Portugal's general discussion (general events)

[Mike88]

Poverty rates drop in 2021, but there are fears for the effects of inflation and the rising cost of living in 2022 and 2023:

https://twitter.com/Publico/status/1616406301512241152

Poverty resumed downward path and decreased to 16.4% in 2021

After the worsening seen in the first year of the pandemic, poverty fell again in 2021. But INE data still does not reflect the impact of inflation and rising interest rates

After the increase seen in the first year of the pandemic, poverty fell again in Portugal to 16.4% in 2021. This is two percentage points less than the 18.4% reached in 2020 (the year in which the downward trend of the phenomenon was reversed) but, even so, the statistics released this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) set at more than two million Portuguese people threatened with poverty or social exclusion.
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Risk of poverty by region: (2021)

25.9% Madeira
25.1% Azores
22.1% Algarve
20.0% North
15.6% Center
14.9% Alentejo
10.4% Lisbon

[Mike88]

Talks between TAP airlines and Unions fail and a 6-day strike will go ahead starting next week, canceling thousands of flights:

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1616191390509047814

Portugal's TAP will cancel 1,316 flights due to a strike planned for the end of January, affecting nearly 160,000 passengers, the state-owned airline said on Thursday.

TAP, currently under an EU-approved 3.2-billion-euro bailout plan, said it expected the walkout to cost the company about 48 million euros ($52 million) in revenue.

A further loss of 20 million euros was also expected due to the potential impact on sales, TAP said.

Demanding higher wages and better working conditions, cabin crew union SNPVAC announced earlier this month it would walk out from Jan. 25-31. It follows a shorter strike on Dec. 8-9, which led to the cancellation of 360 flights.
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[Mike88]

Protest in Lisbon city against the possible, and controversial, illegalization of the law against mistreatment of companion animals:

https://twitter.com/noticiaaominuto/status/1616855676898213890

Thousands in Lisbon against the unconstitutionality of a law protecting animals

During the last few weeks, a controversial decision by the Constitutional Court is creating a big debate. The Court declared that the current law that criminalized the mistreatment of companion animals violates the Constitution and, because of this, the DA office is asking for the definitive declaration of unconstitutionality of the law. The issue is complex and falls into a "legal limbo" as the current law, in the Civil Code, colides with the Constitution, and even though, the law was ruled as invalid by the Court, is still in practice and is creating a legal imbroglio. The Court will now rule on the definitive fate of the law.

In a recent ruling, a man was convicted for throwing into the garbage puppies still alive, but after an appeal he was acquitted because of the High Court's ruling that the law was invalid. Other similar cases of mistreatment of animals, reported by the media, ended all in the acquittal of the accused.

Legal experts say that the solution has to be a change in the Constitution, followed by a change in the Civil and Penal Codes. A long legal and legislative road ahead.

[Mike88]

Talks between TAP airlines and Unions fail and a 6-day strike will go ahead starting next week, canceling thousands of flights:

TAP airlines strike canceled after last minute talks between Unions and the airline's management:

After the failed talks last week, a last minute proposal from TAP airlines management was accepted by unions and the 6-day strike, schedule to start next Wednesday, was canceled. The airline seems to have caved in to the last demands of the unions and the unions voted 67-31% in favour of canceling the strike.

The strike would cancel thousands of flights and create losses of almost 50 million euros in the 100% State owned airline. The process of the partial or total privatization of TAP is expected to start during 2023.

[Mike88]

Another chapter in the WTF Court rulings in Portugal: Judge rules domestic violence aggressor to take his abused wife out to dinner and theater.

https://twitter.com/Renascenca/status/1616450674367119361

Domestic violence. Amadora judge orders aggressor to take victim out to dinner

A judge from the Court of Amadora responsible for judging a case of domestic violence in which the crime of offense to physical integrity was considered proven decided to suspend the process and follow the recommendation of a prosecutor of the Public Ministry (MP): to force the aggressor to take the victim on "playful walks".

