The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has removed the Iberian lynx from its 'red list' of species in critical danger of extinction in an announcement described by the organisation as "fantastic news."

The animal has been reclassified by the IUCN, based in Switzerland, as "in danger" which is one level lower than critically endangered.

The paperwork was signed today allowing TAP to become privatly ownered.

Gateway now owns 61% of the former state airline as an inquiry starts in Brussels into whether the rules of ownership have been followed correctly.

As many as 100 British people are believed to have been arrested in France over the course of the last year for their role in attempting to smuggle illegal migrants into the UK.

Migrants gathered in Calais are desperate to cross the Channel by any means, and smugglers are increasingly targeting private cars and vans in addition to lorries, according to Julie Colaert, deputy public prosecutor in Calais.

French winemakers have been more than a little embarrassed to discover that they have named this year’s rosé “crap”.

The St Tropez collective wine cellar chose the name “Mist” to their vintage which they thought was an interesting way to say Made in Saint-Tropez.

The socialist party has demanded that the government makes up its mind on the current Uber taxi situation , calling for "urgent intervention" to regulate the private taxi company which launched its controversial service in Lisbon.

Socialist MP, Rui Paulo Figuereido formally has asked the government whether it considers Uber Portugal’s activities as lawful and duly regulated, or whether the law is being broken.

EU leaders are likely to agree to the creation of a quarantine system for migrants entering Italy, Malta and Greece. A draft document appears to call for “structured border zones and facilities”.

Such areas would allow for identification, quick registration, and fingerprinting.

More than 32,000 foreigners applied for Portuguese nationality in 2014, an increase of 7.4% compared to 2013, according to today's report, ‘Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum,’ but the overall foreign population is down.

The document issued by the Foreigners and Borders Service said the agency had received 32,349 applications with the majority from Brazilian nationals.

The economy of the eurozone is said to be in the best shape it has been in for four years.

Outside the power houses of Germany and France, growth in both output and job creation was seen to be the best in eight years.