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In Leiria, Memória is the name of a parish where a pharmacy remains open despite having no electricity. Behind the counter is 82-year-old Maria, who continues to serve customers.
The local authority's social programme aims to facilitate access to information, ensure support and social protection, and strengthen the community's wellbeing, inclusion and cohesion.
“Vasp was forbidden from speaking to members of the minister's office,” reveals Marco Galinha, owner of the Bel group, which owns the distributor, at the Committee on Culture, Communications, Youth and Sport. “I was surprised,” he says during the hearing that addressed the announced suspension this month of press distribution in eight inland districts of the ...
This is the second of four reports on inequalities in access to basic services, produced in partnership between Expresso and NOVA Cidade — Urban Analytics Lab at NOVA IMS. The unequal distribution of bank branches across the country harms people living in inland areas, especially the elderly. More than 70% of parishes do not have a bank branch.
In the ageing village of Edral, the nearest cashpoint is 20 kilometres away. It is the parish council president who withdraws pension payments, files income tax returns and buys medication for local residents. In this village, no one is elected on the basis of political party.
