Azores geostrategic relevance is growing – defence minister
Helena Carreiras stresses “absolutely central place” Azores has in defence of national maritime territory Portugal’s defence minister, Helena Carreiras, was in Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores today, reiterating
All 10 Portuguese airports “at risk of stopping”
Summer flights chaos just got even more complicated All 10 Portuguese airports (that is, four on the mainland, two in Madeira and four in the Azores) are at risk of
Portugal and Spain “suffering driest climate for 1,200 years”
Research highlights “severe implications for both food production and tourism” Effects of human-caused global heating are blocking vital winter rains, with severe implications for farming and tourism. This is the
EU approves €453m SATA lifeline
The European Commission has approved a State capital injection of €453.25 million for the Azores airline SATA. The cash for SATA Air Açores is to be used to finance a
New US ambassador to Portugal highlights “unique” and “special” role of Azores
Continued importance of Lajes airforce base reinforced The new US ambassador to Lisbon, Randi Charno Levine, has highlighted the “unique” and “special” role that the Azores play in the historic
President returns to São Jorge island to ‘transmit calm’
São Jorge has been in ‘seismo-volcanic crisis’ since March 19 President Marcelo returned to São Jorge island in the Azores yesterday on a second mission to ‘transmit tranquility’ to the
São Jorge island still shaking
…but number of quakes per day ‘falling off’ The abnormal seismic activity registered on the Azores island of São Jorge continues to this day. Since the start of the seismic-volcanic
Azores island “keeps shaking”
Volcanologists fear tremors could trigger “powerful earthquake” The Azores island of São Jorge has been rattled by more than 14,000 small earthquakes in the past seven days. Since admitting to
Azores ‘worried about possible increase in costs of raw materials due to war in Ukraine’
With the Azores regional government today described as “worried with the possible increase in costs of raw materials in the agricultural sector due to the war between Russia and the
SEF starts scheduling appointments for Brits to receive post-Brexit biometric residency cards
The glacial pace of bringing British expats’ ID cards up to speed post-Brexit has warmed slightly today. Borders agency SEF has sent out a press release to say it is