Environmental Azores
Two new environmental centres are to open in the Azores this year, extending the popular current network which attracted 91,537 visitors from January to October 2013. The interpretative centre of
Bad weather: Azores under red alert
Inclement weather in the Azores today (January 5) led to the cancellation of six SATA flights bound for Flores Island, leaving 306 passengers stranded. A spokesman for the airline said
Azores may be rocket site
Portugal is a leading candidate to replace Guyana as a launch pad for European Space Agency rockets, according to Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education, Maria da Graça Carvalho.
Turtle comes home
After a long voyage, Bartolomeu, the 27kg Caretta Caretta turtle, caught off the coast of the Azores Islands, has returned home. His adventure began when he was caught in a
BSE case in Azores
Health authorities on the Azores islands have confirmed a case of ‘mad cow’ disease in a calf born to an animal imported from Germany. The Lusa news agency reported that