Azores, Portugal
Latest news and stories from Lajes do Pico.
The municipality of Lajes do Pico, in the Azores, has begun the public consultation process for the creation of a tourist tax, which provides for a charge of two euros per guest per night in tourist establishments and local accommodation. The notice, signed by the Mayor, Ana Brum, was published this Monday in the Official Gazette.
The whaling boats are paving the way for UNESCO. The ambition is to preserve the knowledge that gives them life and to see if this heritage can also contribute to a tourist economy.
The director of Amnesty International in Portugal calls on the Government to convey the message to the US Secretary of State during his visit to Lisbon this Thursday.
In the first edition of Lume, the Azorean town of Lajes do Pico gives the streets over to the chefs. There is open-fire cooking in front of the public, wines from the stone-walled vineyards, discussions about the region, music, and a community dinner. Behind the event is Bioma, the restaurant that won the National Tourism Award.
The indigenous Ramo Grande PDO breed will be at the heart of the festival, which features local, regional, and national chefs, and will include music and debates, as well as tastings of volcanic wine and other regional products.
Registered at 00:12 local time, the epicentre was 60km northwest of Capelo, in Faial. According to the Modified Mercalli scale, the earthquake had a maximum intensity of II/III, considered weak.
Epicentre verified approximately 60 kilometres northwest of Capelo, on Faial Island.
The nomination aims to recognise and safeguard the knowledge and techniques associated with the handling and construction of the Azorean whaling boat in Lajes do Pico, a cultural hallmark of the Azores.
The woman reportedly sought refuge at the victim's home following alleged incidents of domestic violence.
The aircraft had taken off from São Miguel but had to land shortly after
Regional Public Administration workers in the Azores are granted a day off on August 6th for the Bom Jesus Milagroso festivities.
The Minister of Defence, Nuno Melo, dismisses a doctoral thesis that proves the existence of lead and other heavy metals in the skeletons of people who lived near the Lajes Air Base. The regional government of the Azores, of which the CDS is a part, funded this research, which is part of a doctoral thesis approved at the University of Coimbra with distinction and honours. In Expresso da Manhã, Paulo Baldaia speaks with Vítor Matos, the journalist who has been writing about this matter in Expresso.
Banned since the 1980s, whaling continues to shape the history and memory of the Azores. We went to listen to the former whalers and learn about the new ways of integrating cetaceans into the life of the archipelago.
