Human trafficking rose by 25% in the UK during the last year, according to government figures.

The demolition of ‘illegal’ houses in Andalusia is picking up pace again.

A ‘technical meeting’ arranged in Albufeira by Águas do Algarve has resulted in praise for the quality of its tap water.

Game poaching in Kenya has become so aggravated that the authorities are to microchip every rhino in the country.

The Church of Scientology has had its appeal against a fraud conviction quashed by a top court in France.

Consumer spending is on the up in the UK with retail sales at their highest level since the recession hit in 2008.

"We feel wronged, frustrated and angry,” as yet again the car sector takes the brunt in the budget.

"Being without hope is socially dangerous," says the leader of Portugal’s employers' confederation.