Santarém, Portugal
Latest news and stories from Alcanena.
In a village school that was at risk of closing due to a lack of children, the students who achieved some of the best results in the 2025 national 4th-grade exams in Portuguese, Mathematics, and English were enrolled.
According to data from the Ministry of Education analysed by the Lusa agency, the Escola Básica de Covão do Coelho, in Alcanena, is among the best in Portuguese, Mathematics, and English.
The section between Moitas Venda and Videla will be accessible again at 16:00 on Friday. Infrastructure works costing 150,000 euros by IP lasted just over a month.
Completion of the work on the Alcanena side will not, however, allow for the full restoration of the connection to Porto de Mós, because another section of the EN243 remains closed in the Alcaria area.
The Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security stated this Friday that 97% of applications for the Creche Feliz programme have been assigned a place, noting that more than 19,000 free places have been created since April 2024. “At this moment, 97% of applications nationwide have been assigned a place,” stated Rosário Palma Ramalho, adding that, since April...
The government official was responding to questions regarding the 38 million euros in extraordinary support approved on Thursday by the Council of Ministers.
Since April 2024, more than 19,000 free childcare spots have been created.
Final works are taking place this week, namely the installation of equipment and exterior interventions.
The municipality of Alcanena is evaluating the transfer of two projects originally funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) to the Portugal 2030 framework due to implementation delays.
According to the mayor, interventions are complete at the two health centres and the municipality's nurseries. The refurbishment of the secondary school has exceeded 90% completion.
The main requests directed to the CLAIM centre continue to be related to the renewal of residence permits, family reunification processes, and document regularisation.
28 personnel were on site, supported by seven vehicles from the Minde Fire Department and an air ambulance from INEM. The GNR is investigating the causes of the accident.
GEOTA advocates for the removal of obsolete river barriers and the reassessment of new dams, as part of the World Fish Migration Day celebrations in Alcanena
Air accident occurred in Minde. The 49-year-old victim was hospitalised.
“We have to come anyway,” laments a student's grandmother. This is already the second case this week alone.
The collision forced the suspension of north-south traffic on the A1.
Traffic had been interrupted for several hours. Ventura also says that convening the Council of State ten days before the elections is inappropriate.
