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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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ANM-TVDE Proposes Public-Service-Transport Recognition Inside the Lei 45/2018 Revision — Association Wants Equal-Dignity Clause With Taxis as PSD Counters With Taxis Operating Through TVDE Platforms

ANM-TVDE Proposes Public-Service-Transport Recognition Inside the Lei 45/2018 Revision — Association Wants Equal-Dignity Clause With Taxis as PSD Counters With Taxis Operating Through TVDE Platforms

ANM-TVDE asked every parliamentary party on Friday 6 June 2026 for a public-service-transport status clause inside the Lei 45/2018 revision — equal dignity with taxis, 39,615 active drivers, €808M 2025 revenue, with the PSD already counter-proposing taxis operating via TVDE platforms.
The Portugal Brief
Saturday's Público Investigation Reads Portugal's Suplementos Alimentares Pipeline as a 47% Adult-Use Wave, a +80%-in-Ten-Years Notification Surge and a DGAV Backlog Tracked in 'Tens of Thousands of Avulso Emails'

Saturday's Público Investigation Reads Portugal's Suplementos Alimentares Pipeline as a 47% Adult-Use Wave, a +80%-in-Ten-Years Notification Surge and a DGAV Backlog Tracked in 'Tens of Thousands of Avulso Emails'

Público's Saturday 6 June 2026 multi-part investigation by João Pinhal and Tiago Ramalho lands the Portuguese food-supplement (suplementos alimentares) market in a regulatory frame that the country's own Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária...
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