The case was revealed this Friday by Correio da Manhã, which had access to the process, whose "provisional suspension" was dictated by the magistrate for five months. During this period, the person responsible for the offenses to the woman's physical integrity is obliged to "perform, with the victim's agreement, dinner and recreational walk with the victim, among others, concerts, shows, magazine, theater".

The case dates back to last year, when the victim was allegedly attacked by her partner upon arriving home, in the early hours of February 26, with "slaps and kicks". The victim ended up going to a police station to file a complaint and evidence of the bruises that resulted from that aggression, adding that the companion squeezed her neck until she ran out of air.
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[Mike88]

The controversy surrounding the 4 million euros stage for the Catholic World Youth Days:

https://twitter.com/observadorpt/status/1618214594786349057

Lisbon City Hall explains investments with Youth Day. “It is very important that all taxpayers are informed”

The announcement, by Lisbon city hall, that the stage of the Catholic World Youth Days in August, which will host Pope Francis and other 2,000 bishops and priests and with an estimated crowd of 1,5 million people, will cost more than 4 million euros and could even rise to 6 million, is creating a lot of controversy because of the huge amount spent is a single stage. Lisbon city hall says that stage will be used for future events and that they already have feedback from entertainment companies about future events. The city hall says that the stage has specific details asked by the Catholic Church and that they cost a lot of money. Nonetheless, the City is saying that cost is worth it as it will renovate a part of the city, creating a new big green park, and infrastructures for future events.

This event has been a trainwreck since the beginning, from Marcelo's "cringe" video announcing Portugal's pick, to the disorganization and lack of planning for this event, as the timetables and plans were only approved during the summer of 2022 for an event schedule for August 2023.

[Mike88]

The controversy surrounding the 4 million euros stage for the Catholic World Youth Days:

This slowmotion trainwreck continued during the day:

- According to RTP, the Vatican rejected the first stage project, costing around 2 million euros, and forced changes like more space and a big starcase. These changes would increase the cost to 4 million, adding to this the foundations of the stage, a further 2 million;

- Adding to this, transparency in this event is close to... well, zero. Lisbon city has announced that will spend 36,5 million euros, Loures city hall 10 million and the Government 35 million euros. But the Portuguese Catholic Church is refusing to disclose their spending as is Oeiras city hall. The known spending is around 80 million euros, but it could be much more;

- Plus, because everything is being made in "botched" way, organizations, local government that is, are recurring to direct contracts to have things done, from actual construction to simple t-shirts;

Further more, this is just my opinion, if the organization expects more than 1,5 million people in Lisbon during a single week in August, how will the "bursting" Lisbon airport handle all of this people? We'll see.

Of course, the jokes regarding all of "this" are spreading on social media:
https://twitter.com/insoniascarvao/status/1618232544532762626

I saw the project now and 4.2 million doesn't seem like that much anymore

[Mike88]

The "trainwreck" continues:

- The Patriarchate of Lisbon says that President Marcelo was fully aware of the costs of everything. Almost immediately, President Marcelo denied the Patriarchate announcement;

- And, at the end of the day, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon, Américo Aguiar, said, in a press conference, that he was "deeply hurt" by the cost of the stage and will "try" to lower the costs;

- Plus, we are now aware that there is no communication between different organizations: Lisbon city hall isn't, or apparently isn't, informing the government's taskforce leader for this event, José Sá Fernandes, and the Church is also not being transparent and truthful in the costs of everything;

Like one commentator said on TV, Madrid did the event in an airport, Rio de Janeiro on a beach, Panamá City in an avenue, Portugal and Lisbon, because we're a "super rich country", will spend millions requalifying a part of the city just for this event.

