20 November 2011
After a lifting operation involving a crane, a 6ft male conger eel has been released into the wild so he can find love in the deep waters of the Azores where, hopefully, he will find a mate to reproduce. The conger eel, called Rip, left Macduff Marine Aquarium in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to swim an estimated […]
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19 November 2011
The Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) won the Special Environmental Award at the 2011 PRWeek Awards, promoted by New York based PRWeek Magazine, for its cork promotion campaign “I Love Natural Cork.” The objective of the campaign was to increase, broaden and secure the market for natural cork as the wine closure of choice in the […]
19 November 2011
Several unions representing aviation workers announced Friday they will join the general strike scheduled for November 24 in Portugal. Baggage handlers union, cabin staff union and air traffic controllers unions have said they are supporting the protest against the government’s austerity measures. Portuguese airport operator ANA said passengers expecting to fly after 10:00pm on November […]
19 November 2011
Moody’s Investors Services downgraded Friday the debt rating of the Azores from B3 to B1, four notches below investment-grade status to a negative outlook, leaving the door open for another possible cut. The rating agency considered that there are “significant risks” in financing the Autonomous Region which has very high levels of direct and indirect […]
18 November 2011
The Azores Surfers and Bodyboarders Union (USBA), in partnership with the Terceira Surf Association and the Portuguese Surf Federation, is hosting the Azores Islands Bodyboarding Festival 2011 to be held November 18-20 at Santa Catarina, Praia da Vitoria, Terceira island. Santa Catarina is known as the “European Hawaii”. Sponsored by the Government of the Azores, […]
18 November 2011
Every year the population of the Azores participates in the “SOS Cagarro” initiative a program aimed to preserve the Cory’s Shearwaters species which nests in the Azores. “Cagarro” is the Portuguese name for the Cory’s Shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) a bird of the albatross family named after the American ornithologist Charles B. Cory. About 60% of the […]
