Filming for the popular Game of Thrones television series is set to take advantage again of Spain’s rich heritage.

Season Seven of the fantasy will be shot in a number of locations in Spain, according to HBO.

The Oporto Jewish Community said it has seen an increase in requests by Britsh Jews for naturalisation following the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union.

About 300 British Jews descended from Portuguese Sephardic Jews have requested Portuguese nationality from the Oporto Jewish Community, compared to just five before the British Referendum on European Union membership on June 23.

Alcoutim council has signed a deal that will see the reopening of the Guadiana River Hotel which has been closed for two years.

Currently the town suffers from a lack of accommodation, affecting its ability to attract overnight tourists, with only the Youth Hostel currently offering beds outside of the private accommodation sector.

The tower at Beja castle reopens on July 19th after a €500,000 renovation programme.

The repair and renovation of the Beja castle tower "the highest in Europe" is "a landmark step in the suite of works in progress at this monument," according to the council.

Olhão council has launched a promotional video to encourage an already growing tourism market.

The aim of the promotion is to introduce the many attractions of the city and surrounding countryside that are becoming tourism hotspots alongside a booming housing market.

Portugal’s Prime Minister has told the European Commission that there will be no more State aid for loss-making Novo Banco and if the bank is not sold after the current bidding process, it will be wound up.

However, Portugal’s Finance Minister Mário Centeno has told Brussels that he is ready to put more money in Novo Banco through a renegotiated loan from the Resolution Fund, if the offers for the bank come in low.

The six richest countries in the world host just below 9% of the world’s refugees.

The US, Germany, France, UK, Japan and China accommodate just 2.1 million refugees, according to an Oxfam report.

Switzerland is rapidly reaching its deadline for negotiating an immigration agreement with the European Union.

A Swiss referendum in 2014 called for curbs on immigration. The country’s constitution holds that the decision must be implemented by this coming February.