[Mike88]

The "joke" continues: The controversy surrounding the costs of the Catholic Youth Days continues with everyone running away from responsibilities, from the Vatican to the Portuguese Church, and from Lisbon City Hall to the President and the Government. And now, it was also revealed that a 2nd stage, to be built in Edward VII Park in Central Lisbon, had a project, proposed by the Church, that was rejected by Lisbon City Hall:

https://twitter.com/SICNoticias/status/1619106635674263552

A source from the Lisbon City Hall told SIC that the proposal was rejected not only because of the large size of the stage-altar, but also because of the price.

This proposal was just ridiculous. My God.    

The final project for the Edward VII stage has yet to be decided.

[MaxQue]

Why there is a park named for an UK King in Lisbon?

[Mike88]

Why there is a park named for an UK King in Lisbon?

Edward VII visited Lisbon in 1903 and, shortly after, the park was named in his honor and to reaffirm the alliance between Portugal and the UK. Until 1903, the park was called "Liberty Park".

[Mike88]

Fury in Monção as faithful defend priest removed from the Church after an accusation of "sexual abuse":

https://twitter.com/JornalNoticias/status/1620017370155847684

Parishes defend priest removed for "sexual abuse of a minor"

Masses in the Monção region, Viana do Castelo district, have been tense and complicated in the last few days. Last week, a 41 year old priest was removed from the Church after it was discovered he was having a relationship with a 17 year old young man. The relationship was consensual and the young man in question denied any accusation of abuse. Nonetheless, the Church denounced the priest for sexual abuse of a minor and sent the case to the authorities. But, according to Jornal de Notícias newspaper, the Church's reaction is infuriating the faithful in this region. In masses, people are criticizing the Church for their position with many arguing that "homosexuality is not pedophilia", and that the Church should apologize and clean the image of the removed priest. Some masses are so tense that, in some cases, people literally leave the Church according to the newspaper.

[Mike88]

Economic data: GDP slows down in the end of 2022 but still grows 6.7% in the year as a whole, and inflation drops to the lowest value since May 2022.

https://twitter.com/tEconomics/status/1620353842389950465
https://twitter.com/tEconomics/status/1620376586376646657

The Portuguese economy grew by 6.7% in 2022, the best year since 1987, accelerating after the 5.5% growth recorded in 2021, and this despite the unfavorable context of the war in Ukraine and the global slowdown due to inflation pressures and of the rise in interest rates. Even so, this performance was slightly below the 6.8% predicted by the Government, which had revised upwards GDP forecasts at the end of last year, following the new projections by the Bank of Portugal.

The numbers appear in the quick estimate of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) released this Tuesday. “In 2022 as a whole, GDP grew by 6.7% in volume, the highest since 1987, after the 5.5% increase in 2021 that followed the historic decrease of 8.3% in 2020, following the adverse effects of the pandemic on economic activity ”, points out the statistics office.
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The year-on-year inflation rate in Portugal slowed down to 8.3% in January, according to provisional data released this Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). This is a decrease of 1.3 percentage points compared to December 2022 and the third consecutive month of relief.

The index relating to energy products was the main driver of the slowdown in the consumer price index (CPI), with the year-on-year rate of change "also decreasing for the third consecutive time, to 6.8% (20.8% in the previous month ), highlighting the decrease in electricity prices”, emphasizes the statistics office. In turn, the index for unprocessed food products accelerated to 18.5% (against 17.6% in December).
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[Mike88]

Government Environment Agency approves the construction of a mega solar plant in the Alentejo region to hold more than 2 million solar panels:

https://twitter.com/ECO_PT/status/1620419426213404672

Iberdrola receives "green light" to install Europe's largest solar park in Alentejo

Iberdrola and Prosolia Energy obtained the environmental license from the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) to build the largest photovoltaic project in Europe, and the fifth largest in the world, in Portugal. An official source from Prosalia confirms to ECO/Capital Verde that the value of the investment is around 800 million euros.

