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Walnut Plantation Erases Two 5,000-Year-Old Antas and a Roman Vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros — Câmara Opens Inquérito Interno and Tutela Refers Case to the Ministério Público

Walnut Plantation Erases Two 5,000-Year-Old Antas and a Roman Vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros — Câmara Opens Inquérito Interno and Tutela Refers Case to the Ministério Público

Two 5,000-year-old antas and a Roman vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros, Évora were destroyed for a NOGAM walnut plantation — the Câmara opens an inquérito interno, the tutela refers to the Ministério Público, with a 2020 Vale da Moura precedent in the same parish.
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Ministério Público Lodges the Football Leaks Appeal at the Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa — 241-Count Acquittal of Rui Pinto Heads Back for Reformulação on the Computer-Access Distinctions Between Investigations

Ministério Público Lodges the Football Leaks Appeal at the Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa — 241-Count Acquittal of Rui Pinto Heads Back for Reformulação on the Computer-Access Distinctions Between Investigations

The Ministério Público (MP, Public Prosecutor's Office) lodged its motivação de recurso (appeal brief) at the Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa (TRL, Lisbon Court of Appeal) on Monday 1 June 2026 against the second-instance acquittal of Portuguese...
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Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa annulled the July 2025 acquittal of Cristina Rodrigues — now Chega, ex-PAN — over the 2020 PAN email-deletion case. The 4 June 2026 acórdão ruled the first-instance judgment insufficiently reasoned and ordered a retrial alongside co-defendant Sara Fernandes.
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