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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

• Portuguese businessman at centre of €37 million golden visa pyramid-scheme 06/12/2025
  Público reports on how a Portuguese businessman “diverted tens of millions of euros from ‘golden visa’ investors by selling apartments that did not exist and promising “impossible returns” for their The post Portuguese businessman at centre of €37 million golden visa pyramid-scheme appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Airports’ ‘rigorous, state-of-art’ border controls may be shelved for Christmas 06/12/2025
  Portugal’s Internal Security System (SSI) “acknowledges that European border controls for non-EU citizens may be suspended during Christmas to avoid queues at airports”, trumpet reports today – following weeks and The post Airports’ ‘rigorous, state-of-art’ border controls may be shelved for Christmas appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Where would the Portuguese (not) emigrate? 06/12/2025
  And for those choosing Portugal for retirement or economic advantage, the fact that we do so will most likely be a known and not unusual tactic in our country of The post Where would the Portuguese (not) emigrate? appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Portugal risks being in EU ‘spending bad books’ by spring 05/12/2025
  Portugal is at risk of “violating European rules on expenditure control” – and if this happens, it could end up back in what is called an ‘Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP)’. The post Portugal risks being in EU ‘spending bad books’ by spring appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• The Resident Podcast: Today’s News Review with journalist Natasha Donn 05/12/2025
  The conversation turns also to next week’s general strike, assessing its likely impact and outcome, concluding with some analysis of Portugal’s persistent and inexcusable standing levels of poverty despite perpetual political The post The Resident Podcast: Today’s News Review with journalist Natasha Donn appeared first on Portugal Resident.