The British government is to concentrate on workers in construction, cleaning companies and care homes in order to discover if any immigrants working there do not have proper documentation.
Immigration minister James Brokenshire has promised fresh raids and employment checks in another crackdown, saying that firms with illegal workers will be “hit from all angles”.
The rolling three-day strike by Portugal’s nurses will cover the Algarve on Thursday.
Strike action began on Tuesday in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley and continues tomorrow with nursing staff employed in the Alentejo region withdrawing labour.
Since the beginning of the 2015, the Algarve has been referenced in 46,697 articles published in online news media around the world.
The study results from a global monitoring system run by Cision which reports that the Algarve, the holiday destination of choice for many thousands of foreigners every year, has reached a worldwide audience by the use of the worldwide web.
A Pakistani citizen applying under the Golden Visa scheme for residence in Portugal has purchased the central Lisbon luxury apartment owned by José Sócrates.
The Heron Castilho apartment was purchased by the former prime minister, currently in Évora jail, in 1998.
North Korea has said it will change time by moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to create Pyongyang Standard Time.
The move is to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule, according to the KCNA news agency, and will take effect on 15 August.
Passengers flying with easyJet will no longer be guaranteed that their hand luggage will be placed in the cabin. Carry-on could be put instead into the hold even if they are within the size limit.
Bags within the size regulations put in the hold will incur no additional charge, but it means the owners will have to queue at the baggage carousel on arrival.
Over a dozen van loads of Portugal’s feared riot police were called out today to stop a crowd of angry protestors from storming Novo Banco’s head office in Lisbon.
During the demonstration an appeal was made to the prime minister that he should make a decision before the election that "respects fairness and social responsibility" and hand them their money back.
France has been invaded by hornets from Asia which prey on the local bees.
Their activities have caused the production of honey to plummet to a record low as beekeepers have been unable to protect hives from attack.
