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Participation in domestic violence rehabilitation programmes has risen by 8.9% in early 2025, prompting the Ministry of Justice to launch a recidivism study and establish a specialised training academy for prison staff.
Three elderly women, aged 80, 91, and 92, were reportedly mistreated in an illegal care home in Maia. The owner of the facility is currently facing trial for the alleged abuse, raising concerns about the safety and treatment of vulnerable patients in such establishments.
The Mayor of Matosinhos confirmed that the developer is demanding 19 million euros in compensation.
The PSP union is organising a congress in Porto to discuss the proposal. The idea is for Europe to punish the crime uniformly.
The inspection points primarily to the centralisation of resources, which did not result in gains for the workforce.
The former vice-president of Gaia City Council, Patrocínio Azevedo, is one of 16 defendants in Operation Babel, which has now been postponed until May.
The reading of the verdict for the Operation Babel trial has been postponed to May 8th due to a strike by Public Prosecution magistrates. The decision was announced this Friday at the Gaia Court.
Protest called by the Public Prosecution Magistrates' Union paralysed services in several parts of the country. Prosecutors are contesting the accumulation of duties.
At issue is the alleged tampering with regulations and the handling of urban licensing processes in Gaia.
The controlled burn was authorised, but the wind reportedly caused the fire to spread. The owner, who raised the alarm himself, is now answering to the Santo Tirso Court.
The refusal was based on “strict legal reasons,” said the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers. One of them is the “legal impossibility of the business of transforming an association into a foundation.”
The former president of Tourism of Porto and Northern Portugal was convicted of 17 crimes of abuse of power. The court rejected the suspension of the sentence.
The owner of a care home in Maia was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison, suspended, for the mistreatment of two frail elderly women between 2023 and 2024.
Correio da Manhã revealed that Francisco Rocha Gonçalves favoured a friend's hospital while serving as Secretary of State.
Margarida Balseiro Lopes states that during 2026, the opening of three more victim support offices is planned, specifically in Matosinhos, Santarém, and the Azores.
The Prime Minister stated that the Government is heavily investing in state reform and is well-prepared for the healthy political battle ahead regarding this matter.
ULS Santo António has already provided clarifications to the General Inspectorate of Health Activities (IGAS) and no irregularities were found, with the closure of the case having been communicated to us.
Diogo Lacerda charged 21,800 euros in a single invoice from 2019. The Prime Minister has not yet been contacted by the authorities to provide clarifications regarding the costs and invoices of the construction work.
Kenyan marathon runner Albert Korir, winner of the 2021 New York City Marathon, has been suspended for five years following a positive doping test, as announced by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). The 32-year-old athlete tested positive for a synthetic derivative of erythropoietin (EPO), a banned substance that increases red blood cell production to artificially enhance endurance. According to the AIU, Korir admitted to the violation after being provisionally suspended in January 2026. His initial six-year ban was reduced to five years due to his admission and acceptance of the sanction. The suspension runs from 8 January 2026 to 7 January 2031. In addition to his New York victory, Korir won the Ottawa Marathon in 2019 and 2025. This case marks another setback for Kenyan athletics, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) stating last October that the country had made significant progress in anti-doping efforts, avoiding international sanctions. Operation Harry Potter: Four arrested in flagrante delicto for trafficking substances and doping. Effective prison sentences for Adriano Quintanilha and Nuno Ribeiro in the W52-FC Porto doping scheme.
The Minister of Health, Ana Paula Martins, admitted this Monday that she is preparing revisions to legislation and the creation of special ordinances to accelerate waiting times for surgeries, particularly cardiac ones. In Maia, in the Porto district, where she visited works under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), Ana Paula Martins acknowledged that...
A Chega ideologue equates her son's homosexuality to a “disordered inclination”. The mother was in Parliament while her son protested outside during the debate on the reversal of the gender identity law.
Hefesto, BCP, and Intrum lead the list of 82 companies that filed the most lawsuits in Portugal in 2025, according to Público this Monday, March 16, citing the annual list published by the Citius portal. The newspaper reports that while major litigants pay higher fees, the number remains constant. The paper also notes that there are 15 painted copper medallions on the ceiling of the Jerónimos Monastery that were previously little-known, as the restoration of the national monument nears its end after 13 years and three million euros. The paper also features an interview with Dmytro Kuleba, the former Ukrainian Foreign Minister, who argues that the key to peace in Ukraine lies in Europe, not Washington. Jornal de Notícias reports that private school students are paying for internships at health centres and hospitals; the sector complains of discrimination and is considering an appeal to the Constitutional Court. Correio da Manhã reports that the Government has signed contracts with a company accused of corruption, noting that the Government's General Secretariat contracted Bravantic—formerly Informantem—four times, whose CEO, Pedro Rosa Gil, is accused of active corruption involving PSD mayors; he maintains his innocence. The paper also reports that the Secretary of State for Health Management signed the order to create a Cardiac Surgery unit at the Santo António Local Health Unit in Porto, despite being a personal friend of the hospital's Director of Surgery. Diário de Notícias reports that school principals argue that exams for students who missed classes should carry less weight in their final grades. Negotiations regarding the labour package continue this Monday, and Negócios reports that the Government is backing down on dismissal for just cause but is insisting on the illegal ones.
In September, actor António Capelo was accused of sexual harassment by students at the school he founded in Porto. Half a year later, there is new leadership, and they want to learn from the mistakes of the past.
The accused managed to gain at least 218,000 euros received in cryptocurrency, which they converted through sales.
The Porto Court of Appeal (TRP) rejected Pingo Doce's appeal seeking to bar the organisation Frente Animal from denouncing mistreatment at poultry farms that supply that hypermarket chain. “In a decision of great importance for the defence of consumers and animal welfare, the Porto Court of Appeal rejected Pingo Doce's appeal...”
The request had been made by some defendants, including Fernando and Sandra Madureira.
In Porto, Gouveia e Melo presented himself as confident about taking the country's helm and argued for the need for reforms in the State.
The Porto Administrative and Tax Court has ruled in favour of the university's rector. Thirty students had been admitted to the Medicine master's by exceptional admission and with marks below the minimum required.
Presidential candidate António José Seguro warned today in Ermesinde, in the Valongo municipality, of the danger posed by the absence of a political balance in Portugal that could create conditions for the political right to amend the Portuguese Constitution.
