The cities with the best air quality in Europe in 2020 and 2021 were the Portuguese cities of Faro and Funchal, and Umeå city, in Sweden, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).

But only if you can afford €2500 per night! The iconic red palace, next to the beach at Armação de Pêra is no longer a family holiday home, but is now luxury holiday accommodation, managed by the Vila Vita Parc resort.

The Municipality of Olhão is in the process of replacing traditional public lighting with LED technology, to make the municipality more efficient and sustainable from an energy point of view.

The Prime Minister, António Costa, said today that the country is better prepared to fight fires, but that should not diminish the responsibility of each and every one of us, to avoid risky behavior that could cause fires.

The European Union is bracing itself for a difficult wildfire season, with hundreds of firefighters from different member states being deployed as the drought in southern European countries could become "the worst ever".

European Central Bank (ECB) supervisory board chairman Andrea Enria has specifically called on some eurozone banks to hold sufficient capital in the face of a possible recession.

British airline, British Airways has cancelled a further 10,300 flights between now and the end of October., many were British flights to the Algarve and Madeira.

Announced last month, the Riksdag, Swedens highest decision-making assembly, decided that the right to take a guarantee pension upon emigration from Sweden will cease from 1st October 2022.