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.
“We have already said what we had to say. I wish you a good bathing season,” stated José Pimenta Machado. The APA had already clarified that beachgoers are allowed to place umbrellas in front of beach concessions.
José Pimenta Machado stressed that the agency has already said what it had to say regarding the controversy. At the beginning of the month, the APA stated that beachgoers are allowed to place umbrellas in front of beach concessions.
The expectation is a significant reinforcement of the response capacity regarding maritime and river rescue and relief.
The Directorate-General of the Maritime Authority commits to ensuring the installation of the station. The goal is to strengthen response capacity for maritime and river rescue operations.
The Prime Minister argued today that the country is on a path of growth and credibility, above the European Union average in terms of economic dynamics and wage growth.
Prime Minister Montenegro states that the country is currently positioned for economic growth and increased international credibility.
The former mayor of Caminha has been ordered to pay 369 thousand euros by the Court of Auditors. This is the exact amount that Miguel Alves advanced to a private company to build the Cross-Border Exhibition Centre, which was never constructed.
The former mayor of Caminha, Miguel Alves, confirmed to Lusa that the Court of Auditors (TdC) has ordered him to pay 369,000 euros (plus interest) regarding the Cross-Border Exhibition Centre (CET) case. Late on Tuesday night, the former mayor, contacted by the Lusa agency, stated that he had not yet read the ruling.
The former mayor of Caminha said he “had not yet read the sentence” regarding the exhibition centre case: “I will read it, evaluate the decision and, certainly, if it is confirmed, I will file an appeal.”
The Court of Auditors has issued a conviction against the former mayor of the municipality of Caminha.
Portugal reaches a total of 438 beaches awarded the Blue Flag, with four of these located in the Caminha municipality.
The Swedish band The Hives are one of the new confirmations for the Vilar de Mouros festival lineup, which returns to the Alto Minho region in August
The search for the 74-year-old fisherman who went missing on Sunday has resumed. The captain of the port of Caminha states that the aerial asset will depart from Ovar at 10:00.
During the construction work, students will move to the Convent of Santo António, “enjoying conditions of safety, comfort and adequate space,” according to the municipality of Caminha.
The accident occurred on the EN13 in Lanhelas.
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This Thursday, the Vilar de Mouros festival announced the five headliners for the 2026 edition. The “Portuguese Woodstock” will take place over five days, on August 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22. Find out the price of passes and tickets.
Over the next few hours this Thursday, the Vilar de Mouros festival will announce the five headliners for the 2026 edition. The 'Portuguese Woodstock' will take place over five days, on August 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22. Find out the price of passes and tickets and follow all the latest news on BLITZ.
On the coast alone, 571 instances of storm damage were recorded this winter.
A source from the Vila Praia de Âncora Fire Department stated that the accident occurred at 15:00.
He did not like the Generalissimo just as he did not like Dr. Salazar, which several times proved to be a problem for the family.
The Easter table in Vila Praia de Âncora reached almost 300 metres in length. It was a bountiful table, as dictated by the Minho tradition for these days. Ninety exhibitors served thousands of visitors.
Before the conflict in the Middle East, fishermen paid about 80 cents per litre of diesel; now they pay 1.36 euros.
An APA official noted that 'more than 20%' of the country's coastline, spanning about a thousand kilometres, 'is in an erosive process with the threat of territory loss'.
Emergency intervention to stabilise the Moledo seawall in Caminha, which collapsed due to bad weather, has already begun. A two-phase project worth 4.5 million euros is planned.
Following the storms that weakened the fishing sector, the Vila Praia de Âncora Fishermen's Association urges the Government to increase the “very little” support of 10 cents per litre.
Fishermen in Vila Praia de Âncora are desperate due to the silting of the small harbour. Last winter's storms displaced more than three hundred thousand cubic metres of sand into that area.
The death was verified by an INEM doctor and, following contact with the Public Prosecutor's Office, the body was transported to the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.
The victim's body, aged around 70, was removed for an autopsy.
Government says that works must be completed before this year's bathing season. Interventions include the reconstruction of the Moledo beach wall and sand reinforcement in Vila Praia de Âncora.
