People in Portugal save a higher percentage of their wages than those in Britain.

British savers, in fact, were found to be amongst the worst in the EU.

Scottish whisky was touched into the long grass after a Japanese single malt was declared the best in the world.

Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 was given the title by the 2015 World Whisky Bible, which is compiled by whisky expert Jim Murray.

Águas do Algarve management today said that it wants to take over the responsibility of supplying water to the end user, a business that until now the region’s councils have carried out, often at a huge mark up.

Águas do Algarve's director Isabel Soares says that only by controlling the supply to the end user, and taking over the billing, can it equalise the price and assure customers of the quality of the water supplied.

More than half the people in the UK think the country should be part of the European Arrest Warrant.

The warrant requires EU countries to arrest and transfer a suspected criminal to the country which requested the warrant so that that person can be tried.

The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) has launched a campaign to stop the sale of wild birds destined for cages or the pot.

"Say NO to birds in the cage and on the plate," aims to draw attention to the illegal capture and sale of migratory birds, a practice that threatens bird populations.

Portugal's PM, Pedro Passos Coelho said on Saturday that he relies on and totally believes the unemployment figures from the National Statistics Institute and that they are of course concerning but heading downwards.

Last Friday the debate in parliament centred on the figures and how they are fiddled, massaged and how tens of thousands are excluded by the figures by cunning governmental schemes and definitions.

A hardline proposal has been signed by the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble and the Minister of the Economy, Sigmar Gabriel and has been delivered to the European Commission.

Germany wants to tighten its grip on the reform process in the euro area, arguing that the recommendations of the European Commission are binding and that countries that do not comply within a specified period will be penalised with cuts in funding.

Heathrow Airport says it is having to turn business to its rival airports in France and Germany because it does not have capacity.

Heathrow’s CEO said there is a waiting list of 30 international airlines applying to begin new routes or increase the number of their flights.