Greece has suffered the second largest property crash in the EU since the financial crisis.

According to Eurostat, the largest property slump was in Croatia, the EU’s newest member.

Germany plans to hold only muted commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the first world war in which 37 million people were killed or wounded.

Some €4 million has been allocated to events, but this pales compared to the budgets being applied by other key nations involved.

The home of tiramisu is to shut its doors forever at the end of March.

Le Beccherie restaurant in Treviso, northern Italy, is credited with inventing the lush dessert in the 1970s. The accolade is given to the mother of the current owner, Carlo Campeol.

A government minister at last has appreciated that the Algarve’s crumbling EN 125 road needs fixing, upgrading and the planned for by-passes built.

The Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications, Sérgio Silva Monteiro has given the Algarve a choice, road or railway? The answer given to the Minister was for upgrading the EN 125 road which traverses the region from the Spanish border to the region's far west.

Portugal’s Authority for Food and Economic Safety (ASAE) has busied itself inspecting 740 traders during the winter sales period which officially ended last Friday.

No doubt these hard-working ASAE officers were delighted to visit twice the number of shops than usual and spot 110 offenses being committed by dastardly retailers, up from a mere 632 last time.

Vila Real de Santo António and Loulé are in the running to win a top award in the Publituris Portugal Trade Awards 2014.

This is the second year running that Vila Real de Santo António has been short-listed in the Best Council Area for Tourism category. And alongside Loulé is up against stiff competition from Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Sines, Loulé and Ourém.

Portimão Municipal Assembly has approved a motion that seeks the dismissal of regional health boss Pedro Nunes (pictured).

The council approved by a majority the motion put forward by the coalition 'Servir Portimão' (CDS-PP, PPM and MPT) which was seeking the dismissal of the chairman of the board of directors of the Hospitals of the Algarve, Dr Pedro Nunes.

Swedish-owned retailer IKEA Portugal confirmed today that it has started an administrative action in the Court of Loulé to defend its ground over the retail centre and store project that it aimed to have completed sometime in 2015.

This Thursday, a spokesman for the Association of Entrepreneurs of Quarteira and Vilamoura said that it was mounting a class action against the proposers of the development.