A pack of eight wild wolves has been spotted just 50 kms from Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city. They were strolling down a woodland path.

The animals are gradually spreading westward across northern Europe. But the farther west they go, the more they enter densely populated areas.

Nearly half of British business leaders say they value their current ties to Europe. According to 45%, Britain’s relationship with the EU should remain the same as it is presently.

Only 1% said they wanted the UK to get out of the European Union.

Germany and the UK are in the midst of a quarrel over spying.

With the publication of the leaked Snowden documents last year, which suggested that the UK and the US had been spying on Germany, the German parliament set up a parliamentary enquiry.

Pousadas de Portugal performed better last year than its management expected.

Miguel Velez, the man at Pousadas de Portugal which is managed by the Pestana Group, said the results were "very encouraging,” with national and foreign client numbers up showing results that were "better than initial expectations."

Cash in running out of favour in the UK as “contactless” cards rise in popularity.

These ‘tap and go’ payments are made by swiping debit or credit cards on a terminal.   By 2014 some 58m such cards were in use in the UK, with transactions more than trebled during the year worth £2.3bn.

A man and a woman in their 30s were found with severe head injuries by a GNR officer on Thursday morning on the access road between the Lake Resort Hotel and the popular Falésia Beach in Vilamoura.

Each had been shot in the head but were still alive when they were attended to by GNR personnel at around 10.30am.

The Safe Residence Programme was created in 2010 for the Loulé area after a wave of violent robberies affected owners of many high value properties.

The scheme now is being rolled out across the region and each registered resident will have their properties geo-referenced and numbered to enable the security forces to respond quickly without getting confused as to which house has been targeted.

The Algarve’s official unemployment rate rocketed in the last quarter of 2014, from 11.2% to 14.9%, making the tourism-dependent region the worst performer in the country.

The national unemployment rate grew from 13.1% to 13.5% in quarter 4, but only four regions recorded increases, led by the Algarve.