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Amarante(34)Baião(21)Felgueiras(34)Gondomar(62)Lousada(29)Maia(120)Marco de Canaveses(18)Matosinhos(270)Paços de Ferreira(31)Paredes(51)Penafiel(48)Porto(1925)Póvoa de Varzim(38)Santo Tirso(48)Trofa(16)Valongo(64)Vila do Conde(43)Vila Nova de Gaia(273)
Amarante(34)Baião(21)Felgueiras(34)Gondomar(62)Lousada(29)Maia(120)Marco de Canaveses(18)Matosinhos(270)Paços de Ferreira(31)Paredes(51)Penafiel(48)Porto(1925)Póvoa de Varzim(38)Santo Tirso(48)Trofa(16)Valongo(64)Vila do Conde(43)Vila Nova de Gaia(273)

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  • Amarante(34)
  • Baião(21)
  • Felgueiras(34)
  • Gondomar(62)
  • Lousada(29)
  • Maia(120)
  • Marco de Canaveses(18)
  • Matosinhos(270)
  • Paços de Ferreira(31)
  • Paredes(51)
  • Penafiel(48)
  • Porto(1925)
  • Póvoa de Varzim(38)
  • Santo Tirso(48)
  • Trofa(16)
  • Valongo(64)
  • Vila do Conde(43)
  • Vila Nova de Gaia(273)

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Seven people arrested on suspicion of mistreating the elderly

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal🩺 Health#crime-report+2 more

The GNR is conducting searches in the centre of Lousada at elderly care homes.

rtp.pt27m ago
Seven people arrested on suspicion of mistreating the elderly

"Maravilhário". Three centuries of donations on display at the University of Porto

📍 Porto🎭 Culture🎓 Education#museum+2 more

The University of Porto opens the exhibition “Maravilhário – Donations to the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto” this Wednesday, June 17, celebrating approximately 200,000 donations received by the institution over three centuries. Running until September 20 at the museum's Central Pole in the Rectory building, the exhibition highlights the vital role of donations in preserving the university's scientific, cultural, and natural heritage. The collection includes over 200,000 items, ranging from insects and molluscs to fossils, archaeological artefacts, and a juvenile blue whale skeleton that washed ashore in Matosinhos in 1937.

dn.pt48m ago
"Maravilhário". Three centuries of donations on display at the University of Porto

Elderly man travels to pharmacy and is robbed by a couple in Vila das Aves

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The Porto Judicial Police were called and are investigating the whereabouts of the man and the woman.

cmjornal.pt1h ago
Elderly man travels to pharmacy and is robbed by a couple in Vila das Aves

Porto Municipal Assembly: Final payment for Aleixo neighbourhood extended

📍 Porto🏛️ Government🏠 Property#property-market+1 more

The 2.7 million instalment from Invesurb has been postponed, with votes against from Livre, CDU, and BE, who argue that the 16-year contract does not serve the city of Porto. The land subdivision project is not yet complete.

observador.pt1h ago
Porto Municipal Assembly: Final payment for Aleixo neighbourhood extended

Electrical discharge destroys association games room and damages house in Avintes

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#public-safety

Three years ago, another electrical discharge damaged several of the association's appliances, amounting to 14,000 euros.

cmjornal.pt2h ago
Electrical discharge destroys association games room and damages house in Avintes

Venture capital firm Draycott acquires Amadora-based green spaces company

📍 Porto💶 Finance💼 Work#investment+1 more

The venture capital and private equity firm Draycott has acquired the Portuguese company Jardins do Paço, which specialises in the construction and maintenance of green spaces. The deal was executed through Greenview, which is controlled by the Draycott II FCR fund, and was notified to the Competition Authority (AdC) on 8 June.

eco.sapo.pt3h ago
Venture capital firm Draycott acquires Amadora-based green spaces company

GNR raids illegal care homes in Lousada amid homicide, abuse investigation

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal🩺 Health#crime-report+1 more

Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) has carried out a major operation in Lousada today, executing search warrants and detention orders as part of an investigation into alleged abuse, fraud, even The post GNR raids illegal care homes in Lousada amid homicide, abuse investigation appeared first on Portugal Resident.

portugalresident.com3h ago
GNR raids illegal care homes in Lousada amid homicide, abuse investigation

