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• Albufeira: Bird flu outbreak prompts ban on poultry markets and mandatory confinement of domestic birds 05/12/2025
  Portugal’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 05/12/2025
  Across 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 04/12/2025
  The 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’ 04/12/2025
  The 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’ 03/12/2025
  The 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.

Portuguese Resident News

• For your holiday celebration bubbles, make them pink and skip the flutes 11/12/2025
  This sparkling is made in the traditional method, with minimal intervention and no added sugar (brut nature) and is packed with flavor. It is a blend of mostly Baga and The post For your holiday celebration bubbles, make them pink and skip the flutes appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Syndicates describe “mass adhesion” to today’s general strike 11/12/2025
  With today’s general strike already set to spill over into Friday (giving public sector workers yet another long weekend) warnings are that this is ‘just the beginning’. The hope expressed The post Syndicates describe “mass adhesion” to today’s general strike appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Hospital insists it followed all necessary protocol over patient who ‘turns up dead after 26 days’ 11/12/2025
  The body of an elderly man found yesterday near the Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) of the Lisbon PSP had been admitted to and discharged from the A&E department of Lisbon’s The post Hospital insists it followed all necessary protocol over patient who ‘turns up dead after 26 days’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Fugitive in major Spanish financial scandal arrested in Algarve 11/12/2025
  A key figure in one of Spain’s most notorious financial misconduct cases has been captured in the Algarve after nearly two years on the run. Portugal’s PJ police, working closely The post Fugitive in major Spanish financial scandal arrested in Algarve appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Christmas magic in Albufeira 11/12/2025
  Albufeira has pulled out all the stops for Christmas. From ice rinks and festive markets to giant nativity displays, the holiday spirit is spreading across every corner of the municipality The post Christmas magic in Albufeira appeared first on Portugal Resident.