There is now a global glut of oil, resulting from continued production despite falling demand.

The surplus is at its highest level since 2009, according to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec).

Portugal’s Communist Party leader, Jerónimo de Sousa, was in Vila Real de Santo António on Saturday to give a speech that demanded an end to "the campaign of lies and slander" of the previous government's two coalition parties.

Reserving his full ire for the President of the Republic, the Communist leader attacked the way Cavaco Silva had handled the recent political impasse which had demonstrated his partiality for the existing rightwing alliance.

The 300 richest individuals and families in Switzerland have a net worth of 595 billion francs ($581 billion). The figure rose by some six billion francs from 2014, according to Swiss business magazine Bilanz.

The family of the Swedish founder of Ikea, Ingvar Kamprad, remains in the number one position with a fortune estimated at 45 billion francs, up by two billion francs from the year before.

A car skidded, left the road and flipped over in the early hours of Sunday morning near Ferreiras, north of Albufeira, leaving the driver dead and his son seriously injured, according to the local GNR.

The driver Rui Vale, 50, (pictured below) was the father of the 18-year-old who was rushed to Faro hospital where his condition is described as serious.

More people in Spain live in apartments than anywhere else in Europe.

Conversely the country has the lowest percentage in Europe of people living in houses, according to a study by Eurostat.

The European Commission has decreed that refugees who refuse to go to the onward destination chosen for them, will be excluded from the European host system.

If people really don’t want to go to certain countries, they can make an application for asylum in the country where they are, which for most means Greece or Italy.

Lest there was any doubt, it has just been confirmed that we live in a politically weird world. Never mind the shenanigans going on elsewhere in Europe and farther afield, Portugal now has a new government - another new government.

Having muddled through almost two rudderless months since the general election, Portugal finds itself still faced with huge economic problems and now heading towards a highly uncertain 2016 with one of the most unlikely of government setups imaginable.

The body of a former politician in the Madeira regional assembly, Carlos Morgado, has been found in a makeshift grave in the backyard of a house on the island. He had been cut into four sections and buried in black plastic bags.

According to the Judicial Police, the body was found on Thursday following a missing persons case that started in March this year and the arrest of two suspects, one of whom then revealed the location of the grave.