Firefighter injured in Odemira crash dies in hospital
PM, president express “profound consternation” Firefighter Dinis Campos Conceição died this morning in Lisbon’s São José Hospital as a result of injuries received in an accident in Odemira on Wednesday.
GNR conduct new ‘swoop’ on illegal immigration in São Teotónio
“São Teotónio has streets where Portuguese are in the minority” GNR police have carried out a new ‘swoop’ on illegal immigration in São Teotónio, the parish of Odemira that has
Desalination plant “will answer” Odemira’s agriculture water woes
But will make water “a lot more expensive for farmers” A study proposes the construction of a desalination plant in the town of Odemira to supply the river Mira Irrigation
Water wars: ministers heckled as they arrive in Odemira
“All the water in Santa Clara dam goes to intensive agriculture!” The ministers of the Environment and Agriculture were received today in Odemira (Beja) by a chorus of angry protests,
Body of young man discovered in Odemira river
Police are investigating the discovery of the body of a young Portuguese man, aged 20, in the Mira river, within the borough of Odemira. According to reports, the body was
Odemira’s ‘greenhouse slaves’ stage protest against working conditions
After the huge controversy over the appalling living conditions of many immigrant workers brought into Portugal to service intensive agricultural businesses within Costa Vicentina, the workers themselves have started to
Seven GNR agents accused over alleged torture of Asian agricultural workers in Odemira
A new controversy has blown up over a case involving seven GNR agents and the alleged ‘torture’ of Asian agricultural workers in Odemira. This latest case (following one in which
Odemira’s migrant housing problems continue in spite of all government promises
Three months on from the days in which situations of modern-day slavery in Odemira’s agricultural explorations were on everybody’s lips, very little has changed. Situations of “unworthy habitation” continue; the
Active cases in Portugal ‘increasing’: did football melée outside Alvalade stadium contribute?
Today’s Covid bulletin shows very much what experts feared after the extraordinary scenes that played out in Lisbon on May 11 when Sporting faced Boavista for the Premier League title
Odemira parish of São Teotónio wins its freedom through the courts
An example of citizens fighting back (with just cause, and winning) came today as the Supreme Administrative Tribunal granted the embattled Odemira parish of São Teotónio the right to ‘advance