Portugal's general discussion (general events)

[Mike88]

Overcrowded train in Sintra's line, Lisbon suburb, breaks down and creates panic in passengers. Two passengers were sent to hospital:

https://twitter.com/Record_Portugal/status/1674360159676538885

Off the field - Crowded train stops on the Sintra Line and creates panic among passengers

A breakdown forced a crowded train to stop, this Thursday, between Damaia and Benfica stations, on the Sintra Line. Due to the heat, three people were assisted, two of whom were sent to Hospital de Santa Maria, a source from the Lisbon Metropolitan Command of the PSP told DN.

"Due to the heat, people started to feel bad, the train was also full. Meanwhile the train manages to reach Benfica station, and assistance was called to the place", said the same source, referring to two INEM vehicles and an ambulance.
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CP confirmed to the Observador newspaper that due to a "technical failure" the circulation of trains on the Sintra Line was interrupted, and there is, for now, no forecast of when it will resume.

According to Correio da Manhã, the situation created panic among the passengers, who were trapped in the crowded train for 40 minutes.
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Last March a similar situation occurred, with an overcrowed train being stopped by passengers and then people had to walk on foot to the nearest station. Like then and today, CP - Trains of Portugal workers are on strike.

[Mike88]

The universe works in mysterious ways:

In 2016, a viral moment was caugh on camera with Cristiano Ronaldo throwing a CMTV microfone to a lake after becoming annoyed with a reporter from the same channel. Ronaldo and CMTV, a TV channel, owned by Correio da Manhã newspaper, that is known for its sensational news and that has a viewing share of 5-6%, had always a bad relationship due to the stories CMTV reported regarding Ronaldo and his family.

The 2016 viral moment:

But now, Cofina, the company that owns Correio da Manhã and CMTV, is going to be bought by new shareholders and one of them is... Cristiano Ronaldo, who is expected to own 30% of the company.

[Mike88]

Serious accident avoided in Porto International Airport as the control tower allowed an airplane to land when there was already one on the runway:

https://twitter.com/cnnportugal/status/1674844050485018644

“Something is not right in the Porto airport tower”. Second incident in two years is “very serious”, warns former TAP commander

A plane was preparing to take off, with authorization from the tower, another was about to land, also authorized. All of this on one runway. The incident that took place this Monday at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, in Porto, was “serious, dangerous and potentially tragic”, warns former TAP captain José Guedes. Being the second episode of its kind aggravates the situation.
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The first case occurred on April 27, 2021: a plane was preparing to take off at the same time as a maintenance vehicle occupied the runway that was going to be used. It was investigated and NAV Portugal, responsible for security at airports, guaranteed that it had adopted “a set of internal measures” to “mitigate as much as possible the risk of repeating the errors that caused” this incident in Porto and another that took place in Ponta Delgada , at the same time.

But this Monday, two years later, it happened again: the control tower at Porto airport authorized the landing of a Ryanair Boeing 737 when, at the same time, a SATA Airbus was on the runway ready to take off. And it was the pilot of the plane that was preparing to land that alerted the tower, being forced to reverse gear and climb again. This type of maneuver scares passengers and is "very expensive" for the airline, but for pilots "it is a routine maneuver", explains the former TAP commander. José Guedes guarantees that there is no room for fear or anxiety, as they train at least twice a year.

The incidents “are not exactly the same”, but they are “similar”, explains José Guedes. The commander believes that the situation “is worrying and raises concerns about structural or work organization problems” at the Francisco Sá Carneiro tower.

The former TAP pilot, who believes "that something is not right in the tower" at that airport, also points out the "risk of collision" that these incidents entail. “The planes in the air are controllable, but on the ground they are difficult to control”, he justifies. If it happened, a collision would be "really tragic".
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[Mike88]

After 6 years in planning, slavery memorial in Lisbon city continues surrounded in controversy:

https://twitter.com/SICNoticias/status/1675793411868164096

The association that took the idea to the participatory budget says that the change of location is a way for the municipality to prevent construction.

The creation of a memorial in Lisbon in honor of the victims of slavery is generating controversy. The Association of Afro-descendants (DJASS) which took the initiative for the project accuses the municipality led by Carlos Moedas of boycotting the work.

