the-braga-brief

This week's Braga Brief: SC Braga signs Denmark international Jonas Wind and camps at England's St George's Park, City Hall weighs speed radars in a new road-safety plan, the district hits maximum wildfire danger, and a Minho festival summer rolls on.

A red-alert heatwave grips the Minho as Braga's health unit opens 35 extra beds and a Barcelos fire is contained; City Hall pulls every shared e-scooter off the streets; Vicens's Braga opens pré-época with a 1–0 win and draws Železničar Pančevo; and UMinho collects a summer of prizes.

São João bowed out with Braga's first-ever carbon-footprint study of the festival; Carlos Vicens opened SC Braga pré-época with four reinforcements; UMinho found a material that strips 83% of a drug from tap water; and INE ranked the Cávado among the country most developed regions.

Bom dia, Braga. The week of 13–19 June 2026 closed with the sócios of SC Braga forcing the Arsenalzinho into the fastest commercial U-turn in recent memory, Carlos Vicens counting down to the first whistle of pré-época on 22 June, and the centro...

Carlos Vicens, Pep Guardiola's adjunto at Manchester City, takes the SC Braga dugout on a three-year deal and is unveiled 16 June. The MetroBus Linha Vermelha is on countdown to a São João opening. UMinho hosts 265 researchers across 41 countries. IPMA pushes Braga to 39°C.