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Amarante(11)Baião(6)Felgueiras(12)Gondomar(13)Lousada(2)Maia(24)Marco de Canaveses(5)Matosinhos(63)Paços de Ferreira(11)Paredes(11)Penafiel(17)Porto(488)Póvoa de Varzim(14)Santo Tirso(16)Trofa(5)Valongo(15)Vila do Conde(9)Vila Nova de Gaia(67)






  • Amarante(11)
  • Baião(6)
  • Felgueiras(12)
  • Gondomar(13)
  • Lousada(2)
  • Maia(24)
  • Marco de Canaveses(5)
  • Matosinhos(63)
  • Paços de Ferreira(11)
  • Paredes(11)
  • Penafiel(17)
  • Porto(488)
  • Póvoa de Varzim(14)
  • Santo Tirso(16)
  • Trofa(5)
  • Valongo(15)
  • Vila do Conde(9)
  • Vila Nova de Gaia(67)
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A 200,000 euro allocation for the informal caregiver support programme was approved unanimously.

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The lighting company joins the 10 municipalities where searches are taking place.

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Vicky Foods has reached an agreement with Adam Foods to acquire the bakery brand Panrico, including key industrial assets such as the Gulpilhares factory in Portugal. The facility spans over 50,000 square metres and features three sliced bread production lines with an annual capacity of 21,000 tonnes. The deal, the value of which remains undisclosed, covers both the Portuguese and Spanish markets and strengthens Vicky Foods' position in the bread category, which has been its primary business line by sales volume since 2022. Last year, Panrico generated over 23.8 million euros in revenue across both markets.

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Differences compromise equity in the care provided in different regions of the country, experts acknowledge. Gaia Hospital maintains its paediatric emergency classification.

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The man had been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for coercion against a public official and aggravated insult.

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Eduardo Souto de Moura has refused to design the architecture for the high-speed train station in Gaia, ECO has learned. The architect, chosen by the AVAN Norte consortium for the first section of the TGV between Porto and Lisbon, has been highly critical of the construction of an underground station in Santo Ovídio, considering...

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