21 November 2011
Many thousands of workers are expected to participate in the general strike called for next Thursday by CGTP and UGT the two largest Portuguese labor union confederations. Demonstrations are planned in many cities on strike day, with attention centered on a march and rally set for Lisbon, the capital. Union leaders and 15,000 union activists […]
Posted in Portugal
21 November 2011
The Massachusetts Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Government of the Azores, organized a Thanksgiving dinner celebration, held in Ponta Delgada Sunday, dedicated to the many deportees sent back to the islands from the United States. Thomas M. Hodgson, Bristol County Sheriff, travelled to Ponta Delgada last week with a team of volunteers […]
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 […]
Posted in Azores
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 […]
