The Mayor of Faro Rogério Bacalhau claims that the Faro region, and most importantly its capital, does not have enough hotel space to accommodate the number of tourists that he would like to see in the regional capital.

"We have a problem in the city, the problem is a lack of beds. We have a landmark hotel, but the other hotels we have are old, they do their job and are adequate but we can not accommodate large groups coming to town," claims Bacalhau.

Tavira and São Brás councils have reported that there have been hardly any new trees planted after the devastating fires of 2012.

Over 24,000 hectares were affected in one of the worst fires ever seen in the eastern region of the Algarve and the government pledged money for rebuilding affected properties and to set up a support system for those wanting to replant trees.

The Algarve’s Borders and Foreigners Service have been checking up on owners and crew of boats moored in havens across the Algarve region.

The SEF management announced that its men inspected 50 boats and checked the documents of 80 foreigners.

A punch-up at Portimão’s Barlavento Hospital has been taken up by MPs who have asked the Ministry of Health for some clarification.

The fight broke out between two nurses and a Spanish doctor who was accused by the nurses of refusing to help save an elderly woman, who died.

Operation ‘Best Holidays’ is an all out assault on the accommodation sector at its busiest time of the year as tax inspectors across the country, most especially in tourism hotspots such as the Algarve, have been told to concentrate on un-invoiced income by tracing bookings made online.

The 'Best Holidays' operation was tested before national launch with 80 tourist accommodation establishments being tracked and where 30% were found to not to have put all income through the books, primarily from bookings made through third party websites.

Espírito Santo International has submitted a 'controlled management' application to the Luxembourg financial authorities to shield the holding company from creditors.

This application was delivered at the close of business today, Friday 18th July 2014.

The FCO has published its annual British Behaviour Abroad Report 2013-2014.

It helped 17,517 British nationals in trouble overseas, and noted there had been a decrease in some serious types of consular case over the last year.

The pace of people living the UK for lives abroad has slowed to its lowest level in 10 years.

In 2012, there were 286,000 heading out of Britain, the lowest number since 2001. Of these, 126,000 were British passport holders, compared with an average of 152 over the last decade.