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• We're taking a festive break from Dec 20th 2025, returning on Jan 5th 2026 20/12/2025
  Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year!
• Faro Airport breaks 10 million passenger barrier for record 60th anniversary year: Britons remain biggest market 19/12/2025
  Faro Airport is set to end the year with its strongest performance ever, surpassing the 10 million passenger mark for the first time, a milestone that represents growth of 6% compared with last year.
• President Marcelo vetoes stricter Nationality Law over unconstitutionality: laws to be sent back to Parliament 19/12/2025
  The President of the Republic has vetoed the recently proposed batch of nationality law decrees, following rulings by the Constitutional Court that found parts of the legislation unconstitutional, and returned them to parliament.
• Police officers expose inhumane conditions for immigrant workers in rural Alentejo: Crumbling dirty housing, and criminally low pay 18/12/2025
  Inspectors from Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) presented their work at Beja Court yesterday, 17 December, describing how they had carried out surveillance of migrant workers’ movements as part of ‘Operation Espelho’, and conducted a search of a workers’ house in Serpa that they said was unfit for habitation.
• Defence Minister signs deal with Brazilian aerospace company for new Beja military aircraft factory 18/12/2025
  The Minister of National Defence and the president of the Brazilian company Embraer yesterday signed a letter of intent for the opening of a Super Tucano aircraft factory in Beja, during a ceremony marking the delivery of the first five aircraft.

Portuguese Resident News

• New Year’s Eve events in Algarve cater for all budgets 27/12/2025
• Sea swim in Ferragudo marks first day of 2026 27/12/2025
  The traditional New Year’s Day sea swim will take place in Ferragudo on January 1, 2026, at Praia Grande, at 11am, with around 1,000 people expected to attend, including swimmers The post Sea swim in Ferragudo marks first day of 2026 appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Airport strike called off after agreement with former Groundforce shareholders 27/12/2025
  A strike by former Groundforce workers, planned for New Year’s Eve, has been called off after agreements were reached with the company’s shareholders and validated by the government. The walkout, The post Airport strike called off after agreement with former Groundforce shareholders appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• We need higher wages not motivational speeches – presidential hopeful 27/12/2025
  Presidential candidate António Filipe said on Friday that Portuguese voters need higher wages, not motivational speeches, arguing that pay rises are essential to address what he described as unacceptable income The post We need higher wages not motivational speeches – presidential hopeful appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Portuguese schools still not protected against health risks posed by asbestos 27/12/2025
  Twenty years since the European Union outlawed asbestos in buildings – due to the fact that it is responsible for 75% of professional cancers – and Portugal’s schoolchildren are still The post Portuguese schools still not protected against health risks posed by asbestos appeared first on Portugal Resident.