Information: Considerable area of the central Atlantic will be under the management of the Azores in April
The Regional Secretariat for the Environment and the Sea stated at the Azorean Parliament on Tuesday that a “considerable area” of the central Atlantic will be under the management of the Azores, starting next April. This is the outcome of the decision taken in Bergen (Norway) in September 2010 by the Ministers of the Contracting Parties to the Oslo-Paris Convention, who have decided... 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: Azorean economy converged significantly for the national and European averages in 2008 and 2009
The Regional Government is satisfied with the data released by the INE (National Statistics Institute) on Wednesday regarding the regional accounts in 2008 and 2009, especially with the significant convergence both for the national and European averages which was registered over the last two years. In 2008, the Azores GDP registered a real growth rate of 2.8% when national economy stagnated (0.0... more >>