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Angra do Heroísmo(107)Calheta(7)Corvo(7)Horta(31)Lagoa(3)Lajes das Flores(14)Lajes do Pico(1)Madalena(19)Nordeste(3)Ponta Delgada(177)Povoação(3)Praia da Vitória(297)Ribeira Grande(46)Santa Cruz da Graciosa(8)Santa Cruz das Flores(2)São Roque do Pico(1)Velas(10)Vila do Porto(16)Vila Franca do Campo(7)
Angra do Heroísmo(107)Calheta(7)Corvo(7)Horta(31)Lagoa(3)Lajes das Flores(14)Lajes do Pico(1)Madalena(19)Nordeste(3)Ponta Delgada(177)Povoação(3)Praia da Vitória(297)Ribeira Grande(46)Santa Cruz da Graciosa(8)Santa Cruz das Flores(2)São Roque do Pico(1)Velas(10)Vila do Porto(16)Vila Franca do Campo(7)







  • Angra do Heroísmo(107)
  • Calheta(7)
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  • Nordeste(3)
  • Ponta Delgada(177)
  • Povoação(3)
  • Praia da Vitória(297)
  • Ribeira Grande(46)
  • Santa Cruz da Graciosa(8)
  • Santa Cruz das Flores(2)
  • São Roque do Pico(1)
  • Velas(10)
  • Vila do Porto(16)
  • Vila Franca do Campo(7)
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Recent stories

Sailboat crew member prohibited from leaving the country

📍 Azores⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

He travelled with the corpse of the German skipper.

cmjornal.pt15 Jun
Sailboat crew member prohibited from leaving the country

Sailed with a corpse on board for three days

📍 Azores⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#crime-report+1 more

The Maritime Police found approximately 300 grams of cocaine and several syringes inside the vessel.

cmjornal.pt14 Jun
Sailed with a corpse on board for three days

German man dies aboard sailboat off the coast of Flores Island

📍 Azores⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

Cause of death unknown. The Maritime Police of Santa Cruz das Flores have opened an investigation and towed the vessel to the port of Lajes das Flores due to engine failure.

observador.pt12 Jun
German man dies aboard sailboat off the coast of Flores Island

Man dies aboard sailboat off the coast of Flores Island

📍 Azores⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#public-safety+1 more

The causes of death are still being investigated by the authorities.

cmjornal.pt12 Jun
Man dies aboard sailboat off the coast of Flores Island

Flores Island records increase in tourists

📍 Azores🧭 Travel💼 Work#tourism+1 more

Tourism in Flores goes against the downward trend seen in the other islands of the Azores archipelago. It records an increase in overnight stays, both in hotels and local accommodation. Business owners are calling for more labour and more flights.

rtp.pt25 May
Flores Island records increase in tourists

The ally who said yes before knowing the question

📍 Azores📜 History🏛️ Government#diplomacy+2 more

The office issued a statement denying Rubio. It is the most Portuguese way of admitting everything: explaining in a hurry that, after all, it was not exactly like that.

observador.pt17 May
The ally who said yes before knowing the question

Rubio "said nothing offensive" about Portugal. "It is a nice compliment to a country that fulfilled its agreement"

📍 Azores🏛️ Government🇪🇺 Europe#government-policy

Miguel Relvas, a commentator for CNN Portugal, analyses the US Secretary of State's statements regarding the use of Lajes Field for the attack on Iran. He considers that “if there is nothing abnormal, the praise the United States is giving to Portugal is normal.”

cnnportugal.iol.pt15 May
Rubio "said nothing offensive" about Portugal. "It is a nice compliment to a country that fulfilled its agreement"

PJ arrests man on Flores Island in possession of 58 cannabis plants

📍 Azores⚖️ Legal#crime-report

According to the PJ, this was “the largest seizure of hashish ever made” in the Western Group of the Azores archipelago.

cmjornal.pt11 May
PJ arrests man on Flores Island in possession of 58 cannabis plants

PJ makes largest ever hashish seizure in the Western Group of the Azores. Three people arrested

📍 Azores⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The Judiciary Police (PJ) reported this Saturday, May 9, that its Azores Criminal Investigation Department arrested two men and a woman in the act for drug trafficking. The investigation began after the GNR notified the PJ about a suspicious package found during an inspection of a freight forwarder on Flores Island. Authorities seized approximately 8.3 kilograms of hashish, enough for 42,000 individual doses, marking the largest seizure of its kind in the Western Group of the Azores. The suspects will appear before a judge for coercive measures. In a separate international operation, 54 people were arrested and nearly 20 tons of drugs were seized.

dn.pt9 May
PJ makes largest ever hashish seizure in the Western Group of the Azores. Three people arrested

Arrested by the Azores PJ with over 8 kilos of drugs in a package

📍 Azores⚖️ Legal#crime-report

Judiciary Police carry out the largest ever seizure of hashish in the western group of the archipelago.

cmjornal.pt9 May
Arrested by the Azores PJ with over 8 kilos of drugs in a package

11 PM. Charles III: "unbreakable bond of friendship" with the USA

📍 Azores🏛️ Government🇪🇺 Europe#government-policy+1 more

In what is Charles III's 20th visit to the USA, the King states that the two countries have always found a way to understand each other. Additionally, the USA has once again asked Portugal to use the Lajes Field base.

observador.pt28 Apr
11 PM. Charles III: "unbreakable bond of friendship" with the USA

IL denounces restrictions on yachts at the port of Lajes das Flores

📍 Azores🏛️ Government🧭 Travel#regulation+1 more

Hundreds of yachts and about a thousand crew members visit the port annually. A Liberal deputy questions the Government of the Azores and requests an urgent solution.

observador.pt24 Apr
IL denounces restrictions on yachts at the port of Lajes das Flores

GNR seizes 15 kilograms of limpets on Flores Island

📍 Azores⚖️ Legal🌱 Environment#public-safety+1 more

A 53-year-old man was identified on Flores Island for harvesting limpets out of season. The specimens, found alive, were returned to their natural habitat.

Observador20 Apr
GNR seizes 15 kilograms of limpets on Flores Island

Lajes das Flores closes coastal roads

📍 Azores🚇 Infrastructure🧭 Travel#infrastructure+3 more

This is due to the influence of the low-pressure system Joseph, which is passing through the Azores and bringing bad weather to Madeira and the Portuguese mainland.

Correio da Manhã27 Jan
Lajes das Flores closes coastal roads