Belgian tourist goes missing on walking trail in Azores
Authorities on São Miguel island, Azores, are still searching for a 54-year-old Belgian tourist who went missing on Sunday while on the walking trail to Lagoa do Fogo. The man’s
English woman, 87, airlifted to hospital from cruise ship off Azores
An 87-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital by a Portuguese naval helicopter on Wednesday after becoming critically unwell on a cruise ship south of São Miguel island in the Azores.
New Azores premier in prospect as hearings with parties begin
Every parliamentary region of Portugal in state of political flux With elections on the mainland in less than three weeks’ time, and the dissolution of parliament tipped for the regional
Political squabbling confuses Azores’ election ‘win’ even further
Party leaders openly blame each other for impasse Since PS Azores’ leader Vasco Cordeiro announced his party will not be supporting the government programme of the ‘winning’ centre-right coalition, PSD
PS/ Azores “does not accept” minority centre-right government that ‘won’ elections last Sunday
“Too much national politics” involved, says Azores PS leader The president of PS/Azores, Vasco Cordeiro, has announced his party will not be supporting the programme of the PSD/CDS/PPM coalition, which
Azores returns coalition of José Manuel Bolieiro
But no absolute majority Something of a ‘cliff-hanger’ elections in the Azores has seen to it that the party of regional PSD leader José Manuel Bolieiro won, in coalition with
Potential impacts of deep sea mining to be studied in Azores
“A lot of international pressure for mining to take place” The Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) is leading a project that aims to assess the potential
4.5 magnitude earthquake felt in Azores
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 was felt on the islands of Terceira and São Jorge early this morning, according to the Azores Seismic Information and Surveillance Centre (CIVISA).
Navy coordinates rescue of crew members of World’s Toughest Row challenge 2000 kms south of Azores
Rescue followed sudden death of former ‘Australian spy’ Alisdair Putt The sudden death of a former Australian spy in the middle of the ocean during the World Toughest Row challenge
Kremlin propagandist advocates taking over Lajes military airbase in Azores
Primetime Russian broadcaster believes all US military bases in Europe should be vacated in favour of Russia One of the Kremlin’s principal ‘propagandists has defended that Russia should occupy all