Portugal’s airports received 8.8 million passengers in the second quarter of 2013, 4.9% more than in the same period last year, led by Faro which was up 6.1%.

Portugal is six from the bottom of the European league for customers buying on line.

The Portuguese state has paid compensation of over €1 million as requested by the European Court of Human Rights for "moral damages" to 217 victims of slow justice.

The newly elected Mayor of Faro, Rogério Bacalhau, is determined to legalise the illegal houses of Culatra and the helipad that was built without permission or license.

When two Chinese tourists tried to pay their hotel bill with one-euro coins, the police were called.

Madrid suffered a drop in tourists this summer, while other parts of Spain saw numbers rise.

Ireland is poised to exit its EU-IMF bailout programme, but plans to keep its austerity measures in place, according to analysts.

Consumer credit, mortgages and deposit accounts are the areas that have received the most complaints by customers so far this year.