The Lisbon City Hall wants the work of the Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda to be on the riverside. It is already the third location indicated for the installation to honor the victims of slavery.

The association that took the idea to the participatory budget says that the change of location is a way for the municipality to prevent construction.

In 2017, the proposal to create a Memorial in Homage to Enslaved People was one of the winners of the participatory budget. Five and a half years later, the proposal still hasn't gone ahead.

However, Lisbon City Hall claims that there are negative opinions from the Directorate-General for Heritage and EMEL that led to yet another change.

The mayor, Carlos Moedas, indicates that he is open to dialogue and says that the DJASS Association does not respond to the municipality. However, the version of this Association is different.

The riverside strip is a symbolic historic area, as it was here that slaves were brought from Africa to work on plantations in Brazil.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The universe works in mysterious ways:

In 2016, a viral moment was caugh on camera with Cristiano Ronaldo throwing a CMTV microfone to a lake after becoming annoyed with a reporter from the same channel. Ronaldo and CMTV, a TV channel, owned by Correio da Manhã newspaper, that is known for its sensational news and that has a viewing share of 5-6%, had always a bad relationship due to the stories CMTV reported regarding Ronaldo and his family.

The 2016 viral moment:

But now, Cofina, the company the owns Correio da Manhã and CMTV, is going to be bought by new shareholders and one of them is... Cristiano Ronaldo, who is expected to own 30% of the company.

Ronaldo: "I'm something of an investor myself".

[Mike88]

Ronaldo: "I'm something of an investor myself".

It's not his first adventure into the bussiness sector. He owns a museum about himself in Funchal city, has 2 hotels, one in Funchal and another one in Lisbon, and seems to have a his own mineral water brand.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Ronaldo: "I'm something of an investor myself".

It's not his first adventure into the bussiness sector. He owns a museum about himself in Funchal city, has 2 hotels, one in Funchal and another one in Lisbon, and seems to have a his own mineral water brand.

Ronaldo owning a museum about himself along with his own mineral water brand is really quite something. Now all he needs is to own a book publishing company and make it publish an autobiography of himself.

[Mike88]

Ronaldo: "I'm something of an investor myself".

It's not his first adventure into the bussiness sector. He owns a museum about himself in Funchal city, has 2 hotels, one in Funchal and another one in Lisbon, and seems to have a his own mineral water brand.

Ronaldo owning a museum about himself along with his own mineral water brand is really quite something. Now all he needs is to own a book publishing company and make it publish an autobiography of himself.

He already has one: "Moments: The autobiography of Cristiano Ronaldo".

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Ronaldo: "I'm something of an investor myself".

It's not his first adventure into the bussiness sector. He owns a museum about himself in Funchal city, has 2 hotels, one in Funchal and another one in Lisbon, and seems to have a his own mineral water brand.

Ronaldo owning a museum about himself along with his own mineral water brand is really quite something. Now all he needs is to own a book publishing company and make it publish an autobiography of himself.

He already has one: Moments: The autobiography of Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo is wealthy enough to become the Tio Patinhas of Portugal.

[Mike88]

Meanwhile in Gondomar: Court demands demolition of cemetery and is forcing City Hall to remove more than a 1,000 graves. The mayor is furious and vows to do everything in his power to stop the Court order.

The case dragged on in court and now has one more development, with Justice determining that the council has to return part of the land, without a cemetery.

In Gondomar, the population is outraged by a decision that obliges the City Council to vacate a cemetery and remove more than a thousand graves.

The municipality, which only has one month to comply with the order, guarantees that it will not proceed with the eviction.

The council will immediately appeal to the Porto Court of Appeal. If necessary, to the Constitutional and admits even appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

The reason for the legal dispute and controversy:

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According to today's edition of Jornal de Notícias (JN), part of Rio Tinto's cemetery nº2 had five owners and was sold to the municipality by a real estate company as “being free of charges or encumbrances”.

However, says JN, the court proved that the plot referring to part of the cemetery, of 1,757 square meters, was not free of charge and could not be sold to the council, because it did not belong to the person who made the initial sale.
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[Mike88]

Police dismantles illegal immigration network between Portugal and other EU countries that affected around 6,000 immigrants. 6 people arrested:

This operation involved the participation of around 110 inspectors from the Judiciary Police, with the support of SEF and ASAE.