Located in the municipality of Santiago de Cacém, near Sines, the infrastructure will have an installed capacity of 1,200 megawatts (MW) and should become operational in 2025, allowing the creation of 2,500 jobs, “mostly performed by local workers.”
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The plant will occupy an area of 1,262 hectares and, of the total installed capacity, a battery park with 257.5 MW of energy storage capacity is also included. In all, 2,164,736 photovoltaic modules will be installed to take advantage of solar energy, indicates the Environmental Impact Declaration of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA).

Iberdrola's Fernando Pessoa solar park is part of the €3 billion investment in wind and solar energy expected to be implemented in Portugal over the next few years.
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[jojoju1998]

The controversy surrounding the 4 million euros stage for the Catholic World Youth Days:

This slowmotion trainwreck continued during the day:

- According to RTP, the Vatican rejected the first stage project, costing around 2 million euros, and forced changes like more space and a big starcase. These changes would increase the cost to 4 million, adding to this the foundations of the stage, a further 2 million;

- Adding to this, transparency in this event is close to... well, zero. Lisbon city has announced that will spend 36,5 million euros, Loures city hall 10 million and the Government 35 million euros. But the Portuguese Catholic Church is refusing to disclose their spending as is Oeiras city hall. The known spending is around 80 million euros, but it could be much more;

- Plus, because everything is being made in "botched" way, organizations, local government that is, are recurring to direct contracts to have things done, from actual construction to simple t-shirts;

Further more, this is just my opinion, if the organization expects more than 1,5 million people in Lisbon during a single week in August, how will the "bursting" Lisbon airport handle all of this people? We'll see.

Of course, the jokes regarding all of "this" are spreading on social media:
https://twitter.com/insoniascarvao/status/1618232544532762626

I saw the project now and 4.2 million doesn't seem like that much anymore

Can't the world youth day organizers try to get some Private funding in to defray the costs ?

[Mike88]

Can't the world youth day organizers try to get some Private funding in to defray the costs ?

That's one question that the media and many are asking, why isn't private organizations financing the event? There are some reasons: organizations in Portugal, from businesses to other profit base companies, don't want to invest in an event in which they could lose money and have few control in its organization. Plus, because there was the initial decision to upgrade a whole part of Lisbon city just to hold this event, private and public funding would mix, and in Portugal, when that happens, there's always trouble. Civil society would also be a solution, but it's not strong enough or wealthy enough to pay for the cost of this event. And then you have the Church, and here's the complicated part. The government could actually say "well, it's a religious event, the Church should pay it", but the relationship between the State and Church is close and there's also the "mystery" about the real wealth of the Catholic Church in Portugal. For example, Fátima Sanctuary hasn't published their accounts in more than 10 years and the Church itself isn't detailing precisely how much they will spend in this event.

So, when you have private business unwilling to spend money in an event they don't know if it will profit them, a civil society too poor to contribute and a Church who isn't transparent in its accounts, what's left? The State.

The main criticism of this event is that there is no organization and/or planning what so ever. Adding to this, there are the political rivalries, aka blame game, between the PSD controlled Lisbon city hall and the PS national government. If things were planned with time, some private funding probably would be raised and the cost of the stage itself could have been highly reduced, but, like everything here in Portugal, it goes horribly wrong but all ends well.

[jojoju1998]

Can't the world youth day organizers try to get some Private funding in to defray the costs ?

That's one question that the media and many are asking, why isn't private organizations financing the event? There are some reasons: organizations in Portugal, from businesses to other profit base companies, don't want to invest in an event in which they could lose money and have few control in its organization. Plus, because there was the initial decision to upgrade a whole part of Lisbon city just to hold this event, private and public funding would mix, and in Portugal, when that happens, there's always trouble. Civil society would also be a solution, but it's not strong enough or wealthy enough to pay for the cost of this event. And then you have the Church, and here's the complicated part. The government could actually say "well, it's a religious event, the Church should pay it", but the relationship between the State and Church is close and there's also the "mystery" about the real wealth of the Catholic Church in Portugal. For example, Fátima Sanctuary hasn't published their accounts in more than 10 years and the Church itself isn't detailing precisely how much they will spend in this event.

