Information: President of the Government expresses "deep regret" for Boston tragedy
The President of the Government sent today a message to the Governor of Massachusetts to express his "deep regret" for the tragedy that took place in Boston following the explosions during the Marathon. "The cowardly attack to citizens, to the city of Boston and to the many participants in one of its most iconic events, resulting from the explosion of bombs yesterday, deserves the strong condemn... more >>

Information: New generation of incentives available to businesspeople from January 2014, announced Vasco Cordeiro
The Regional Government will present the legal framework for the new generation of incentive schemes at the Legislative Assembly later this year so that Azorean businesspeople may apply for the new support measures to investments from January 1, 2014, announced the President of the Government. "Contrary to what happened in the past, the Government intends to present the new legal framework fo... more >>

Information: Regional Government amends Professional Integration Programme of "Estagiar L" and "Estagiar T" programmes to boost employability of trainees
The Regional Government has decided to make amendments to the Professional Integration Programme of "Estagiar L" and "Estagiar T" (PIIE) programmes to allow employers to hire trainees that have undertaken traineeships at other entities or at regional and local administration services. Nevertheless, the decision taken by the Council of the Government that met in Santa Cruz da Graciosa requires tha... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro ensures Government's commitment to reinforce competitiveness of Agriculture
The President of the Government assured on Monday the Government's commitment to reinforce the competitiveness of the agricultural sector through the public investment in rural roads as well as in the improvement of water and power supply to regional farms. "These investments are important for the Government of the Azores and are also part of the strategy to strengthen our economy, because only th... more >>

Information: Council of the Government approves 14 specific measures to the island of São Jorge
The Regional Government has approved 14 specific measures for the island of São Jorge at a meeting of the Council of the Government that was held in the context of the Government's visit to this island. The Government has also decided to grant financial support to Calheta Town Hall corresponding to the allocation of Community funding in the form of non-repayable subsidy for the renewal w... more >>

Information: Regional Government approved the Strategic Plan for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship
The Government of the Azores has adopted the Strategic Plan for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship 2013-2016, which intends to provide the Region with a tool that allows to control the main structural factors, through a series of coherent and consistent measures, in order to stimulate entrepreneurship. According to the press release of the meeting held by the Council of the Government on São... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro regrets that the National Government refused to support the Azores for the damages caused by bad weather
The President of the Azorean Government regretted the fact that the National Government refused to support the Region to recover from the damages caused by the bad weather that has recently hit the archipelago, despite being aware that 90% of the damages occurred in areas under the jurisdiction of the Regional Government. "If 90 percent of the damages occurred in areas that are under the Regi... more >>

Information: Members of the Regional Government met with São Jorge islanders
Members of the Regional Government welcomed on Tuesday nearly fifty São Jorge citizens in the first of two meetings to be held under the Government's statutory visit to the island of São Jorge. This initiative is intended to hear the local population on matters they consider relevant. With these meetings, unprecedented in statutory visits, the Regional Government aims to establish a cl... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro wants the Azores to become national reference in sea-related sectors
The President of the Government defended today that the region has the conditions to become a national reference, within a decade, in three sea-related sectors: nautical tourism, commercial exploitation of marine resources and the balance between environmental policies and economic potentialities. "We have the potential and conditions to, within a decade, transform the Azores in a reference Regi... more >>

Information: European broadcasters to meet in the Azores to analyse international cooperation
The Executive Committee of the Bruges Group, which is composed by ten European public television stations providing international broadcasting service and two representatives of Eurovision, will meet in Ponta Delgada on March 26. This year's meeting will be supported by the Azorean Government. Chaired by the former director of RTP/Açores and current director of RTP, SA, Lopes de Araújo... more >>