This Monday, the Judiciary Police arrested six people in the Lisbon region as part of an operation that dismantled a criminal organization of illegal immigration that operated in several European countries, reports Agência Lusa.

In a statement, the PJ indicates that the National Counter Terrorism Unit of that police carried out this Monday a police operation aimed at the dismantling of an organization with criminal activity that operated in Portugal, France, Spain and Germany suspected of crimes of criminal association, trafficking of people, assistance with illegal immigration and forgery of documents.

According to the PJ, the now dismantled network provided immigrants in an irregular situation throughout Europe with the possibility of traveling to Portugal in order to regularize their situation with the Foreigners and Borders Service with a view to obtaining residence permits, in their the vast majority resorting to forged documents.
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The investigation began in Portugal in February 2022 and resulted from close cooperation with the European judicial authorities, with EUROJUST assuming, through a JIT, the coordination of the different investigations, with the support of Europol.

The investigation, whose inquiry is conducted by the DIAP of Lisbon, identified 337 transports between Lisbon / Paris / Lisbon, in a total of more than 6000 illegal immigrants.
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A police source told Lusa that at stake is the electronic platform, the Automatic Pre-Scheduling System (SAPA) of the Foreigners and Borders Service, which allows immigrants to request an expression of interest from the SEF to obtain a residence permit and thus circulate in the European Union on the basis of alleged employment contracts.

The changes made to the foreigners law in 2017 allows the entry into Portugal of immigrants who have requested, through SAPA, an expression of interest to work in the country, waiting for a contact from the SEF to start the process of obtaining authorization to residence, which often does not materialize.

[Mike88]

A police raid at Altice Portugal, former Portugal Telecom, found out that the company's co-founder, Armando Pereira, and his business partner, Hernâni Vaz Antunes, both owned a Bugatti Centodieci, worth 8 million euros, in which just 10 models were made worldwide. With this discovery, it's now clear that 3 of those 10 highly exclusive cars, Cristiano Ronaldo also has one, are owned by Portuguese citizens.

Also, both Armando Pereira and Hernâni Vaz Antunes were arrested by the police for tax fraud and private corruption.

[Mike88]

The weird sect that is dominating headlines: The Kingdom of Peinal and the death of a baby, already being investigated by the police.

The Public Prosecutor received a complaint about the death of a baby in the Pineal Kingdom sect, near Coimbra.
Akbal Pinheiro, the child's father and also leader of the Pineal Kingdom sect, guarantees that he did everything to save the child, who was 14 months old. He reiterates that the community lives by its own rules. “We have a right to our self-determination, our spiritual practices and beliefs.”

Martin Junior Kenny was 36 years old when he decided to become Água Akbal Pinheiro. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, he emigrated to the UK in his 20s. There he studied and worked as a chef.

At the age of 25, while in England, he met Gabriela, with whom he had two children, Sebastian and Quintin, both boys.

He was living a normal life in Southampton when "he had a profound spiritual experience which he called his 'Pineal Spiritual Awakening'", reads the Pineal Kingdom website.

As to what this "awakening" consists of, the sect explains nothing, but asserts that Martin "changed his lifestyle by dedicating himself to the investigation of occult and esoteric knowledge, as well as to the adoption of various other spiritual practices".

"Água Akbal Pinheiro is a spiritual philosopher, esoteric researcher and social influencer", it can also be read.

Adept of conspiracy theories - as can be seen from the countless videos on Youtube - the man is the leader of the mysterious Kingdom of Pineal.

It was precisely on the internet that he spread his theories and gained followers until, in 2019, he left the UK, with his family, and immigrated to Portugal "with the aim of establishing an eco-community with a school of spiritual mysteries".

Also according to the website, he and his family acquired some land and began to lay the foundations for the community 'The Pineal Foundation'. On the other hand, in contradictory information, we know that the land where the sect is maintained belongs to Pione Sisto, a Danish international who plays for Midtjylland.

Gabriela Luna Pinheiro is the wife of Água Akbal Pinheiro and the mother of Samsara, the child who was born and died in this community.
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Suspicions surrounding the Pineal Kingdom were first raised by the magazine Visão, which wrote about "The mysterious sect that has settled in the Interior and wants to form a sovereign State within Portugal".

