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Re-exports, exports and imports of Cape Verde increased 166, 31.4 and 18 percent respectively over the same period in 2010, according to foreign trade data compiled by the National Statistics Institute (INE)
The trade deficit has also improved, increasing 17 percent, and the coverage ratio improved by 0.9 percentage points (pp).+
Cape Verde and the European Union signed a new fisheries agreement [ 2011-07-29]Brussels, Belgium Jul 29 - Cape Verde and the EU signed Wednesday in Brussels, a new fisheries agreement three years becomes effective on September 1 next following the expiration of an agreement between the two parties in late August 2011.
Luxembourg and Cape Verde have signed cooperation program with the archipelago for 2011/2014 [ 2011-07-20]Praia, Cape Verde, 20 July - Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action of Luxembourg, Marie-Josée Jacobs, signed today in Praia Indicative Cooperation Program (ICP) for the period 2011-2014 involving a financial package of about 60 million euros, media reported Cape Verdean.
Portuguese tour operator satisfied with promotion of Cape Verde in Spain[ 2011-07-19]
The Portuguese tour operator Soltrópico participated in several workshops in Cape Verde in Spanish cities, organized by the hotel chain Sol Melia. For the operator, "the balance of these actions is extremely positive."
Aristides Lima meets businessmen[ 2011-07-19]
Aristides Lima presidential candidate meets with businessmen residing in Cape Verde on Tuesday, 19 at 16:30, one of the hotels of the capital. Lee will share with these business lines as the "Pact of Citizenship."
Cape Verde participates in the first Olympics of Mathematics Lusofonia[ 2011-07-19]
Cape Verde will participate in the first Lusofonia Mathematics Olympics, which take place between 20 and 31 July at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. In the dispute will be 24 students from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and East Timor.
More than 15,000 passengers will pass through the ASP this summer[ 2011-07-18]
More than 15,000 passengers will pass through the international airport of San Pedro (ASP) this summer, more precisely between the months of July to September. The information was provided to the Semana Online, the director of this infrastructure, Nuno Santos, who also stresses that those passengers arriving mainly from Europe.
Pace of economic growth in Cape Verde was reduced in the second quarter[ 2011-07-18]
Praia, Cape Verde, 15 July - The government of Cape Verde has concluded negotiations with U.S. companies that will allow in the short term, export fresh and frozen fish in the south of the archipelago to the United States of America, said the secretary at the Beach Cape Verdean State Marine.
Cape Verde will export fish to the United States of America[ 2011-07-15]
Praia, Cape Verde, 15 July - The government of Cape Verde has concluded negotiations with U.S. companies that will allow in the short term, export fresh and frozen fish in the south of the archipelago to the United States of America, said the secretary at the Beach Cape Verdean State Marine.
Sector of games of chance in Cape Verde have commitments[ 2011-07-15]
Mindelo, Cape Verde, 15 July - The Inspector General Game of Cape Verde, José Augusto Cardoso, said Thursday there have Mindelo entrepreneurs interested in investing in casinos and gambling houses in the country.
David Cicilline evokes Cape Verde in CongressThe deputy for the state of Rhode Island in Congress, David Cicilline, spoke during the legislative session of 8 Julio, the 36th Anniversary of the Independence of Cape Verde.
Current population of Cape Verde is 492 thousand people[ 2011-07-14]
Praia, Cape Verde, 14 July - Cape Verde has a population of 201 000 inhabitants in 1960, when the completion of the first population census in the archipelago, to 492 thousand in 2010, said this week at the beach the president of the National Institute of Statistics ( INE), António Duarte.
Cape Verde airline interested in flying between Bissau and Lisbon[ 2011-07-05]
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 5 Jul - The president of the Airline of Cape Verde (TACV), Antonio Neves, admitted Monday in Bissau, the possibility of the company make regular connecting flights between Bissau and Lisbon.
Cape Verde will have more a tourism development project[ 2011-06-29]
London, UK, 29 June - The British group Assetz is finalizing a tourism development project of 450 million euros by 2200 / 4 on the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde, called Santa Monica Beach Resort & Spa, according to magazine Overseas Property Professional (OPP).
TAP - Air Portugal starts flying to the island of Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, July 1[ 2011-06-27]
Praia, Cape Verde, 27 June - airline TAP - Air Portugal will open a new route to Cape Verde that will connect Lisbon to the island of Sao Vicente from July 1, said the delegate of the company in the archipelago.
