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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

• Road fund tax hokey-cokey: government changes rules again 12/12/2025
  Anyone trying to keep up with ever-changing rules in this country may have missed this one, as it came in during a press conference that set tongues wagging for another The post Road fund tax hokey-cokey: government changes rules again appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Silves council calls public meeting amid backlash to beachside hotel project 12/12/2025
  Silves municipal council is bracing for a heated night on Thursday, December 18, when locals will get their first chance to directly grill officials over the new €50 million hotel The post Silves council calls public meeting amid backlash to beachside hotel project appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Wine production falls 20% this year 12/12/2025
  Wine production is expected to fall 20% this year to its lowest level in a decade, despite ‘good quality’, and the price of olive oil is expected to fall 5%, The post Wine production falls 20% this year appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Algarve’s iconic ‘Dom Rodrigo’ sweet wins protected status 12/12/2025
  The Portuguese government has officially approved the granting of protected status to one of the Algarve’s most cherished treats – the Dom Rodrigo. The decision to register the sweet as The post Algarve’s iconic ‘Dom Rodrigo’ sweet wins protected status appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Socialists fear “governmentalisation” of Lusa news agency 12/12/2025
  In the wake of the fairly ‘extraordinary’ government take on the effects of yesterday’s general strike, PS Socialists are requesting a parliamentary hearing with Minister of the Presidency António Leitão The post Socialists fear “governmentalisation” of Lusa news agency appeared first on Portugal Resident.