“Fo De Jiao” is Cape Verde in Mandarin Chinese, the words guides Nádia Silva and Jónatas Lopes most often use to point out the ten specks of land in the Atlantic to curious visitors to the Cape Verdean stand at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, which sees an estimated 40,000 visitors daily.
Commercial bank BCN will unveil its newest branch Monday, September 6 in Nova Sintra, on the island of Brava. The agency is the bank’s 22nd.
Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau are among the beneficiaries of the Vulnerability Flex financial instrument (also known as the V-Flex) made available to a number of ACP countries, according to an announcement Thursday by the European Commission.
Labor union SITTHUR claims that more than 90% of the employees of Cabo Verde Telecom have joined the two-day strike called at the company. The walk-out began this morning throughout nearly all of Cape Verde’s territory – Brava was the exception – and is scheduled to last until midnight
The strongest growth, in terms of absolute numbers, in Portugal’s charter flight market is for destinations in Cape Verde. Charter flights departing from Lisbon and Porto took transported nearly 8,000 passengers to the archipelago in July of this year, 3,800 more than in the same month last year.
Acts of sabotage perpetrated by employees of water and electricity utility Electra or by unknown individuals may be behind a serious technical problem that took place in one of the main generators at the Palmarejo power station in Praia. The problem has since been resolved.
Amino acids, protein supplements and L-Carnitine are a number of the food and nutrition products the Economic Activity Inspection Department (IGAE) seized during the course of two operations carried out last week in Praia and Mindelo.
The administration of Cabo Verde Telecom claims to have been taken by surprise by the “radical stance” taken by labor union SITTHUR, which has called a two-day strike next week at the telecommunications company. With the strike advisory now public, CV Telecom considers the negotiations that
Cape Verdeans continue to show a preference for mobile phones over land lines, according to data from the National Communications Agency (ANAC), whose figures indicate that the number of mobile phone service subscribers grew by 5% in the first half of 2010.
Some of the world’s main cruise ship companies have begun including the island of São Vicente on their routes, namely Saga Cruises and Noble Caledonia. Cape Verde is described on Noble Caledonia’s website as an “incredibly intriguing archipelago” with beaches and “extraordinary
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09 September 2010 Mayra Andrade performs in Braga
07 September 2010 Mayra Andrade to perform in São Paulo