Information: President of the Government announces investment to ensure tourism appreciation and sustainability of environmentally important spaces
The President of the Government announced today an investment of nearly three million euros next year in environmentally important spaces in the Region with the aim of ensuring their appreciation by those who visit them as well as their environmental and landscape sustainability. "The proposed investment plan for 2019 provides for an investment of nearly three million Euros for the creation and im... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro highlights contribution of private investment to Region's new economic cycle
The President of the Government stressed today the importance of private investment in consolidating the new economic cycle in the Region, pointing out the example of nearly one thousand applications submitted by entrepreneurs to Competir + incentive system. "In this new phase we are living in our economy, there is a clear focus on private investment by making the best use of mechanisms and incent... more >>

Information: President of the Government delivers new ambulances to fire brigades
The President of the Government delivered new ambulances to fire brigades on the island of São Miguel, being the first of a total of 30 vehicles. They represent an investment of about 1.5 million Euros to reinforce the response capacity of Civil Protection services. "These ambulances are part of a set of 30 vehicles. In this regard, the Government will publish today the international public ... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro opens new Faial Slaughterhouse as part of strategy to strengthen agriculture
The President of the Government opened today a new slaughterhouse on Faial Island, an investment over five million Euros that falls within the strategy to strengthen Azorean agriculture and the competitiveness of the meat sector. "This new Faial slaughterhouse is an example of another tool at the service of Faial and the Regional economy in the context of what I consider to be a structural work u... more >>

Information: Investments amounting to 20 million Euros implement sea strategy for development of Faial and the Region, says Vasco Cordeiro
The President of the Government announced that, after legal formalities are completed, the Government will launch the public tender for the second phase of the redevelopment works of Horta commercial port and the construction of a building to support maritime tourism activities, corresponding to a global investment of 20 million Euros. "Having completed the formalities under the law, namely those ... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro announces increase of investment in agricultural infrastructures in 2019
The President of the Government announced an investment of about 11 million Euros in agricultural infrastructures in 2019, a nine percent increase over this year, which falls within the reduction of production costs incurred by farms as provided for in the regional strategy for the sector. "In the context of the investment plan we are working on, we intend to invest about 11 million Euros in agric... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro congratulates firefighters who became Vice-Champions of the World in Trauma
The President of the Government congratulated in Praia da Vitória the team of Volunteer Firefighters who won the second place in the World Trauma Championship that was recently held in Cape Town, South Africa. "This excellent performance, which confers prestige to the Autonomous Region of the Azores, clearly demonstrates the level of competence, training and preparation of Praia da Vitór... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro re-elected President of organisation representing 150 European regions
The President of the Government of the Azores was re-elected unanimously for a third term as President of the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR), an organisation representing nearly 150 European regions that congregates 200 million inhabitants. The re-election of Vasco Cordeiro for a new two-year term was held Thursday in Funchal at CPMR political bureau, made up of on... more >>

Information: CPMR meets in Madeira at time of great decisions for Regions and Europe, says Vasco Cordeiro
The President of the Government stressed the importance and timeliness of the General Assembly of the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR), which begins today in Madeira, at a time when the future multiannual financial perspectives and the various scenarios proposed by the Commission on the future of the European Union are under discussion. "This meeting takes place at a... more >>

Information: Vasco Cordeiro chairs General Assembly of CPMR in Madeira
The President of the Government will chair the General Assembly of the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions (CPMR) to be held this week in Madeira, the main annual meeting of this interregional cooperation organisation. The opening session will be attended by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The 46th meeting of CPMR will involve the participation of more than 220 de... more >>