Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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The APA has announced that a 27-million-euro investment in urgent repairs to address storm damage on beaches is nearly finished. With only one project remaining in Costa da Caparica, officials state that the planned infrastructure work has been successfully executed to ensure safety for the summer season.
A 57-year-old man died on Monday afternoon after being struck by a train near Moledo in the municipality of Caminha. Rail traffic on the Minho line was suspended for approximately two hours between Caminha and Carreço while emergency services, including the Medical Emergency and Resuscitation Vehicle (Viatura Médica de Emergência e Reanimação or VMER), responded to the scene. An investigation into the circumstances of the accident is underway.
The VMER (Viatura Médica de Emergência e Reanimação) is an emergency medical vehicle staffed by a doctor and a nurse, designed to provide advanced life support at the scene of an accident or medical crisis. These vehicles operate under the national emergency medical institute (Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica or INEM) and are dispatched to stabilize patients before transport to a hospital.
Hugo Soares, the parliamentary leader of the Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata or PSD), has defended the government’s approach to immigration as a “quiet change” that avoids ideological extremes. Soares challenged the Socialist Party (Partido Socialista) and Chega to reach a consensus on revisions to the Nationality Law (Lei da Nacionalidade). Visa holders should note that the government aims to position itself in the “moderate centre” while tightening certain regulations.
Hugo Soares is the PSD parliamentary leader, as noted during a recent biweekly debate. He warned the PSD will pursue all available measures if it believes an amendment to the lay-off decree-law approved by the opposition violates the law, which matters for workers and employers following labour-rule changes.
Rui Fernando da Silva Rio (born 1957) is a Portuguese politician and tax consultant known for his moderate, fiscally disciplined approach to center-right politics. As mayor of Porto for over a decade, he was credited with stabilizing the city's finances and overseeing urban regeneration.
He led the PSD from 2018 to 2022, adopting a conciliatory tone that contrasted with the more combative style of other PSD leaders. He lost the 2022 legislative election to the PS's António Costa (who won an absolute majority) and was succeeded as PSD leader by Luís Montenegro. He remains an influential voice in PSD internal debates and is occasionally cited in commentary on the party's direction.
Chega ("Enough") is a Portuguese far-right populist party founded in 2019 by André Ventura. It positions itself as an anti-establishment movement against what it calls a "rotten and corrupt system" of PS-PSD dominance. The party surged from 1.3% in 2019 to 22.8% in May 2025, becoming parliament's second-largest force with 60 seats. Chega's core platform emphasizes strict immigration control—ending automatic CPLP residency, deporting non-independent immigrants, implementing job-market quotas, and requiring five-year social security contributions before benefit access. It advocates radical constitutional reform, including reducing parliament to 100 members, abolishing the prime minister position for a presidential system, and dismantling public healthcare. Law-and-order policies include life imprisonment and chemical castration proposals.
The party is defined by inflammatory anti-Romani rhetoric, with Ventura convicted multiple times for discrimination. Chega maintains international alignments with European far-right figures including Marine Le Pen, Santiago Abascal, and Matteo Salvini. Mainstream Portuguese parties, including Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's government, have imposed a cordon sanitaire, refusing coalition with Chega despite its parliamentary strength.
Ferraz Fernandes took office at the Forte da Lagarteira. He also assumes the duties of commander of the Maritime Police and joins the permanent management commission for the International Section of the Minho River.
Following a report of domestic violence, authorities determined that the suspect had taken the couple's two minor daughters with the intention of leaving the country and taking them abroad.
The PJ seized a speedboat on Moledo beach, in Caminha, and detained a foreign national suspected of drug trafficking, in an operation with the Spanish Guardia Civil.
An operation by the Judiciary Police, carried out 'in close collaboration and information exchange with the Spanish Guardia Civil', resulted in the identification and arrest of the suspect. The vessel had four engines.
The vessel has no registration and is typically associated with drug trafficking.
According to Correio da Manhã, the speedboat was carrying supplies and fuel, but no narcotics were reportedly found.
The president of the National Association of Energy, Fuel and Service Station Retailers (ANAREC), João Durão, accused the Government this Friday, September 11, of “making money from fuel and lying to the Portuguese,” demanding “more oversight to stop the daily smuggling” between Spain and Portugal. The head of the association, speaking to journalists at a fuel station in Lanhelas, Caminha, stated that the Government “must lower the tax burden on fuel” because companies are “losing excessive competitiveness” compared to Spain. “In one euro of diesel, 60 cents are taxes. In Spain, none of that happens,” said João Durão. Six kilometres separate Caminha from Vila Nova de Cerveira, where the Friendship Bridge connects to Tomiño in Galicia, where fuel price differences fluctuate “between 30 and 40 cents.” The regulator finds no abuse in gas station margins and rejects price caps. Diesel prices are set to rise and petrol prices to fall next week.
The vessel has no registration and is typically associated with drug trafficking.
The play “A Terra por Ganar” makes its Portuguese debut at the Valadares Municipal Theatre in Caminha.
In the early hours of 20 August, flower boxes on Rua Visconde de Sousa Rego, in the centre of Caminha, were vandalised, with the flowers being ripped out, a situation that also occurred in Viana do Castelo.
The captain of the port of Caminha explained that this is a new addition to the regulations for the upcoming season, while the remaining rules remain unchanged.
A man, aged around 70, reportedly noticed that some youths were tampering with the ice cream freezer. He was transported to the hospital.
A man, aged around 70, reportedly noticed that some youths were tampering with the ice cream freezer. He was transported to the hospital.
The municipality has announced that bathing is advised against in Vila Praia de Âncora. One of the possible causes is the increase in surface runoff caused by the bad weather experienced in recent days.
The measure is temporary and follows the episodes of heavy rain in recent days
António Sousa Homem criticises the democratic environment of Moledo, labelling it as one of the least democratic locations in the country.
The healthcare activities of USF Vale do Âncora are operating at the Âncora Sénior building (formerly Ancorensis - Teaching Cooperative) on Rua Alexandre Herculano in Vila Praia de Âncora.
According to the mayor of Caminha, the health centre will remain closed until Friday, until operating conditions are guaranteed.
According to the mayor of Caminha, the health centre will remain closed until Friday, until operating conditions are guaranteed.
The Vilar de Mouros Festival ended early this morning. Rock and metal dominated the last of five days of music.
The fourth night of the Vilar de Mouros Festival was marked by the return of Ben Harper. 25 years later, the American musician returned to the stage of the oldest festival on the Iberian Peninsula.
Eight people were arrested by the Braga Judicial Police in various parts of the country. They appeared before a judge this Friday at the Caminha Court.
Kaleo and Ben Harper take the stage this Friday at the Vilar de Mouros Festival.
Democracy is not measured solely at the ballot box, but also by our ability to coexist with those who think differently and to respect those with whom we deeply disagree. Following an incident at the Vilar de Mouros festival where a foreign band projected an offensive message against the Chega party, this article argues that while political criticism is a fundamental right, replacing arguments with insults is unacceptable. The author contends that political hostility is often tolerated or relativised depending on the target, and stresses that democracy requires mutual respect and the rejection of insults as a form of political participation, regardless of the target or political affiliation.
Headlining the first day of CA Vilar de Mouros last Tuesday, Yungblud took to the stage with his left leg in a cast due to a motorcycle accident. At one point, he even went crowdsurfing in a wheelchair: see the videos and images.
