Lisboa, Portugal
Latest news and stories from Azambuja.
Promoters of the 28-hectare project claim that the Land Use Plan “has no direct effect” on private individuals. Furthermore, in the face of a new, more restrictive Municipal Master Plan (PDM), they are citing acquired rights.
The union admitted it might call off the protest at the end of February, as it considered that security at the Vale de Judeus prison was being reinforced.
Prison guards at the Vale de Judeus facility (Azambuja, Lisbon district), from which five inmates escaped in 2024, have decided to maintain the strike starting on Tuesday, the National Union of the Prison Guard Corps (SNCGP) announced today.
The union claims that promises to reinforce security have not yet been implemented, so the guards' strike will continue. In 2024, five inmates escaped from the prison.
There is a risk of rupture at the Retorta Dam, located in Torre Bela.
The municipality was affected by the low-pressure system Kristin.
Assaults in Aveiras against Indian citizens were recorded by cameras. Members are said to have staged animal-aid activities to appear to be of a different character, but Mário Machado insisted on a militia.
Ringleaders of Group 1143 and the attackers of an Indian man at the Aveiras service area were remanded in custody pending trial and were warned by the investigating judge: 'The previous leadership and the current one are already imprisoned'.
Five alleged members of neo-Nazi group 1143 are being held in pre-trial detention and another 32 were released, although 29 of them must report weekly to the police station. Among those detained are individuals who assaulted two immigrants at the Aveiras service station in October.
A well-known neo‑Nazi serving a sentence is considered the leader of group 1143 — to which he issues instructions from prison.