So, when you have private business unwilling to spend money in an event they don't know if it will profit them, a civil society too poor to contribute and a Church who isn't transparent in its accounts, what's left? The State.

The main criticism of this event is that there is no organization and/or planning what so ever. Adding to this, there are the political rivalries, aka blame game, between the PSD controlled Lisbon city hall and the PS national government. If things were planned with time, some private funding probably would be raised and the cost of the stage itself could have been highly reduced, but, like everything here in Portugal, it goes horribly wrong but all ends well.

When Philly hosted the World Meeting of Families in 2015, there was a bunch of private Funding. Basically Corporate America fundraised 30 million dollars for the event. https://www.ncronline.org/news/parish/funds-raised-world-meeting-families-stand-30-million-so-far

Even Blue Shield, a major private health insurance company in the US got involved because of the media exposure.

And, the crowds in return brought alot of revenue for the City.


American style Capitalism baby.

[Mike88]

Can't the world youth day organizers try to get some Private funding in to defray the costs ?

That's one question that the media and many are asking, why isn't private organizations financing the event? There are some reasons: organizations in Portugal, from businesses to other profit base companies, don't want to invest in an event in which they could lose money and have few control in its organization. Plus, because there was the initial decision to upgrade a whole part of Lisbon city just to hold this event, private and public funding would mix, and in Portugal, when that happens, there's always trouble. Civil society would also be a solution, but it's not strong enough or wealthy enough to pay for the cost of this event. And then you have the Church, and here's the complicated part. The government could actually say "well, it's a religious event, the Church should pay it", but the relationship between the State and Church is close and there's also the "mystery" about the real wealth of the Catholic Church in Portugal. For example, Fátima Sanctuary hasn't published their accounts in more than 10 years and the Church itself isn't detailing precisely how much they will spend in this event.

So, when you have private business unwilling to spend money in an event they don't know if it will profit them, a civil society too poor to contribute and a Church who isn't transparent in its accounts, what's left? The State.

The main criticism of this event is that there is no organization and/or planning what so ever. Adding to this, there are the political rivalries, aka blame game, between the PSD controlled Lisbon city hall and the PS national government. If things were planned with time, some private funding probably would be raised and the cost of the stage itself could have been highly reduced, but, like everything here in Portugal, it goes horribly wrong but all ends well.

When Philly hosted the World Meeting of Families in 2015, there was a bunch of private Funding. Basically Corporate America fundraised 30 million dollars for the event. https://www.ncronline.org/news/parish/funds-raised-world-meeting-families-stand-30-million-so-far

Even Blue Shield, a major private health insurance company in the US got involved because of the media exposure.

And, the crowds in return brought alot of revenue for the City.


American style Capitalism baby.

I would say that's normal Capitalism and a sane way to finance these events, but that's a lot for tiny and very incompetent Portugal. I mean, Madrid did exactly what you said: taxpayers paid zero and it was all paid by volunteers and donations/fundraising from companies and civil society. Here, they only started planning this last summer and only in the end of last year, the projects were approved. There was no time to collect funds or even think about planning that, as everything is being done at the last minute.

[Mike88]

World's longest living dog registered in Leiria, Portugal:

https://twitter.com/GWR/status/1620936535188340737

[Mike88]

Immigrants in Olhão city, Algarve, are being violently attacked by groups of young people:

https://twitter.com/SICNoticias/status/1621616064428752896

A video began to circulate on social networks showing a group of young people attacking a Nepalese immigrant. It is now known that the episode of violence was not unique. There are at least eight situations of aggression against immigrants carried out by the same group.

In Olhão, a group of young people is causing social alarm after several attacks against Asian immigrants. The video of the aggression against a Nepalese immigrant circulated on social networks is shocking the community. The authorities have not yet formally identified the aggressors, but the mayor of Olhão says that in the city it is already known who they are, so he warns of movements that are appealing to popular justice. We alert for the extreme violence of some images.

