Inditex, the largest fashion retailer in the world, has reported its slowest growth in profit for five years.
The retail giant owns Zara and a host of other fashion outlets, such as Massimo Dutti and Bershka.
It has become renowned for its fast-fashion and producing clothing from its base in northern Spain where it is controlled by Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega.
Falesia beach, Albufeira has reached the top 25 European beaches as listed in the 'Traveller's Choice 2014' section of TripAdvisor Europe.
In the national vote, the beach is number one for 'Best Beach Destination - 2014' while in the European ranking the beach is ranked above than many well known Mediterranean beach destinations.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 on the Richter scale with an epicenter just 30 kilometres south of Faro was recorded on Tuesday at 12.16 by stations in the Continental Seismic Network of the Portuguese Institute of Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA).
The epicenter was in one of the oil exploration blocks where the Repsol and Partex partnership have been carrying out exploratory work in recent months.
Gordon Ramsay is ready to verbally lash British expats running restaurants in Europe.
His Kitchen Nightmares TV programme is aiming to recruit British-run businesses that need help.
The Spanish enclave of Melilla has come under renewed attack with some 600 people storming their way in on Tuesday.
This was the largest surge in migrant numbers trying to gain access in nearly a decade, according to Spanish officials.
Venice is close to losing its battle against enormous cruise ships when it was ordered to permit them back into its delicate lagoon.
A law introduced last November set out to reduce the number of cruise ships of more than 40,000 tons which could enter.
The Algarve’s 16 councils unanimously have agreed with local unions to adopt a 35-hour working week and today signed a document to reduce the working week from the statutory 40 hours.
Nobre dos Santos of the Trade Union Federation of Public Administration (FESAP) commented, "For us the deal is irreversible and does not need any more discussion," adding a veiled threat that there are further actions his members can taken if the agreement is not cleared by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General's Advisory Board.
A shortage of certain drugs in the Ayamonte and Huelva areas of Spain has brought eager buyers to the Algarve to stock up.
A Spanish couple has been arrested by the GNR military in Loulé, firstly on suspicion of drug trafficking. The pair was in possession of a suspiciously large amount of heroin that they had bought in Portugal in the face of domestic shortages.
