In the period this year to August, 48 people have been ripped off by renting a house or apartment online, only to find that it does not exist.
Most cases have been in the Algarve with the internet scammers making off with between €200 and €2,000 per victim, according to the police who have been logging a disturbing number of complaints.
Ireland’s tax authorities have forced Airbnb to disclose Irish customer details to see if tax is being paid by property owners on their rental earnings.
An Airbnb spokesman told the Daily Mail: "We have informed hosts about the legal requirement for Airbnb Ireland to report host earnings to the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. This is a legal requirement for Airbnb Ireland - similar to our obligation to report host earnings in the US."
Bucking a national trend, bullfighting is set to resume in Spain’s northern city of San Sebastián.
A ban in place for the last three years has been lifted by the city’s recently elected coalition of the Basque Nationalist party and the Socialists. Ending the prohibition was one of the first actions the authorities took.
The Chinese group Anbang Insurance now is in exclusive negotiations to buy Novo Banco, announced the Bank of Portugal today.
Should Anbang Insurance fail to reach a satisfactory agreement, second in line is the US fund Apollo which is still keen. The other Chinese company, Fosun, is out of the running.
On the August 29th, the last Saturday of the season, the hugely popular White Night returns to Loulé billed as the official farewell party to a scorching summer.
The council-sponsored event has had a chequered history through recent years of austerity but with council finances in better shape, the mayor and councillors agreed that the event should go ahead as it boosts local trade and makes everyone happy.
The number of people from EU countries who are working in the UK has tipped over the 2 million mark for the first time.
The figures, from the Office for National Statistics show that nearly half are from Eastern Europe.
Portugal’s dry conditions have contributed to dozens of serious fires, the worst of which is still blazing across Serra da Estrela national park tonight, Tuesday.
Over 400 firemen are trying to tackle the blaze which started on Monday afternoon but have had no lasting success.
The majority of those Portuguese on Interpol’s hit list are wanted by the Brazilian judicial authorities to comply with prison sentences for drug trafficking and international people trafficking for sexual exploitation.
The former deputy PSD leader Duarte Lima is on the list and will be arrested should he leave Portuguese territory.