Mayor Sal, Cape Verde, called on China's investment in the tourism sector of the island [ 2011-06-27]Sal, Cape Verde, 27 June - The Mayor of Salt, Jorge Figueiredo, encouraged the vice minister of Commerce, who visited the island, to support investments in terms of tourism, news agency cable Inforpress Verde.
Chambers of Commerce of Cape Verde and China signed a memorandum of understanding [ 2011-06-27]Praia, Cape Verde, 27 June - The Chamber of Commerce of Cape Verde (CCCV) and the Chamber of Commerce of Electromechanical Products China signed Friday in Praia a memorandum of understanding for cooperation and economic and business development.
China will increase aid to Cape Verde[ 2011-06-24]
Praia, Cape Verde, 24 June - The Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Jiang Yao Ping, said Thursday in Praia that China will increase its aid to Cape Verde, and deepen economic cooperation which "platform "The special administrative region of Macau.
50 Years have passed since "The Flight Towards Struggle[ 2011-06-23]
Amilcar Cabral Foundation points on Wednesday, 29, half a century of flight from Portugal to a group of African students to join the struggle for liberation of their countries. The celebration will take place in the auditorium of the University Jean Piaget, Beach, in the presence of some of the participants in this historic event.
Cape Verde Wants To Extend The Area Of Maritime Jurisdiction[ 2011-06-22]
Praia, Cape Verde, 22 June - Cape Verde and five other African countries should start in October, the collection of seismic data and hydrographic, under the proposed extension of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, said Monday in Praia Director-General for Global Affairs of Cape Verde.
Entrepreneurs from China and Macau starting Thursday business visit to Cape Verde[ 2011-06-21]
Praia, Cape Verde, 21 June - A delegation of China integrating politicians and businessmen will visit Macao to Cape Verde Thursday and Friday, in relations of economic and technical cooperation between the two countries, media reports said Cape Verde.
Cape Verde is the third in economic freedom in sub-Saharan Africa[ 2011-06-16]
Cape Verde is the third in the ranking of sub-Saharan Africa that assesses economic freedom. The data is the Index of Economic Freedom 2011, published recently by the American Institute Heritage Foundation.
Wind farm Praia, Cape Verde, will start in August[ 2011-06-13]
Praia, Cape Verde, 13 June - Wind Farm Mount St. Philip, in the capital Praia, with an installed capacity of 10 megawatts (MW), expected to start in August, announced Saturday the Director General of Energy of Cape Verde.
Cape Verde legislated games of chance and created the General Inspectorate of Games [ 2011-06-13]Praia, Cape Verde, 13 June - The introduction of games of chance in Cape Verde may mean a shift in demand in the archipelago as a tourist destination, said Thursday in Praia Minister of Tourism, Industry and Energy.
Marine vessel from Norway will assess fish stocks in Cape Verde [ 2011-06-10]Praia, Cape Verde, 10 June - The scientific ship Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen will undertake an evaluation of small pelagic resources in Cape Verde, an operation designed to determine the quantity of marine species such as mackerel and mackerel, among others, reported in the city of Beach official source.
Cape Verde Government is considering possible entry Enacol the share capital of Electra [ 2011-06-08]Praia, Cape Verde, 8 June - The Cape Verde government is examining the entrance of the National Oil Company (Enacol) in the capital of the Company of Electricity and Water (Electra), said in Praia Minister of Tourism, Industry and Energy, Humberto Brito.
Brazilian company will build ARG Administrative City of Cape Verde [ 2011-06-08]Praia, Cape Verde, 8 June - The government of Cape Verde has signed a contract with the Brazilian company ARG for building the Administrative City, near the city of Praia, the Ministry of Finance and Planning of Cape Verde.
Cape Verde among the 10 African countries that have evolved more in economic governance [ 2011-06-07]Lisbon, Portugal, Jun 7 - Ten of the thirty African countries that "most improved" in terms of economic governance in 2010 are sub-Saharan Africa, especially Rwanda, Cape Verde and Zambia, according to a report released Monday by the African Development Bank (ADB).
