Latest news and stories about public safety in Aveiro, Portugal for expats and residents.
Seven people, including three children, were injured in São João da Madeira when a vehicle mounted the pavement during FC Porto title celebrations. The driver has been arrested following the incident.
A forest fire in Arões, Vale de Cambra, is currently being managed by approximately one hundred personnel, with authorities reporting that the blaze is yielding to firefighting efforts.
The crime occurred in March 2023 in the municipality of Águeda. Vítor Soares was convicted of stabbing to death a witness from a case in which he had been sentenced to seven years in prison.
According to the GNR, the men's “main targets were parish councils, churches, chapels, associations, residences, agricultural outbuildings, industrial facilities, and various establishments.”
The men operated mainly in villages and isolated locations, mostly inhabited by an elderly population, taking advantage of the victims' reduced capacity for surveillance and self-defence.
The crime occurred in March 2023 in the municipality of Águeda. Vítor Soares was convicted of stabbing to death a witness from a case in which he had been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Former mayors of Oliveira de Azeméis, Hermínio Loureiro and Isidro Figueiredo, were convicted of malfeasance due to the illegal awarding of public contracts. The ruling was delivered on Tuesday, June 9, by the Santa Maria da Feira Court in the Aveiro district. According to information from Correio da Manhã, citing the Lusa agency, Hermínio Loureiro received a two-year and eight-month suspended sentence for the crime of malfeasance by a political office holder regarding works at the Cucujães municipal sports complex in November 2016, during his tenure as mayor. Isidro Figueiredo, who succeeded Loureiro, received a two-year and six-month suspended sentence for a similar crime committed between January and February 2017, related to works at the Ossela Municipal Library and the Academy of Music. Amadeu Gomes Martins, a construction company partner and manager, was given a three-year and four-month suspended sentence for two counts of malfeasance. Five other defendants in the case were acquitted of all charges, according to a judicial source cited by CNN Portugal.
The judgment is subject to appeal
The Judiciary Police are investigating
At issue is the felling of 63 cork oaks on private land in January 2023.
A 44-year-old man allegedly killed a 71-year-old man by beating him with a stick. The victim's wallet, mobile phone, and keys went missing.
The alert was given around 16:30.
In the same accident, a 60-year-old man suffered minor injuries.
The prison sentence is suspended.
A beer bottle was found at the crime scene which, in addition to biological traces matching the defendant's DNA, also contained his palm and fingerprints, the witness stated.
A 44-year-old man allegedly killed a 71-year-old by beating him with a stick. The victim's wallet, mobile phone, and keys went missing.
The alert for the accident that occurred at kilometer 28 of the A25, in the Albergaria-a-Velha area, in the Aveiro-Viseu direction, was given around 13:12
Traffic was halted on the A25 motorway following an accident reported at 3 PM.
The alert for the accident involving two light vehicles was given around 13:12.
Despite the scale of the incident, there are no reports of injuries.
Suspects allegedly had a firearm. During the robbery, two gunshots were heard.
A fire that broke out in a forest area in the municipality of Arouca entered the mop-up phase at 23:54 on Wednesday, a source from the Porto Metropolitan Area Sub-Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command told Lusa.
A fire that broke out in a forest area in the municipality of Arouca involved 130 personnel, 34 vehicles, and six aerial assets as of 20:20, according to the Civil Protection website. The fire is burning in Vila Chã, in the parish of Escariz, and has only affected brushwood, according to a source from the Porto Metropolitan Area Sub-Regional Command for Emergency and Civil Protection, cited by Lusa. 'At this moment, we have no indication that any homes are at risk,' they stated. The commander of the Arouca Volunteer Firefighters added, however, that there are 'strange things' about the incident. 'There were many fire outbreaks appearing at the same time and that is not natural, so the police authorities will now investigate,' highlighted Sérgio Azevedo. The alert was raised at 17:32.
There are currently no reports of injuries or homes in danger.
The sentences range from a single sentence of 16 years and four months in prison to a sentence of seven years of effective imprisonment, with a third sentence of four years and two months being a suspended prison sentence.
Paulo Raimundo lamented that there are still people without telecommunications or support after the Government guaranteed that “everything would be very fast”. José Manuel Pureza attacked the “lack of commitment” and the “incapacity” of the Montenegro Executive and hopes that it will be “censured”.
Two 20-year-olds were injured, one seriously and the other with minor injuries.
Abuse of the 13-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl had been occurring at the family home since 2025.
The man “became trapped in a siphon of the rapids and drowned”. The missing man's wife was not injured, but was “very shaken”.