In this report, the magazine reported that the sect - of which between 40 and 100 members now form part - is led by a former foreign 'chef' who intends to form there, as the title itself indicates, a sovereign kingdom.

[Mike88]

Monkeypox outbreak detected in the Lisbon metro area:

Since 19 June, 37 cases have been diagnosed, all in the region of Lisbon and the Tagus valley.

Since 19 June, 37 cases have been diagnosed, all in the region of Lisbon and the Tagus valley. According to the Directorate-General for Health, these are mostly men aged between 20 and 40 years.
The health authority recommends compliance with the guidelines already defined to interrupt transmission chains.

The most common symptoms of the infection are fever, severe headache, muscle pain and enlarged lymph nodes, with the progressive appearance of rashes that affect the skin and mucous membranes.

Since May last year, when the presence of the virus was detected in Portugal, close to a thousand cases have been registered.

[Mike88]

Reposition of border controls due the Pope's visit to the World Youth Days, has barred the entry of 65 people since Saturday:

65 people refused entry since border control reset

Documentary control at air, sea and land borders within the scope of WYD came into force on Saturday and is being carried out in a selective and targeted manner based on information and risk analysis.

According to the operational balance made this Monday, in a statement, by the Internal Security System, in the first two days, 13,461 people were controlled at land borders and 149,838 passengers at air borders.

As part of the operation, entry was refused to 65 people, of which 52 were trying to reach Portugal by land and 13 by air.

At air borders, the Foreigners and Borders Service controlled 885 flights, the overwhelming majority originating outside the Schengen Area, made two arrests for document fraud, and applied precautionary measures in 41 cases.

With 27 inspection actions throughout the day, involving a staff of 289 agents, the National Guard of the Republic (GNR) identified 25 offenses in land border control, two crimes, made three seizures and detained one person.
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The reposition of documentary controls at the borders will remain active until 00:00 hours on 7 August and takes place "on an exceptional basis in order to safeguard against any threats to public order and internal security", according to a Government resolution.

Border control within the scope of WYD, an event that will take place in Lisbon between 1 and 6 August and will be attended by Pope Francis, is in charge of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF), with the assistance of the Public Security Police (PSP) and GNR, in addition to the possible collaboration of authorities from other countries.

[Mike88]

Strikes, strikes, strikes: Wave of strikes "haunts" the World Youth Days in Lisbon.

Several strikes are expected to haunt the Pope's visit during the World Youth Days in Lisbon. This last week of July is being dominated by a 3-day doctors strike in hospitals across the country. Several Health Centers are closed and several surgeries are being postponed due to the 3-day strike. But other strikes will happen while the event is happening:

- Following the strike during this last week of July, Doctors are expected to go on strike again in the first two days of August;

- Nurses in the Lisbon metro area will strike between 1 and 4 August, after talks with the Government fell apart;

- Schools staffs are also on strike against the proposal for them to work extra-time to help handle the big number of young people that will stay in several schools across Lisbon city for the event;

- Trains are expected also to go on strike, again, especially ticket workers, with the strike lasting until 6 August;

- The handling workers in the country's airports will also go on strike during the last weekend of July, 30-31, and the first of August, 5-6. Here, the Government has decreed minimum services;

- Police forces will not go on strike, but are expeceted to protest in front of places where the Pope is visiting, against the Government's policies towards police forces;

The only strike cancelled was the Lisbon's urban waste workers strike, after they were able to reach an agreement with Mayor Carlos Moedas. This strike was expected to last between 1 and 6 August and would have a major impact in the city's image.

[Mike88]

Wildfire in the suburbs of Lisbon leaves 13 injured and two villages had to be evacuated:

The fire that broke out this Tuesday in Alcabideche, in the municipality of Cascais, was brought under control during the early hours of the morning. Two of those injured in the fire were discharged and six remain in hospital units, announced the Civil Protection, adding that the animals removed from kennels have already "returned to their places of origin".

Speaking to the media at the command post, at 11:00 am, the regional commander of Emergency and Civil Protection for Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, Elísio Oliveira, explained that five injured people are at the Cascais Hospital "under follow-up" and one is at Hospital de Santa Maria, in Lisbon, due to an eye injury.

