04 July 2011
The Mayor of Ponta Delgada city, Berta Cabral, announced she is a candidate for President of the Regional Government of the Azores in 2012. She made the announcement Saturday, while addressing the Social Democratic Party regional convention held in Angra do Heroismo city, Terceira island. Berta Cabral, 58, the leader of the Social Democrat Party […]
03 July 2011
Geoffrey Wells was born in a mining town in South Africa. His historically-based debut novel, A Fado for the River, is a thriller about love, liberation and self-determination. The narrative captures the turmoil in Mozambique at the time of the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, which marked the end of Portugal’s colonialism and the new […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Mozambique, People
02 July 2011
Starting July 4, Lisbon authorities are enforcing a city ordinance which bans vehicles without a catalytic converter from circulating downtown. The ban was approved by the city council on May 18, 2011. According to the ban, cars that don’t comply with the new regulations will not be allowed to drive between Avenida da Liberdade and […]
01 July 2011
Portugal’s Parliament passed the austerity measures package proposed by the newly elected center-right government coalition. The document presented to Parliament on Wednesday, for debated on Thursday and Friday, passed with no opposition objections. In a brief statement to the press, Prime Minister elect Passos Coelho said, “With the Parliament endorsement, the government has now all […]
01 July 2011
According to António Gomes de Menezes, CEO of Azores based SATA Group, after a net profit of 1.024 million-euros ($1.48 million USD) in 2009, the Azorean airline company reported a loss of 3.5 million-euros ($5 million USD) in 2010, representing deficit of 1.38% of its total income, with an estimated loss of €2.39 euros ($3.45 […]
Posted in Azores, Featured, Madeira, São Miguel, Travel
30 June 2011
The resident population of Portugal increased by 199,000 people (1.9%) in the last decade to a total of 10,560,000 — reported Thursday the National Institute of Statistics (INE) based on preliminary results from the 2011 Census underway. The resident population in the Azores islands also increased 1.79%, over the past ten years, to 246,102 inhabitants. […]
