The Council of Ministers has approved new laws to establish a system of registration for drones which now will need to have civil liability insurance to cover damage caused to third parties.

"The objective is clear: to strengthen the safety and operation of this sector, which is very important and is developing in a significant way in our country," said the Minister of Planning and Infrastructure, Pedro Marquês.

Caixa Geral de Depósitos lost over €50 million in the first half of 2017 which is "in accord with the institution’s strategic plan" according to Paulo Macedo.

In the presentation of the half-yearly results, the Caixa Geral president said that "bank account charges are stable, are the lowest in the market, but that they will increase, as in the bank's strategic plan" that he says was agreed with the government but is fiercely opposed by customers and opposition MPs.

Vila do Bispo council has won the regional prize for Municipality of the Year Award 2017, due its Sagres U-boat project.

The municipality sent in its project, hoping to get some sort of recognition but mayor Adelino Soares was delighted to receive first prize from the panel at the University of Minho.

Alcoutim council is continuing with its financial juggling trick of keeping local taxes at the lowest possible level while recognising its need for income to run essential local services.

The council knows that it must make living in the Alcoutim municipality as reasonably priced as possible and, with this in mind, continues to forego the collection of a 5% income tax supplement from residents and is keeping municipal taxes at the lowest level - just 0.3%.

The arrest and pending extradition reported yesterday of a Briton living in Almancil (here) was of the Welsh 1980s golfing champion, Duncan Evans, who was nabbed by police on the fairway of a Quinta do Lago course.

Evans is wanted in the UK for a €22 million carousel VAT fraud after losing an appeal in June 2016.

The A4E - Airlines for Europe - association warned today of "huge delays" for incoming passengers who face queues of up to four hours at Lisbon airport and others in Spain, France, Italy and Belgium.

In today’s statement, the association noted that thousands of flights recently have had to be been postponed at European airports because of the new processing control procedures that leave many unable to get through border control in time.

A fire in a warehouse unit near the Algarve Shopping centre in Guia took hold last night but the fire service was hampered by a seriously congested EN125 road, standpipes with no water and the confusion that the firefighters had been called to a forest fire, not to a burning building.

Despite this, the Albufeira firefighters arrived in less than ten minutes but found the Neoparts warehouse fully ablaze with around 20 vehicles inside, along with tyres and car components.

After more than a month, the list of names of those who died in the Pedrógão Grande fire has been released by the Attorney General.

Despite swirling rumours and deepening suspicion that there were more deaths than originally reported, the final figure remains at 64, with the proviso by the Attorney General’s office this this figure is to "the best of its knowledge."