Lajes military airbase in Azores welcomes low-cost flights
Bargain-basement airline Ryanair is the first low-cost company to sign up to use the Lajes military airbase, on the island of Terceira in the Azores. After years of uncertainty over
Volcanic rosé from the Azores
The volcanic islands of the Azores are starting to gain recognition as a wine producing region. In fact, wine has been produced here for many centuries, but it was only
Azores on red alert due to freak hurricane
The islands of the Azores are on red alert today as freak hurricane âAlexâ travels across the archipelago. The worst of the weather is expected this morning, until 11am, with
Tourists in 15-metre death plunge on Azores island
A 32-year-old Portuguese holidaymaker is dead and three others are critically injured after a nine-seater tourist bus plunged 15 metres into a ravine on the tiny Azorean island of Corvo
Police attacked âwith extreme violenceâ in SĂŁo Miguel, Azores
Police union Sinapol has sounded the alert over lack of manpower in the Azores after five of its members were attacked – two with extreme violence – on the island
Azores is âEuropeâs most expensive car rental destinationâ
Often topping lists for good reasons such as its beautiful natural landscapes, the Portuguese archipelago Azores has now been named âEuropeâs most expensive car rental destinationâ. Rent-a-car companies in the
EU ploughs âŹ111 million into Portugal-Spain island cooperation
The European Union (EU) has announced it will be investing âŹ110.6 million to promote âcross-border cooperationâ between Portugalâs archipelagos of Madeira and Azores and Spainâs Canary Islands. The âInterreg V-Aâ
Six-year-old girl dies after seven-hour shipwreck ordeal off Azores
A six-year-old girl who braved seven-and-a-half hours in the ocean with her father amid 10-metre (33-foot) waves after her familyâs yacht sank south of the Azores on Wednesday has tragically
Portugal summons US ambassador over Lajes dismissals
The United States ambassador to Portugal, Robert Sherman, is reported to have been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday following news that the Americans were jumping the
Azores is a little taste of paradise, says Daily Mirror
British newspaper The Daily Mirror is the latest international publication to feature its own article on the beauty of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Written by Sarah Whitfield King,