Information: Government moves ahead with the structuring of the Azores Marine Park
The Government will move ahead with the structuring of the Azores Marine Park “in order to ensure the protection and proper management of marine areas protected for environmental purposes, which are located in the Azores sea and managed by the self-government bodies of the Region.” The announcement was made by the Regional Secretary of the Presidency on Wednesday when he presented th... more >>

Information: Representatives of the Azorean and National Governments to meet under the National Reform Plan integrated in the Europe 2020 Strategy
The Secretary of the Presidency and the Regional Under Secretary for European Affairs and External Cooperation will meet with the Secretary of State for European Affairs, Pedro Lourtie, and the Secretary of State for Energy and Innovation, Carlos Zorrinho, who is also the National Coordinator of the Europe 2020 Strategy, in the context the Azores participation in the drafting of the National Refor... more >>

Information: Santa Maria Youth Hostel will benefit the island and youth tourism
The construction of the Santa Maria Youth Hostel “is being carried out at a good pace, respecting the deadlines that estimate its conclusion by February 2012,” stressed the Regional Secretary of the Presidency during a visit to the construction site of that public infrastructure. André Bradford stressed the “dynamics of the youth travel market,” which “has regi... more >>

Information: Government promotes round of meetings with media companies
The Regional Secretary of the Presidency, André Bradford, will hold a round of meetings with private sector media companies in the Azores in coming days with the purpose of carrying out a mid-term assessment regarding the operation of the Regional Programme to Support Private Media, PROMEDIA, the effectiveness of the available support lines, their use by companies and the need to make some ad... more >>

Information: Six Azorean youngsters chosen to do a traineeship at Walt Disney Resort
Six Azorean students from the Ponta Delgada Tourism and Hotel School were chosen to do traineeship at the Walt Disney Resort, precisely at the Disney World theme park, located in Florida, United States. This traineeship is integrated in one of the Cooperation programmes, funded under the Lajes Air Base Agreement, which is now in its fourth edition. This programme was established in 2008 and has pr... more >>

Information: Government creates two new programmes to improve employability conditions
The Government of the Azores announced on Thursday the creation of two new programmes with the purpose of improving the employability conditions and promoting professional qualification in the archipelago. The L+ Programme (reconversion, monitoring and recovery programme for Azorean youngsters with a Bachelor or a Master’s Degree) and FIOS Programme (Training, Integration and Social Occupati... more >>

Information: Government moves ahead with plan to improve “Azores pineapple”
The Government will move ahead with a plan to improve “Azores Pineapple” in order to reinforce the production quality and marketing. The decision, announced by the Secretary of the Presidency in Ponta Delgada on Monday, was approved at the meeting of the Council of the Government held last Wednesday. The “Azores Pineapple,” with acknowledged Protected Designation of Origin ... more >>

Information: Government highlights success of “Circus Campaign – Do you know what social Europe can do for you?”
The Regional Under Secretary for European Affairs and External Cooperation stressed in Ponta Delgada “the great satisfaction of the Government, not only for the possibility to bring an initiative of the European Commission which covered more than 30 cities of the twenty-seven Member States to the “European Region of the Year 2010,” but also for the significant participation and i... more >>

Information: Government establishes open communication with workers at Lajes Air Base
The representatives of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in the Permanent Bilateral Commission and the Labour Commission f the Agreement on Cooperation and Defence between Portugal and the United States, Francisco Tavares and Paula Ramos, met again with Portuguese workers at Lajes Air Base on Terceira Island on Thursday night. During the “open” meeting, as he defined to journalists a... more >>

Information: Tourist information professionals with activity subject to regulations
The activity carried out by tourist information professionals in the Azores will be subject to regulation under the terms of a law proposal passed by the Council of the Government on Flores this week. With this initiative, the Azorean Government intends to regulate an activity “that had been carried out by non-skilled professionals, by professionals without professional licence or with inade... more >>