After being attacked with sticks and kicks all over his body, Nirmal only returned to Vasco da Gama Street a week after the attack. One of the attackers even tried to set fire to the Nepalese's hair. He left, for the first time, on Thursday afternoon when the video went viral and friends picked him up to file a complaint with the PSP. The group that surrounded him on January 25, filmed and posted the video on social networks.

The police has not formally identified the aggressors, but admits to taking steps. In Olhão, there are video surveillance images on the streets and it is already known that the attackers are local young people between 16 and 19 years old.

The aggression against Nirma was made public, but in the last month, the group was responsible for more attacks, 8 in total. In another video, recorded near the finance department in Olhão, the same group of young people threw stones at 5 immigrants, who managed to ask friends for help and make the group of attackers disperse. The next day, they returned to pursue one of the victims.

Attacks have occurred around 11 pm, when victims leave work. Nirmal was given the last 350 euros he had brought from Nepal. The denunciation of the case led several citizens to seek him for help with some money.

[Mike88]

Fire in Lisbon kills two people and injures 14 other. All of the victims were immigrants:

https://twitter.com/euronewspt/status/1622121789013770240

Fire in a building in Lisbon leaves two dead and 14 injured. The fire on the ground floor of a building next to Martim Moniz left at least 20 people homeless

The fire that broke out on Saturday night in a building in Lisbon caused at least 20 people to be displaced, according to the first information from the municipal civil protection. According to data from Lisbon's Municipal Civil Protection Service (SMPC), the 20 displaced are 11 people who are hospitalized and nine who are on site.

Margarida Castro, director of the Municipal Civil Protection Service of Lisbon, told Lusa that the preliminary information available indicates that in addition to the two dead, also foreigners, of the 14 victims of the fire transported to hospitals, two are of Argentine nationality and 11 from the Peninsula. of Hindustan, an Asian region comprising countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

A Portuguese man was also injured, but he is a “collateral victim” because he was not in the building when the fire broke out.

Margarida Castro said that the building, although the fire was only on the ground floor, is uninhabitable and that an inspection would be carried out on Monday.
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The fire destroyed the ground floor of the building, at Terreirinho Street, Mouraria and caused two deaths and 14 injuries, four of which are children.

The fire alert was given at 20:37 on Saturday and the fire was extinguished at 21:15, a source from the Firefighters Regiment told Lusa.
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The media is also raising awareness of the bad conditions immigrants live in this part of Lisbon city:

Fire in Mouraria: “It will happen more often. There are 50 living in a house”

The fire on Saturday night, in Mouraria, in Lisbon, which resulted in two deaths and 14 injured, left makeshift rooms with mattresses and bunk beds, where space was scarce, visible.

“Everyone knows that this is so, and now they are amazed”. Manuela Silva, 56 years old, was on her way to the supermarket, at the beginning of the cold morning of this Sunday, but she couldn't resist giving her opinion, when she saw the apparatus of journalists in front of the building with the numbers 53 to 59 of Terreirinho Street, in the Lisbon neighborhood of Mouraria. Last night's fire, which left two dead and 14 injured, left a charred ground floor full of mattresses and bunk beds next to the windows. It was where 22 people lived, all Asian immigrants.
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[Mike88]

Residents in a neighborhood in Porto city hire private security guards to protect their neighborhood, as police fails to control rising criminality in the area:

https://twitter.com/SICNoticias/status/1623351251260809218

More than 60 residents of the Condominhas area say they are satisfied with the results, but regret that it had to get to this point.

The crime increase in the Pasteleira area of Porto is affecting the surrounding areas, and more and more residents are coming together to hire night guards.

More than 60 residents of the Condominhas area, in the city of Porto, got tired of waiting and decided to proceed with their own wallets. They hired two night guards, who for 20 euros a month from each resident, watch over everyone's safety.

So far they are satisfied with the results, but regret that it has had to get to this point.

