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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

• Immigrant shop-keeper stabbed in (yet) another nighttime raid in Lisbon 13/12/2025
  Another immigrant shop-keeper in Lisbon has been seriously injured in a knife attack with an assailant intent on stealing the shop till. The young man ‘fought back’, in spite of The post Immigrant shop-keeper stabbed in (yet) another nighttime raid in Lisbon appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• London Calling – December 2025 13/12/2025
  Deck the Halls…! ‘Christmas comes but once a year’… Whilst this remains true of course, ‘once’ has become longer and longer over the years! It does seem that following the The post London Calling – December 2025 appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Police vow further protests in New Year as government ‘fudges’ salary scales 12/12/2025
  GNR police are planning protests for the New Year to follow the vigil they have already scheduled for outside the prime minister’s official residence next Thursday. The problems are not The post Police vow further protests in New Year as government ‘fudges’ salary scales appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• The Resident Podcast: Portuguese Success, Chinese Laundering & Grumbling Americans 12/12/2025
  In this episode, our fourth, Natasha discusses her three news picks of the week including her considered response to Portugal’s very recent ‘top economy’ award, praise for the nation’s PJ The post The Resident Podcast: Portuguese Success, Chinese Laundering & Grumbling Americans appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• GNR dismantles “industrial scale cryptocurrency mining operation” 12/12/2025
  Six men and one woman have been charged with stealing almost €300,000 worth of electricity used in industrial cryptocurrency mining units in the municipalities of Bombarral, Óbidos and Lourinhã, the The post GNR dismantles “industrial scale cryptocurrency mining operation” appeared first on Portugal Resident.