There are still some people displaced from home "under evaluation" by the National Institute of Medical Emergency, due to age.

Circulation was reopened on the A5, between the Alvide and Cascais interchanges, but this morning there were still roads cut off. Civil Protection asks motorists not to circulate in areas where the fire raged.

According to the Cascais City Hall, in the district of Lisbon, around 800 animals were removed from the municipal kennel and the Associação São Francisco de Assis and transferred to another municipal pavilion.
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[Mike88]

Artist unrolls a "carpet" depicting 500 euros notes in main stage of the Youth World Days in protest against the high cost of the event:

https://twitter.com/Publico/status/1684684631310782464

“Habemus Pasta”. Bordalo II invades the stage altar of the World Youth Day and unrolls a carpet with 500 euro notes

Artist recalled the difficulties that are affecting several Portuguese, leaving a criticism of the money spent on the event

Lisbon is preparing to host one of the biggest events in its history, with hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world traveling to the Portuguese capital to receive Pope Francis at World Youth Day (WYD).

An event that has long generated controversy, namely due to the high costs involved, from the multi-million stage that has already been installed near Parque das Nações to the various details that will flank the ceremonies.

Without forgetting the cost of the entire operation, and remembering the difficult times for Portuguese families, the urban artist Bordalo II made an installation precisely in the place that will be trampled by the Pope and the pilgrims.

Through his official Instagram page, the artist shared the installation of a rug with several 500 euro notes, mocking a “Habemus Pasta”, making a pun between Pope and one of the terms used for money.

“In a secular state, at a time when many people are struggling to keep their homes, their work and their dignity, millions of public funds have been invested to sponsor the tour of the Italian multinational”, can be read in the publication, where the message was also shared in English.

It is what Bordalo II calls the “Walk of Shame” or, in Portuguese, “Passeio da Vergonha”.

[Mike88]

Artist unrolls a "carpet" depicting 500 euros notes in main stage of the Youth World Days in protest against the high cost of the event:

This "incident" is creating a bit of controversy because of the lack of security the stage has. In theory, no one, other than workers of the company that is building the stage, has access to the area, but the artist who unrolled the 500 euros notes carpet, Bordalo II, said he was quite surprised by the lack of security in the area and only wore a yellow vest and passed like an ordinary worker, along with his crew which wasn't that small. The Secret Services blames the company that is constructing the stage for the lack of security and adds that they will only take control of the stage when it's completed, which should have happened several days ago. Oh well.

[Mike88]

2nd quarter economic numbers: GDP has "put the breaks" with a null growth compared with the 1st quarter.

Economy stagnated in the second quarter with negative contribution from exports. In year-on-year terms, GDP in the second quarter registered a variation of 2.3%.

A more negative evolution of exports of goods and services dictated, in the second quarter, the stagnation of the economy, indicates this Monday the National Institute of Statistics (INE), in a first quick estimate of the evolution of the national accounts in the months of April to June.

According to INE, in the second quarter, national GDP registered zero variation, in real terms, with the year-on-year variation standing at 2.3%.

The stagnation vis-à-vis the economy's results at the beginning of the year occurs after a chain growth of 1.6% in the first quarter (2.5% year-on-year), and is due to a greater penalty in sales of goods and services abroad, despite the fact that INE points out improvements in the evolution of internal demand.
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INE points out that "the positive contribution of domestic demand to the year-on-year change in GDP increased, compared to that observed in the previous quarter, with a less pronounced reduction in investment, with private consumption registering a slight slowdown".

This month, and after better-than-expected results at the start of the year on the back of services exports, the Government reinforced expectations for annual growth, anticipating 2.7% expansion. The forecast is in line with that of the Bank of Portugal.

Among international institutions, the International Monetary Fund expects a 2.6% increase in GDP, the OECD expects 2.5% and the European Commission 2.4%.

Inflation fell 0.3% to 3.1% in July, while unemployment stood at 6.4%, the same as May 2023 but higher compared with June 2022.

[Mike88]

Outrage as little girl, just 3 years old, is murdered by her nanny because of a 400 euros 200 euros debt:

In a case that shocked the country, Court sentences the nanny and the little girl's mother to 25 years in jail:

https://twitter.com/SICNoticias/status/1686335223523340288

The Setúbal Court sentenced, this Tuesday, four of the five defendants in the case of Jessica, the 3-year-old girl killed in June 2022, to 25 years in prison.