Cape Verde will boost banana production on the island of Santiago[ 2011-06-03]
Praia, Cape Verde, 3 June - The first phase of the project to revive the cultivation of bananas on the island of Santiago has already started and this year will be made to more than 15,000 banana plants reported in Praia news agency cable Verdean Inforpress.
Businessmen Cape Verde wish to import fruit from Guinea-Bissau[ 2011-06-02]
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 2 Jun - Entrepreneurs in Cape Verde intend to start buying some agricultural products in Guinea-Bissau, Bissau said the president of the Western Chamber of Commerce, Manuel Monteiro, who is part of a mission of businessmen Cape Verdeans that country.
Entrepreneurship Workshop in New Haven[ 2011-06-02]
Happens between 6 and 10 June, the Office of Entrepreneurship - OE on the island of Santo Antao, Porto Novo. This initiative results from cooperation between the Agency for Enterprise Development and Innovation (ADEI), Sebrae - Brazilian Micro and Small Enterprises and the Chamber of Commerce Windward.
"Travel to Cape Verde" displayed in New York[ 2011-06-02]
"Travel to Cape Verde, a film by José Miguel Ribeiro received the Silver Dragon at Cracow Film Festival and the prize D. Quixote assigned by the International Federation of Association of Film, is one of 20 films made by Lusitania to attend the first Festival of Short Films Portuguese in New York.
Remax opens two stores in Cape Verde[ 2011-06-02]
The Remax Portugal, real estate company, will open two stores in Cape Verde, one in Praia and Mindelo another. Until late 2011, the company expects to open three more stores in the country.
Ring of Fogo: Government negotiates replacement of water pipe with Luxembourg[ 2011-06-02]
The Cape Verde government will negotiate with the Luxembourg Cooperation to finance the replacement of water pipe along the ring of Fogo. The project, which was prepared by the Italian company SWS provides an additional $ 600 000 Cape Verdean escudos.
Businessmen Cape Verde wish to import fruit from Guinea-Bissau[ 2011-06-02]
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 2 Jun - Entrepreneurs in Cape Verde intend to start buying some agricultural products in Guinea-Bissau, Bissau said the president of the Western Chamber of Commerce, Manuel Monteiro, who is part of a mission of businessmen Cape Verdeans that country.
Spain will support Cape Verde in the production of economic statistics and environment [ 2011-06-01]Praia, Cape Verde, 1 June - The National Statistics Institute (INE) Cape Verde signed Tuesday with his counterpart in Spain a cooperation protocol which will allow the strengthening of institutional capacity in the areas of economic statistics and environment, said the Cape Verdean news agency Inforpress.
Angolan African Investment Bank will be a shareholder of Cape Verde's Electra[ 2011-06-01]
Praia, Cape Verde, 1 June - The Angolan Banco Africano de Investimentos (BAI), which has a branch in Cape Verde, will be by the end of the year, a shareholder of the Company of Electricity and Water (Electra), revealed Monday Finance Minister of Planning and Cape Verde.
Cape Verde Government is preparing the privatization of two public companiesPraia, Cape Verde, 30 May - The company distributing electricity and water Electra and flag carrier of Cape Verde TACV will be privatized, after undergoing a restructuring, said in Praia Prime Minister of Cape Verde.
Claudia Fernandes assumes School of Hospitality and Tourism30 May 2011 - Claudia Fernandez is the first director of the School of Hospitality and Tourism in Cape Verde. Graduated in Social Communication and Culture Faculty of Humanities, Catholic University of Portugal, Fernandes, who was playing the role of advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MIREX), takes office on Monday, 30.
Water and Sanitation: "By the end of 2012, all problems will be solved"27 May 2011 - Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves said the government hopes to have solved all the problems related to water and sanitation in Praia by end of 2012. The announcement was made during his visit on Thursday, 26, for projects of water supply and sanitation in the capital.
Cape Verde among African countries that invest most in children26 May 2011 - Cape Verde is among the countries in Africa that have most invested in and contributed to the well-being of their children, according to a study released Wednesday, May 25, by the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF).
Prime Minister visits water distribution and sanitation work in Praia26 May 2011 - Prime Minister José Maria Neves will visit the sites of the work being carried out on the water distribution and sanitation systems in the city of Praia this Thursday, May 26, as the capital city is in the midst of a forced “dry spell” because of work being carried out by water and electricity utility Electra to connect the distribution system to the new water supply network.