Residents of that area report that before this solution, robberies and nocturnal disturbances were “almost daily”.
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[Mike88]

The controversy surrounding the 4 million euros stage for the Catholic World Youth Days:

The "joke" continues: The controversy surrounding the costs of the Catholic Youth Days continues with everyone running away from responsibilities, from the Vatican to the Portuguese Church, and from Lisbon City Hall to the President and the Government. And now, it was also revealed that a 2nd stage, to be built in Edward VII Park in Central Lisbon, had a project, proposed by the Church, that was rejected by Lisbon City Hall:

After several days of negotiations between Lisbon city hall and the Catholic Church, a deal was reached to cut down the costs of the event:

https://twitter.com/JornalNoticias/status/1624039624510435329

Cost of the stage-altar drops to 2.9 million euros

The cost of the altar stage for the World Youth Day in Lisbon was reduced from 4.2 million to 2.9 million euros, the municipality announced today, stressing that "up to 25 million" of city investments in the event "will remain in the city" .

In a press conference at the Town Hall, the president of the executive, the social democrat Carlos Moedas, indicated that, after reviewing the terms of reference for the altar-stage that will be installed in the Tejo-Trancão Park (and that will remain after the event ), the infrastructure will decrease from five thousand square meters to 3250, while its capacity was changed from two thousand to 1240 people and the height was reduced from nine to four meters.

In addition to reducing the cost of this stage, the main one for World Youth Day (WYD), Carlos Moedas announced that the Catholic Church will finance the stage that will be installed in Edward VII Park, a "very light structure" whose cost "could reach 450 thousand euros".

WYD costs have been in the spotlight after it became known that the construction of the stage-altar in the Parque Tejo space was awarded to Mota-Engil for 4.24 million euros (plus VAT), adding to that value 1,06 million euros for indirect roof foundations.

[Mike88]

Man fires from a shotgun and injures 7 people after being expelled from a Bowling club in Fafe city, Braga district:

https://twitter.com/PortoCanalpt/status/1624745417307987968

Customer expelled from "bowling" in Fafe returns with shotgun and injures seven people

A man aged around 40 injured seven people this Saturday inside a bowling and nightlife establishment in Fafe. The customer had been expelled after having created disturbances inside, but he went to the house to get a shotgun that ended up shooting against a glass.

As Porto Canal found out after forcing him to re-enter the space, the man ended up shooting into the establishment. The shards of glass caused minor injuries to seven people.

Four victims, two male and two female, required hospital support and were transported to the Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, in Guimarães. One of them was the space porter.

After the crime, the man fled, but was eventually identified through video surveillance footage.

The GNR was on site, but at Porto Canal, the District Command of Braga guarantees that the case has already passed to the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Police.

Fafe Firefighters and INEM were also on site.

[Mike88]

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- Sexual Abuses in the Portuguese Catholic Church: The committee investigating the cases gave a first update on the work done so far. Until now, 290 cases of sexual abuse have been validated, but only 16 were sent to the authorities as the majority of the crimes have already prescribed. However, the committee says that there are still cover ups in the Church and that some Bishops are still reluctant in helping the committee;
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Final report on the sexual abuses in the Catholic Church in Portugal to be presented tomorrow morning:

The report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church was delivered this Sunday to the Portuguese Episcopal Conference (CEP). The results of the investigation will be released on Monday.

"The delivery took place this afternoon at the premises of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference and was attended by the entire work team of the independent commission", confirmed in a statement the CEP, a structure that brings together all the bishops of the dioceses of Portugal.
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A little over a year ago, the Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church began a work that is now coming to an end.

The team was led by child psychiatrist Pedro Strecht. The Episcopal Conference promised access to the archives of the Portuguese Catholic Church.

Complaints could be made by email, phone call, letter or on the Commission's website.

After ten months of work, the Commission had more than 400 valid complaints.

The Commission that studied sexual abuse in the Church believes that the final number of victims and abusers since 1950 will be much higher than the number reached by the investigation.