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- Albufeira: Bird flu outbreak prompts ban on poultry markets and mandatory confinement of domestic birds 05/12/2025Portugal’s Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary Affairs (DGAV) has confirmed a case of bird flu in Albufeira, along with two additional outbreaks on commercial farms in the municipality of Torres Vedras, in the district of Lisbon.
- ‘Unacceptable’: Portimão Hospital faces weekend closure of an A&E unit amidst staff shortages 05/12/2025Across the country, four Obstetrics and Gynaecology A&E units are to close on Saturday, and three on Sunday, Portugal’s National Health Service has warned.
- Ticking time bomb: A quarter of Algarve police officers to retire in the next five years 04/12/2025The PSP (Public Security Police) in the Algarve expects more than 200 officers to leave the force by 2030, around a quarter of its total manpower, amid an ageing workforce and longstanding staff shortages.
- Outcry as eight Portuguese districts set to lose print newspapers overnight, risking so-called ‘news deserts’ 04/12/2025The Left Bloc (BE) on Thursday, 4 December, pressed the Government for answers following a report in the Correio da Manhã newspaper that eight districts risk being left without print newspapers as early as next month, largely due to low purchases of papers over the counter.
- Algarve fills its dams thanks to recent rainstorms: Storm Claudia has brought ‘highest levels in past 10 years’ 03/12/2025The Algarve’s reservoirs are now at 72% capacity, ensuring enough water for urban consumption for the next three to four years, José Pimenta Machado, president of the Portuguese Environment Agency, said today.
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- Economist’s accolade ‘good – but Portugal remains country of enormous inequalities’ 08/12/2025Minister for the economy and territorial cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, has given a frank interview today, confirming that Portugal has outdone itself in terms of other countries economically this year The post Economist’s accolade ‘good – but Portugal remains country of enormous inequalities’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
- 2026 brings 20 major races to Algarve racetack 08/12/2025The Algarve International Circuit has locked in a high-octane race calendar for 2026, with 20 events packed into the year. From January to November, the iconic track hosts action on The post 2026 brings 20 major races to Algarve racetack appeared first on Portugal Resident.
- Algarve university researcher leads team in Oman desert discovery 08/12/2025An international team of archaeologists led by a researcher from the Portuguese University of the Algarve have used techniques inspired by forensic science to reconstruct a story of adaptation and The post Algarve university researcher leads team in Oman desert discovery appeared first on Portugal Resident.
- Next president ‘has to take job to new level’ – analysts 08/12/2025The next Portuguese president will have to be capable of uniting the community and moving from being a secondary figure to “the most prestigious figure in institutions,” according to political The post Next president ‘has to take job to new level’ – analysts appeared first on Portugal Resident.
- Two years on many people ‘swindled’ by banker “still waiting for their money” 08/12/2025Two years after clients of Ericeira’s Millennium BCP bank woke up to the fact that their accounts were missing what amounted, all told, to “millions of euros”, public prosecutors are The post Two years on many people ‘swindled’ by banker “still waiting for their money” appeared first on Portugal Resident.