Tragedies like those of 2017 “never again”
President Marcelo commemorates Portugal Day in Pedrógão Grande On a day when the media is still buzzing with the results and fall-out of the European elections, President Marcelo is in
Portugal Day commemorations kick off in Pedrógão Grande
Portugal Day commemorations have begun today (the eve of the national holiday) with President Marcelo visiting Pedrógão Grande – one of the areas devastated by killer fires in 2017. The
Marcelo and Costa to attend ceremony in Pedrógão Grande
Association of victims of wins right to “official inauguration” of memorial to those who died in 2017 fires Both President Marcelo and prime minister António Costa will be attending a
Association of Victims of Pedrógão Grande hears there WILL be a ceremony to honour dead
Ten days late, “not an inauguration of memorial” – but a ceremony at least Days after the ‘disbelief’ registered by the association of victims of Pedrógão Grande that no-one in
PM evokes memory of victims of fires of Pedrógão Grande in series of tweets
Promises to visit memorial which opened last week without ceremony This year’s anniversary of the killer fires of Pedrógão Grande’ has been marred by messy controversy. Yesterday came the news
Disbelief as memorial to victims of Pedrógão Grande fires opens “without ceremony”
This year sees State turn page on memories of that dreadful day The Association of Victims of the Fire of Pedrógão Grande cannot believe the tragedy that visited their community
“Worst conjugation of factors since Pedrógão Grande”
Minister outlines Portugal’s extreme risk of wildfires over coming days Interior minister José Luís Carneiro has been outlining Portugal’s extreme risk of wildfires over the next few days, stressing the
Seven years jail: former mayor of killer-fire municipality “surprised” by condemnation
Valdemar Alves, the former mayor of Pedrógão Grande – the epicentre of death during 2017’s wildfires – has received a seven year jail sentence over the house rebuilding programme that
Trial begins into who can be blamed for Pedrógão Grande’s horrific deaths and hundreds of injured
Almost four years since wildfires of biblical proportions consumed the lives, health and livelihoods of so many Portuguese citizens in and around Pedrógão Grande, a trial to apportion blame has
44 to answer fraud charges over Pedrógão Grande fire rebuilding programme
44 people have been cited in the investigation – kick-started by journalists – into alleged fraud in the rebuilding of fire-damaged homes in Pedrógão Grande. Of the 44, 37 are