Minimarket heist scoops over €600 worth of products
At a moment when the wider media is focusing on elderly people and parents resorting to theft in order to put food on the table, Correio da Manhã has reported
Coldplay could play four concerts in Coimbra in 2023
In addition to the already announced concert on May 17th, Chris Martin’s band could play three more dates in the city British band Coldplay have just announced their European tour dates,
Sadness and outrage as horses put through hell during religious procession in Coimbra
Confraria Rainha Santa Isabel blames municipality Crowds who turned out to see the procession of the Rainha Santa (Sainted Queen) in Coimbra yesterday were shocked and saddened to see horses
WRC Rally Portugal begins today in Coimbra
This Thursday (May 19) marks the start of the WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal, the fourth stage of the World Rally Championship which will be held until Sunday in the
Portugal tests ‘robotic spinal surgery’
Portugal is testing a form of robotic spinal surgery. The technique is in ‘the experimental phase’, explains SIC. A simulation has taken place in Coimbra today. Says the TV news
Portuguese university teams come up with edible alternative to plastic-wrap
Imagine edible food-wrap that ‘looks like plastic’ but is in fact edible – and helps keep the produce it’s protecting fresh. This is what investigators from Coimbra university in collaboration
Coimbra neurosurgeon investigated over ‘suspicious deaths’
A Coimbra neurosurgeon has been boycotted by anaesthetists at his hospital for years due to the suspicious deaths of various patients – but only now have allegations led to a
Armed police attacked by truncheon-weilding woman
Three armed police agents suffered injuries after being attacked by a truncheon-weilding Russian woman in Coimbra. It’s unclear if the truncheon was police property. Certainly, reports claim the 43-year-old woman
Three families of refugees living without water or electricity in Coimbra
President of Portugal’s refugee council Teresa Tito Morais has called for “urgent review” of the system designed to support refugees after three families were found living in Coimbra without water
Coimbra doctors succeed in implanting world’s smallest pacemaker
Coimbra doctors made history this week after they successfully implanted the world’s smallest pacemaker, using a minimally invasive procedure “without the necessity of placing electrodes, which are the main reasons