BLAST Premier Open Porto 2026 brings $1.1M CS2 tournament to Portugal

📍 Porto🎭 Culture💡 Technology#esports+2 more
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BLAST Premier Open Porto 2026 brings $1.1M CS2 tournament to Portugal

Seven arrested in raids on illegal care homes in Lousada. Four elderly people died of starvation

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal🩺 Health#crime-report+2 more

Operation is underway following a 2024 investigation.

cmjornal.pt3h ago
Seven arrested in raids on illegal care homes in Lousada. Four elderly people died of starvation

Porto researchers develop technology to 'enrich' sorghum

📍 Porto💡 Technology🌱 Environment#research+2 more

The 'FIND-IT' technology allowed for the identification of plants whose variant of a zinc sensor, in that gene, enables the induction of greater absorption and accumulation of this nutrient.

cmjornal.pt5h ago
Porto researchers develop technology to 'enrich' sorghum

Acclaimed Chinese artist brings unpublished creation to the Babell festival

📍 Porto🎭 Culture#arts+2 more

The banks of Porto and Gaia will unite in a performance that brings together Art and Literature.

rtp.pt5h ago
Acclaimed Chinese artist brings unpublished creation to the Babell festival

“The king, in the time when bishops ruled, could not even spend the night in the city”: for 286 years, Porto bowed to the power of the Church

📍 Porto📜 History🎭 Culture#historical-places

For 286 years, the city of Porto bowed to the power of the bishops. In this episode of “Histórias do Porto”, Luís Amaral, an expert in Medieval History at the Faculty of Arts of Porto, talks with journalist Carlos Rico about the not-always-peaceful relations between the Church and the nobility and bourgeoisie of Porto, while also painting a portrait of daily life in the city during the bishops' nearly three centuries of power.

expresso.pt6h ago
“The king, in the time when bishops ruled, could not even spend the night in the city”: for 286 years, Porto bowed to the power of the Church

Porto Municipal Assembly approves extension of the final payment for the Aleixo neighbourhood fund

📍 Porto🏠 Property🏛️ Government#urban-renewal+1 more

The Aleixo neighbourhood consisted of five towers. Tower 5 was demolished in 2011, and in 2013, during the final term of Rui Rio as Mayor of Porto, tower 4 was demolished.

cmjornal.pt7h ago
Porto Municipal Assembly approves extension of the final payment for the Aleixo neighbourhood fund

"I ended up worse than I was, I live in constant pain": woman who underwent carpal tunnel surgery accuses São João of negligence

📍 Porto🩺 Health⚖️ Legal#medical-services+1 more

Isabel Rocha says she has to put her hand in ice water to avoid pain. She accuses the hospital of medical negligence.

cmjornal.pt13h ago
"I ended up worse than I was, I live in constant pain": woman who underwent carpal tunnel surgery accuses São João of negligence

Cape Verde shines at the World Cup... and in Portugal: 5 places to try cachupa

📍 Porto🏖️ Daily Life🎭 Culture#gastronomy+1 more

A guide to five restaurants in Portugal where you can taste the traditional Cape Verdean dish, cachupa, following the national team's success.

Jornal de NotíciasJornal de Notícias16h ago

"Diabolical evidence": Court of Auditors judges accuse Government law, agreed with the PS, of making the conviction of politicians impossible

📍 Porto🏛️ Government⚖️ Legal#government-policy+2 more

Multi-million euro fines for mayors of Maia and Caminha may still be mitigated and reversed

cnnportugal.iol.pt17h ago
"Diabolical evidence": Court of Auditors judges accuse Government law, agreed with the PS, of making the conviction of politicians impossible

Mosh, party, Palestine, community: the Idles' night at Primavera Sound Porto

📍 Porto🎭 Culture#entertainment

Here is a collection of images from the concert given by the English band last Saturday. The chaos and jubilation in the front rows, witnessed through the lens of PÚBLICO.

publico.pt18h ago

Over two centuries of history on display to the public at the University of Porto Museum

📍 Porto🎭 Culture📜 History#museums+1 more

From the egg collection of Henry Waldo Coverley, a former British vice-consul in Porto considered 'the father of Portuguese ornithology', to the scientific archive of zoologist Desmond Morris, many pieces will be on display to the public starting this Wednesday at the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto.

eco.sapo.pt19h ago
Over two centuries of history on display to the public at the University of Porto Museum

