, some worked non-stop to restore normality to the country. In Nuno's case, this meant rebuilding one of Leiria's main electrical arteries in record time.

Expresso14 Mar
How Nuno brought light back to Leiria: “I ordered the utility pole factories to stop and work only for us”

Grandson beat and threatened the grandmother he lived with in Caldas da Rainha

📍 Leiria⚖️ Legal#public-safety+1 more

The 20-year-old man lived with the 64-year-old victim. He has been arrested.

Correio da Manhã14 Mar
Grandson beat and threatened the grandmother he lived with in Caldas da Rainha

In this restaurant in Batalha, traditional cuisine is reborn with a modern touch

📍 Leiria🏖️ Daily Life#gastronomy+2 more

Born from three generations of family cooking, it establishes itself as a space where tradition and technique unite to value the territory, local products, and seasonality. The Trintta restaurant, in Batalha, is celebrating one year of being open.

Expresso14 Mar
In this restaurant in Batalha, traditional cuisine is reborn with a modern touch

He threw his grandmother against a wall, threatened to kill her and damaged her home. Grandson removed from elderly woman's care following domestic violence

📍 Leiria⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#public-safety+2 more

A 20-year-old man moved into his grandmother's house in Caldas da Rainha three months ago. Since then, physical and psychological violence has been repeated.

CNN Portugal14 Mar
He threw his grandmother against a wall, threatened to kill her and damaged her home. Grandson removed from elderly woman's care following domestic violence