Latest news and stories from the Viana do Castelo district, Portugal.
In the village of Cristóval, in the parish of the Melgaço municipality — the northernmost in Portugal — 60 of the 516 registered voters had cast their ballots by 12:25 in the presidential election, and roughly 160 people are expected to have voted by the time the polls close.
The 'Bacalhau à Monção' recipe was created in 2023 by chef Vítor Sobral and is now being presented as 'a new gastronomic treasure' of this Minho municipality. On the weekend of 24 and 25 January the dish will be available to taste in 15 local restaurants. In parallel, a sparkling wine route is being promoted.
The aim is to equip Alto Minho business owners with tools to prevent and protect against potential cyberattacks through a series of online workshops that the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (IPVC) and the National Cybersecurity Centre for the Northern region are running during January. 'In a context marked by growing ...
In 2025, restaurants were analysed by a specialised company, and the first 14 badges have now been awarded to 14 restaurants.
Keen to please the veterans, the candidate and leader of Chega was given a military uniform and decided to wear it straight away during the subsequent speech in Ponte de Lima, where he vowed that, if elected President, he would settle accounts with history.
Isaltino Morais joined Gouveia e Melo's campaign on Sunday. In Ponte de Lima, the mayor criticised all of the candidate's opponents, even saying that “voting for the liberal lot is voting for the weaklings”.
António José Seguro's campaign day ended in Viana do Castelo. The candidate says he accepts support from both the left and the right because he wants to be president of all the Portuguese and appeals to moderate voters to help curb extremism.
Gouveia e Melo steps up the rhetoric and Isaltino Morais joins the speeches at the Ponte de Lima rally. From 'the fake socialist' to 'the queque' and 'Uncle of Cascais', there are nicknames for everyone.
Luís Marques Mendes says election day will show that the opinion polls 'failed spectacularly'. In Viana do Castelo he again faced criticism over the state of the country's healthcare and argued that a change in the organisational model of the National Health Service (SNS) is needed.
