Two shellfishermen discovered a dead body on Sunday morning, floating in the water the south far side of Faro harbour. 

The men called the authorities at around 08.25 but there was nothing anyone could do as the body clearly was lifeless.

António Costa wants Portugal to "ride the crest of the wave" into the fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Prime Minister was in Leiria to launch ‘Indústria 4.0’, a package of training and innovation initiatives to propel the country’s businesses into the forefront of their sectors.

The economy in Spain grew by 3.2% last year, according to official figures released on Monday.

The result mirrored that of 2015 and was one of the best among EU countries.  Eurostat statistics indicate that average annual growth in the euro block was 1.7% in the third quarter of 2016.

The one year course for 886 trainee tax inspectors is stretching into its third - but not becasue the students are dim.

The Ministry of Finance refuses to announced when this torment will end despite the trainees having completed all the necessary tests to become tax inspectors. As they remain as lowly paid trainees for no good reason, it can be assumed that the reason is cost.

Car manufacturing giant Volkswagen has become the world’s leading car seller.

VW sales in 2016 outpaced those of Japan’s Toyota which been the top seller for the last four years.

Novo Banco bidder, Lone Star, has dropped its insistence that the Portuguese taxpayer should underwrite the bank’s non-performing loan book.

The US fund also is working with un-named Portuguese financial institutions and individuals to improve its image in the eyes of the Bank of Portugal.

Humberto Nunes, a 55-year-old reservist in the GNR, drowned in the Arade while trying to reach the riverbank from his vehicle, which has been stranded mid-way across.

The accident was in the S. Bartolomeu de Messines area of Silves.

There are not as many British expats living in EU countries as had previously been thought, according to research by the Office of National Statistics.

Some 890,000 British citizens are dotted around the EU, with the lion’s share of 308,805 in Spain.