The four main defendants in the case of the murder of a 3-year-old girl in June 2022, in Setúbal, were sentenced this Tuesday to 25 years in prison by the Court of Setúbal.

In the final allegations of this trial, on July 13, the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) requested 25 years for Jessica's mother, Inês Sanches, and for the girl's supposed nanny, Ana Pinto, her husband, Justo Montes, and their daughter , Emerald Montes.

As for the son of the alleged nanny, Eduardo Montes, also accused in this case, the Public Prosecutor's Office dropped all the crimes contained in the indictment.

Child died from abuse

The case dates back to June 2022, when Jessica, aged 3, died due to the mistreatment inflicted on her during the several days she was in the care of an alleged nanny, Ana Pinto.

The Public Prosecution's order of indictment states that, during the five days that she stayed at Ana Pinto's house as a guarantee of payment of a debt owed by her mother, of 200 euros, for alleged practices of witchcraft, the girl was subject to several episodes of violent mistreatment and used as a drug courier.

Jessica was only returned to her mother around 10:00 on June 20, 2022, at a time when she was no longer reacting to any stimulus.

The obvious signs of her suffering were ignored for several hours by the mother herself, a fact that the investigation considered could also have contributed to the child's death, which occurred a few hours later at the São Bernardo Hospital, in Setúbal.

[Mike88]

The Catholic World Youth Days started this afternoon in Lisbon city. Around 200,000 people attended the opening mass at Edward VII Park in Lisbon:

https://twitter.com/SICNoticias/status/1686516054967681024

World Youth Day has officially begun.
Around 200,000 people from all over the world attended the opening mass at the event that marked the official start.

Pope Francis is expected to arrive this Wednesday morning at Lisbon airport. The event ends on Sunday, 6 August.

[Mike88]

The Pope's visit due to the World Youth Days is dominating completely the headlines, but a few situations, related with the WYDs, are also making news:

- Around 200 people gave donations to put up 3 big billboards in Lisbon, Oeiras and Loures cities remembering the sexual abuse scandals in the Portuguese Church. The billboards were put up on the day the Pope arrived, but in Oeiras city, the mayor ordered the billboard to be removed. The City Hall explained that the billboard was "illegal publicity" and violated rules, but a controversy started with accusations of censorship against Oeiras city hall. The City Hall has, however, retracted its initial position and will now put the billboard back up. Pope Francis was able to meet with 13 victims of sexual abuse in the Portuguese Church;

- Police was called to intervene in a church in Lisbon city when a group of ultra-conservatives invaded a mass organized by LGBT Catholic groups. And earlier in the celebrations in Edward VII Park, in downtown Lisbon, a pilgrim who was holding a trans flag was confronted and criticized by other pilgrims who asked him to bring down the flag;

[Mike88]

In other news, someone raised the Russian flag and stole a Portuguese flag in Elvas city:

Elvas: Flag of Russia hoisted at the roundabout of the Amoreira Aqueduct

The situation was resolved in the early hours of the day and the symbol of the Portuguese Republic was hoisted again

During the early hours of this Friday, the national flag that was hoisted at the roundabout of the Amoreira Aqueduct, in Elvas, was stolen and exchanged for a Russian flag.

The complaint reached the editorial office of CNN Portugal through a reader and confirmed by Jornal Linhas de Elvas, which reports that it is not yet known what the motivation was or who the perpetrators of the crime are.

Another flag of the Portuguese Republic was hoisted again shortly after 8:15 am by workers from the municipality

In addition to the crime of theft, those responsible may also have to answer for the crime of "outrage against national and regional symbols", in accordance with Article 332 of the Penal Code: “Whoever publicly, by words, gestures or written or by any other means of communication with the public, outrages the Republic, the national flag or anthem, the weapons or emblems of Portuguese sovereignty, or lacks the respect due to them, is punished with imprisonment for up to 2 years or with fine of up to 240 days”.
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[Mike88]

World Youth Days ends with the final vigil and mass in the north bank of the Tagus river, in Lisbon city. 1,5 million people attended the two events that had the presence of Pope Francis:

The next edition of the World Youth Days in 2027 will be in South Korea.