Portugal Resident
 | An editor has determined that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject's notability. (August 2026) |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Open Media Group |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Algarve, Portugal |
| Website | www.portugalresident.com |
Portugal Resident, formerly The Algarve Resident, is an English-language weekly newspaper published in Portugal. Established in 1989, the tabloid newspaper primarily serves an English-speaking readership in the Algarve.[1]
The newspaper was acquired by Open Media Group in 2012.[2]
History
[edit]The Algarve Resident was established in 1989.[1] A 1997 academic paper published by the University of the Algarve examined coverage in The Algarve Resident alongside Portuguese news magazine Visão, comparing how the two publications reported the same story.[3]
In March 2012, Portuguese media industry publication Meios & Publicidade reported that Open Media had acquired Algarve Resident from MMS Publishing. The publication described it at the time as a weekly Algarve newspaper aimed at the foreign resident population of the region.[2]
In 2014, following Open Media's acquisition of Portuguese-language regional newspaper Barlavento, the group said journalists from Algarve Resident and Barlavento were working together.[4]
Publication
[edit]The newspaper primarily serves readers in the Algarve. It is also distributed through newsagents elsewhere in Portugal.
A 2020 study of foreign-language media in the Algarve identified The Algarve Resident and The Portugal News as the two most widely known and read English-language weekly newspapers among the foreign-language media operating in the region.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Where to get the news in Portugal". Expatica Portugal. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- 1 2 Pereira, Elsa (22 March 2012). "Open Media adquire Algarve Resident". Meios & Publicidade (in Portuguese).
- ↑ Mattos-Parreira, Merja (1997). "We do it our way: the Algarve expatriate community in the local press". Sapientia – Universidade do Algarve. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Algarve Resident's owner takes over Portuguese newspaper". algarvedailynews.com. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
- ↑ Torkington, Kate; Ribeiro, Filipa Perdigão; López Romero, Laura (2020). "The Role of Locally-produced Foreign-language Media in the Migration Experiences of Lifestyle Migrants in the Algarve". Journal of Intercultural Communication. 20 (3): 59–73. doi:10.36923/jicc.v20i3.312.