Gehry retrospective at Serralves showcases 19 projects, including the Parque Mayer design that never saw the light of day

📍 Porto🎭 Culture#art-exhibition+2 more

The exhibition 'The Century of Gehry' at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art explores the career of the late architect Frank Gehry. Curated by António Choupina and Gehry Partners, the retrospective features 19 iconic projects, including his unbuilt proposal for Lisbon's Parque Mayer and his collaborations with Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza.

dn.pt20h ago
Gehry retrospective at Serralves showcases 19 projects, including the Parque Mayer design that never saw the light of day

Railway disruptions to happen in North Portugal

📍 Porto🚇 Infrastructure🧭 Travel#public-transport+1 more
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Supreme Court reduces sentence for owner of after-school centre in Maia convicted of child abuse

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The Deputy Attorney General considered that the sentence applied by the panel of judges who tried the case “goes beyond what is necessary to prevent and punish the commission of these crimes”.

cmjornal.pt15 Jun
Supreme Court reduces sentence for owner of after-school centre in Maia convicted of child abuse

Electrical discharge destroys association games room and damages house in Avintes

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#public-safety+1 more

Three years ago, another electrical discharge damaged several of the association's appliances, amounting to 14,000 euros.

cmjornal.pt15 Jun
Electrical discharge destroys association games room and damages house in Avintes

Porto watchmaker Marcolino helps revive unique astronomical timekeeping instrument

📍 Porto🎭 Culture📜 History#heritage+2 more

Historic Porto watchmaker Marcolino is marking its 100th anniversary by helping reactivate a rare scientific instrument that once played a key role in setting Portugal’s official time. The centenary celebrations The post Porto watchmaker Marcolino helps revive unique astronomical timekeeping instrument appeared first on Portugal Resident.

portugalresident.com15 Jun
Porto watchmaker Marcolino helps revive unique astronomical timekeeping instrument

Supremo reduz pena a dono de ATL na Maia condenado por abuso de menores

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

O arguido, motorista na empresa, abusou de uma rapariga de 12 anos, em Dezembro de 2024, quando a transportava para o centro de estudos.

publico.pt15 Jun
Supremo reduz pena a dono de ATL na Maia condenado por abuso de menores

Elderly man travels to pharmacy and is robbed by a couple in Vila das Aves

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#crime-report+1 more

The Porto Judicial Police were called and are investigating the whereabouts of the man and the woman.

cmjornal.pt15 Jun
Elderly man travels to pharmacy and is robbed by a couple in Vila das Aves

Leixões movable bridge closed for works for three months

📍 Porto🚇 Infrastructure🏖️ Daily Life#public-transport+1 more

A 4.5 million euro modernisation project leads to the temporary closure of the bridge. As a replacement, the connection between Leça da Palmeira and Matosinhos will be provided by a free bus service.

observador.pt15 Jun
Leixões movable bridge closed for works for three months

IFA opens Cabin Crew course in Porto and moves forward with new hangar project in Braga

📍 Porto🎓 Education💼 Work#aviation+2 more

The course will begin on July 13 for students with a 12th-grade education or equivalent.

cmjornal.pt15 Jun
IFA opens Cabin Crew course in Porto and moves forward with new hangar project in Braga

Leixões movable bridge closed for three months for roadworks

📍 Porto🚇 Infrastructure🏖️ Daily Life#public-transport+2 more

The Leixões movable bridge, which connects Leça da Palmeira to Matosinhos in the Porto district, will close for three months for maintenance and improvement works, according to information from the local council. On its official website, the municipality, led by Luísa Salgueiro, stated that the intervention aims to ensure maintenance work.

eco.sapo.pt15 Jun
Leixões movable bridge closed for three months for roadworks

Leixões movable bridge closed from this Monday for three months of works

📍 Porto🚇 Infrastructure🏖️ Daily Life#road-works+1 more

The intervention aims to ensure maintenance and improvement works, contributing to the preservation, safety, and reliability of this infrastructure.

cmjornal.pt15 Jun
Leixões movable bridge closed from this Monday for three months of works

Fire breaks out at waste management company in Valongo

📍 Porto⚖️ Legal🌱 Environment#public-safety+1 more

The fire has multiple points of origin, which has hindered firefighting operations.

cmjornal.pt14 Jun
Fire breaks out at waste management company in Valongo