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Railway services on the Northern Line will face three-hour night-time disruptions between Alverca and Azambuja.
These trains departed from Santa Apolónia station in Lisbon and were bound for Entroncamento and Tomar.
With a factory in the Azambuja Industrial Zone sized to produce 350 million coffee capsules per year, Mocoffee has initiated a Special Revitalisation Process (PER), a legal mechanism that allows companies in financial difficulty or imminent insolvency to negotiate with creditors to avoid bankruptcy. According to the list...
Maria da Graça Carvalho stressed that these works “must move forward quickly” to ensure safety.
The Prison Guards Union and Prison Services report a suicide. Family members claim the prisoner was murdered.
Zero states that the construction of the future logistics centre in Aveiras “represents a strategic setback for the country,” as it “reinforces the structural dependence on road transport.”
The environmental association Zero has called for an unfavourable environmental opinion on the proposed Aveiras logistics centre in Azambuja, arguing it would increase emissions, noise, and air pollution. The group criticises the project for ignoring rail transport and reinforcing reliance on road freight, calling it a strategic setback for national climate goals. While the project, backed by the Glacier Crown group, has faced scrutiny from regional authorities over seismic risks and land use, the Mayor of Azambuja, Silvino Lúcio, has defended the development, stating it complies with all legal planning requirements and is classified as a project of national interest.
At issue is the project for the construction of the future logistics centre in Aveiras.
Unanimous agreement among PS, PSD, CDU, and Chega. The mayor warns that 250,000 people are now more than 50 km and one hour away from the nearest obstetric emergency service.
The signal jammers are part of a pilot project launched following the escape of five inmates from Vale de Judeus prison in September 2024, with the goal of blocking mobile phone and drone signals within the prison.
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.
The court-appointed lawyer tasked with representing José Sócrates, after the official lawyer José Louro was hospitalised, resigned from the role on Tuesday morning. Inês Louro said she is a member of the Chega party and has been elected as a councillor in Azambuja.
Rui Pedro Moreira was a Chega candidate in Azambuja in the 2021 and 2025 local elections.
A riding (equestrian) instructor arrested on allegations of child abuse had previously stood as a municipal candidate for the Chega party in Azambuja.
