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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

• PM delights in “exceptional international recognition” 11/12/2025
  Compiling data on five economic indicators – inflation, the diversion of inflation, GDP, employment and unemployment – the magazine describes Portugal’s results as “as sweet as a pastel de nata”. The post PM delights in “exceptional international recognition” appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Chinese businessman laundered over €200 million through accounts of 400 shell companies 11/12/2025
  Yesterday’s PJ ‘coup’ over the dismantling of an ‘international money-laundering network’ steered clear of pointing the finger too brazenly. Today, the focus of this investigation has become much more clear: The post Chinese businessman laundered over €200 million through accounts of 400 shell companies appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Edgar Martins awarded Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize 2025 11/12/2025
  Edgar Martins won the Grand Prize of the Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize 2025, awarded by the SAF Association, with the work Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He The post Edgar Martins awarded Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize 2025 appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Man arrested after “crime of passion” killing in Lagos 11/12/2025
  PJ police have arrested a 55-year-old man in Lagos on strong suspicion of stabbing another man to death in what investigators describe as a crime of “passion”. According to the The post Man arrested after “crime of passion” killing in Lagos appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Strike? What strike? Government suggests support between 0-10% 11/12/2025
  With the media describing a country with multiple sectors off-work today, the government is saying quite the opposite – suggesting the “mass adhesion” reported by syndicates is more like a The post Strike? What strike? Government suggests support between 0-10% appeared first on Portugal Resident.