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• 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.
• Authorities clarify Brits who are resident in Portugal should not join EES queue at airport – doing so may cause issues 03/12/2025
  Portuguese border authorities officially activated the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) a few months ago, in October, ushering in one of the biggest shake-ups to Schengen border control in decades. The digital scheme replaces passport stamps with centralised electronic records, capturing biometric data from most non-EU travellers, thus including British nationals. 
• President Marcelo ‘in good spirits’ after being rushed into hospital for emergency hernia surgery 02/12/2025
  The President of the Republic, who underwent emergency surgery late on Monday night for an incarcerated hernia at São João Hospital, is expected to be discharged on Wednesday, 2 December, after both the operation and the post-operative period proceeded smoothly.

Portuguese Resident News

• €50 million beachside hotel greenlit in Armação de Pêra 05/12/2025
  The municipal council of Silves has greenlit a massive new €50 million beachside hotel for the coastal tourist town of Armação de Pêra, having issued a construction license for the The post €50 million beachside hotel greenlit in Armação de Pêra appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• General strike next Thursday is “politically motivated”, PM insists 05/12/2025
  With emergency paramedics signing up to the general strike next week – and political parties warning the government to ‘start listening to society’ – the prime minister has repeated his The post General strike next Thursday is “politically motivated”, PM insists appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Americans with golden visas lobby Constitutional Court over Nationality Law 05/12/2025
  American investors with golden visas are lobbying the Constitutional Court over the government’s changes to the Nationality Law. In a legal submission known as Amicus Curiae, the 15 investors – The post Americans with golden visas lobby Constitutional Court over Nationality Law appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Algarve sees rise in Canadian tourists and property buyers 05/12/2025
  Since January 2022, when Air Transat launched its winter flight from Toronto to Faro, growing numbers of Canadian visitors have been seen in the Algarve. Whilst previously, Canadian tourists would The post Algarve sees rise in Canadian tourists and property buyers appeared first on Portugal Resident.
• Government approves new regime for ‘return of illegal immigrants’ 05/12/2025
  Late yesterday afternoon the government approved the new regime for the ‘return of illegal immigrants’.  The document is open to public consultation for one months (from today), and will then The post Government approves new regime for ‘return of illegal immigrants’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.