Latest news and stories from the Portalegre district, Portugal.
José had lived in Póvoa e Meadas, in Castelo de Vide, for 25 years. The man was left homeless following a fire that broke out in his home this Saturday night.
18 emergency personnel were on the scene.
18 emergency personnel were on the scene.
The accident occurred in the Vale do Peso area, where an off-road motorcycle race was taking place.
A 38-year-old man died and a 25-year-old man was seriously injured in a collision between two motorcycles on a dirt road in the Crato municipality, Portalegre district, this Saturday, March 14, according to Civil Protection. The Alto Alentejo Sub-Regional Command for Emergency and Civil Protection reported that the accident, alerted at 12:12, occurred in the Vale do Peso area, where an off-road motorcycle race was taking place. The 38-year-old's death was declared at the scene by a doctor from the emergency medical vehicle (VMER). The seriously injured man was airlifted by an INEM helicopter to a football field, from where he was to be transferred by ambulance to a hospital in the Lisbon area. A source from the GáfeTTe off-road motorcycle event organization stated that the accident occurred off-track, noting that one of the motorcyclists involved was a participant in the competition. Rescue operations involved 20 personnel from the Crato, Nisa, and Alter do Chão fire departments, the GNR, and INEM, supported by eight vehicles and a helicopter.
The accident occurred on a dirt road. The victim was transported by helicopter to the hospital.
It was at this historic roastery in Campo Maior that the commander would stop first every morning. Because it was here that it all began in the 1930s with his uncle, Joaquim d’Olaia.
Home News Portugal addresses illegal water use Portugal addresses illegal water use Águas do Alto Alentejo ( AAA) will eliminate more than 100 illegal uses of the public water supply network by 2025, an area considered a “priority” for the intermunicipal company, it was announced.
The suspect, detained by the PJ in Nisa, was handed over to the Spanish authorities this Friday. The crimes occurred following the sale of narcotics in March 2025.
The man was arrested last November in Nisa.
