Around 400 religious artefacts, most of them made of solid gold or silver, that had been missing under strange circumstances for 16 years have been recovered and returned to the Archbishop of Évora. The items, of significant historical and monetary value, were votive offerings made by pilgrims over decades to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aires, located in Viana do Alentejo.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) has launched an official inquiry, following several complaints, into controversial Chega party posters referring to Bangladesh and the Roma community in a discriminatory tone, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) confirmed on Tuesday 11 November.
A 22-year-old man fell yesterday, Sunday 9 November, from a cliff at Praia da Marinha, in the Benagil caves area of Lagoa, and was rescued “showing signs of hypothermia, fractures and multiple abrasions,” according to the National Maritime Authority (AMN).
A GNR corporal from Mirandela, in the district of Bragança, was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on suspicion of defrauding the state of thousands of euros by keeping the cash from fines imposed on drivers.
The Judiciary Police (PJ) conducted searches this Monday, 10 November, across the Lisbon, Caldas da Rainha, and Nazaré regions, targeting Nazaré Town Hall, several state agencies, the headquarters of private companies, and a tourist development. The investigation centres on suspicions of complicity in forgery, corruption, and money laundering.
Europe’s first large-scale sanctuary for elephants formerly kept in captivity is taking shape across the municipalities of Vila Viçosa and Alandroal, in southern Portugal’s Alentejo region. The arrival of the first elephants is scheduled for early 2026, the project’s organisers announced on Thursday.
The municipalities of Faro, Lisbon, Oeiras, Sintra, Tomar, Lagos and Olhão will be left without electricity on Sunday morning, between 5am and 11am, due to maintenance work on the power distribution network, the operator E-Redes announced on Thursday.
A 79-year-old man has been arrested by the National Republican Guard (GNR) in Tavira for cultivating cannabis, in an operation that led to the dismantling of a greenhouse found at his home.
