Morocco’s King Mohammed VI switched on the first phase of the world’s largest concentrated solar plant today in the southern town of Ouarzazate. A ceremony was held to officially inaugurate Noor 1 and break ground on the second phase which includes the Noor 2 and 3 projects.

Noor 1 provides 160 megawatts (MW) of electricity for 650,000 local people with power from dawn until three hours after sunset, The Guardian reported.

Danish utility Dong Energy announced Wednesday that it will build the world’s largest offshore wind farm off the UK's Yorkshire coast.

With a 1.2-gigawatt capacity, the Hornsea Project One will be the world’s first offshore wind farm to exceed one gigawatt in capacity, making it the world’s largest by a “considerable margin,” the company said.

Southern European countries remain mired in chronic unemployment eight years after the financial crash.

Labour market data shows that the unemployment rate in the 19-nation eurozone fell to 10.4%.

"The end of a difficult period of almost two years," according to Filipe Santiago after the completion of the sale of Tivoli hotels to Thai-owned Minor Hotel Group.

The €294 million deal has dragged on for 18 months due to a Special Revitalisation Process, the seizure of assets and an unwanted legal claim by Montepio bank.

Property buying activity in Portugal stagnated last December, according to the 'Portuguese Housing Market Survey' released today, which regarded December as "a temporary trend" while predicting that sales will grow throughout 2016.

Based on responses from estate agents, dull sales last December were mitigated by demand for leases which continued to strengthen, leading to a growth in rental prices achieved.

The floods that swept through Albufeira’s downtown area last November 1st, caused an estimated €20 million of damage and associated losses, €5 million of which were not covered by insurance policies.

Over 200 residents, bar owners and shopkeepers were affected as a prolonged downpour overwhelmed the inadequate flood relief systems completed in defiance of expert opinion by the council, led at the time by Desidério Silva who has remained silent on the issue. 

Despite the widely held view that the Portuguese drink sensibly, blending moderate wine consumption with the healthy Mediterranean diet, the figures show a different picture as 3% of the population "have a consumption level considered high risk or harmful."

The number of registered alcoholics in treatment at the end of 2014 was just shy of 12,000 but health experts agree that the realistic figure is nearer 60,000 people in need of treatment.

A British tourist died from excessive heat while on the sun bed he was using in Ibiza.

Neil Murphy, 43, died on the first day of his holiday, an inquest has heard.