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Arcos de Valdevez(10)Caminha(34)Melgaço(10)Monção(11)Paredes de Coura(7)Ponte da Barca(1)Ponte de Lima(18)Valença(6)Viana do Castelo(53)Vila Nova de Cerveira(6)
Arcos de Valdevez(10)Caminha(34)Melgaço(10)Monção(11)Paredes de Coura(7)Ponte da Barca(1)Ponte de Lima(18)Valença(6)Viana do Castelo(53)Vila Nova de Cerveira(6)







  • Arcos de Valdevez(10)
  • Caminha(34)
  • Melgaço(10)
  • Monção(11)
  • Paredes de Coura(7)
  • Ponte da Barca(1)
  • Ponte de Lima(18)
  • Valença(6)
  • Viana do Castelo(53)
  • Vila Nova de Cerveira(6)
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8 PM. Montenegro denies stubbornness regarding labour law amendments

📍 Viana do Castelo💼 Work🏛️ Government#labour-law+2 more

The Prime Minister guarantees that the Government has already yielded partially or even entirely on some sensitive matters. Furthermore, Trump informs Congress that hostilities in Iran have ended.

observador.pt22h ago
8 PM. Montenegro denies stubbornness regarding labour law amendments

Isalina, the last transhumant. "This is not the end of the world, this is the beginning of the world"

📍 Viana do Castelo🎭 Culture📜 History#traditions+2 more

FEATURE REPORT || In Castro Laboreiro, transhumance still takes place between the winter settlement of Cainheiras and the summer settlement of Padressouro, with a mother and daughter moving their home, animals, and the season up the mountain. But this is also a story of resistance, memory, and a very unique way of being in the world. A story of freedom. The report is by journalist Tiago Palma, with cinematography by Lucénio Carvalho and editing by João Pedro Ferreira.

CNN Portugal14 Apr
Isalina, the last transhumant. "This is not the end of the world, this is the beginning of the world"

DIGITAL SOUND NARRATIVE | Isalina, the last transhumant

📍 Viana do Castelo🎭 Culture📜 History#tradition+2 more

In Castro Laboreiro, transhumance is still practised between the winter settlement of Cainheiras and the summer settlement of Padressouro, with a mother and daughter taking their home, animals, and the season up the mountain. However, this is also a story of resistance, memory, and a very unique way of being in the world. A story of freedom. The report is by journalist Tiago Palma, with sound design by João Pedro Ferreira.

CNN Portugal14 Apr
DIGITAL SOUND NARRATIVE | Isalina, the last transhumant

Isalina, the last transhumant: at the beginning of the world, the migration climbs slowly

📍 Viana do Castelo🎭 Culture📜 History#tradition+1 more

REPORT || Over two days at the end of March, between Cainheiras and Padressouro, an 82-year-old mother and her 60-year-old daughter lead chickens, rabbits, goats, sheep, bags of flour, staffs, clothes, and hay — and a way of life that threatens to end with them. In Castro Laboreiro, transhumance still exists, but it has also become something else: a conversation about old age, work, fear, freedom, borders, and loneliness. And the stubbornness to carry on.

CNN Portugal14 Apr
Isalina, the last transhumant: at the beginning of the world, the migration climbs slowly

Woman convicted for killing pedestrian who lay on her bonnet while she had a blood alcohol level of 2.9 g/l

📍 Viana do Castelo⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#crime-report+2 more

The 43-year-old driver was in the car with two minors. The court sentenced her to a two-year suspended prison term and banned her from driving for six months.

Correio da Manhã8 Apr
Woman convicted for killing pedestrian who lay on her bonnet while she had a blood alcohol level of 2.9 g/l

Rafting, pendulum jumps and treetop adventures in Alto Minho

📍 Viana do Castelo🧭 Travel🏖️ Daily Life#adventure-tourism+3 more

With Peneda-Gerês National Park as its backdrop, Melgaço presents itself as “Portugal's most extreme nature destination” and offers experiences full of adrenaline and fun on the water, on land and in the air. Passeio Verde is supported by Kia — Official Car of Boa Cama Boa Mesa.

Expresso26 Jan
Rafting, pendulum jumps and treetop adventures in Alto Minho

Couple with two children stranded in snow in Castro Laboreiro

📍 Viana do Castelo🏖️ Daily Life🏛️ Government#public-safety+3 more

The family is in the Branda de Portos area. Personnel from the GNR Emergency Protection and Rescue Unit have already been mobilised.

Correio da Manhã25 Jan
Couple with two children stranded in snow in Castro Laboreiro

Ingrid brings heavy snowfall to Castro Laboreiro, the first since Christmas

📍 Viana do Castelo🌱 Environment🧭 Travel#snow+3 more

A major difference between the two is that the low-pressure system Ingrid is bringing snow to lower altitudes, painting the north of the country white.

CNN Portugal24 Jan
Ingrid brings heavy snowfall to Castro Laboreiro, the first since Christmas

Weak turnout expected in Portugal's northernmost village

📍 Viana do Castelo🏛️ Government🏖️ Daily Life#presidential-election+2 more

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.

RTP Notícias18 Jan
Weak turnout expected in Portugal's northernmost village