"Open Day" at the School of Hospitality and TourismThe School of Hospitality and Tourism in Cape Verde, EHTCV, promotes on Friday, 27, an "Open Day" from 9:00 on its premises at Palmarejo Grande. The event will be chaired by the Minister for Employment protection, Janira Hopffer Almada, and the Minister of Tourism, Industry and Energy, Humberto Brito.
Mayor of New Bedford organization praises Hello Cape Verde 2011The mayor of New Bedford, Scott W. Lang, praised, on Thursday, the work of the organizing committee of the Cape Verde Hello Expo 2011 event scheduled for this week-end, call on the Whaling City, the cradle of Cape Verdean immigration in the United States.
Bank of Cape Verde has revised upwards to 5% / 6% economic growth forecast in 2011Praia, Cape Verde, 26 May - The Bank of Cape Verde has revised upwards the forecast of economic growth in 2011 to a value in the range from 5% to 6%, or 1 percentage point more than the previous forecast announced in November 2010, according to the monetary policy report released Wednesday in Praia.
Standard and Poor's improved outlook for Cape VerdePraia, Cape Verde, 25 May - The rating agency Standard & Poor's (S & P) raised Tuesday to "negative" to "stable" the outlook (outlook) of Cape Verde has, however, kept the notations sovereign credit risk of long-term "B +" and short-term "B".
Freedom House: Cape Verde is a model in respect for freedom19 May 2011 - A model for Africa in respect of political rights and civil liberties. This is how Freedom House classifies Cape Verde in its annual report on the country, published this month. Note negative for drug trafficking, police violence against detainees and the slowness of the judicial system.
Cape Verde is shown on display of products and businesses in New Bedford, USAPraia, Cape Verde, 16 May - Cape Verde will showcase their products and business in Cape Verde Hello exhibition Expo 2011 in the city of New Bedford, United States, 27 to 29 May chain, a joint initiative of the Embassy of Cape Verde Washington and the consulate of Cape Verde in Boston, said the Cape Verdean news agency Inforpress.
Cape Verde wants to diversify the tourism offer and attract Asian MarketCape Verde wants to diversify the tourism product beyond the sun and sea and conquer new markets like Asia and South America, said today the vice president of the Young Entrepreneurs Association (AJECO).
Wines of the Cape Verde and Portugal will reach the U.S. through Portuguese companiesPraia, Cape Verde, 13 May - Two Portuguese who two years ago established a partnership in Cape Verde will be exported to Portugal and the United States much of the wine produced on the island of Fogo, said Carlos Grace, manager of the herd, partner Win Resources.
Sal: Entrepreneurs discuss strategies for private sector development12 May 2011 - The Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and Services Windward (CCIASB) promotes on Friday, 13, a workshop on the theme Strategies for Private Sector Development. The event that happens in the auditorium of town hall is a place for reflection and consultation of the business fabric of the island.
Cape Verde, Cuba and FAO Tripartite Agreement signed12 May 2011 - It held on 13 May, 11h00 pm, at the Foreign Ministry (MIREX), the signing ceremony of the Tripartite Agreement between Cape Verde, Cuba and United Nations (FAO).
Cape Verde takes experience Fisheries to Brussels12 May 2011 - Cape Verde is participating this Friday 13th in Brussels at a conference on the European Common Fisheries Policy. The Minister of Infrastructure and the Economy of the Sea, Veiga presents the experience of Cape Verde "in governance of the sector," focusing on Sea Cluster strategy that will be implemented.
Cape Verde's public debt accounted for 75.4% of GDP to 31 December 2010Praia, Cape Verde, 12 May - Cape Verde's public debt is focused on loans which represent 87 percent of the total, said Tuesday in Praia Finance Minister of Cape Verde, told Portuguese news agency Lusa .
Five Portuguese companies will build social housing in Cape Verde10 May 2011 - Five Portuguese companies, in partnership with many other Cape Verde, signed contracts for the construction of 452 dwellings in social areas in Cape Verde, under the project "Housing for All", funded by Portugal.
French Development Agency project will finance water supply and sanitation in Cape VerdeLoomed, Cape Verde, 6 May - The French Development Agency (AFD) will co-finance the project of water supply and sanitation in the municipality of Santa Catarina, on the island of Santiago, said in Assomada the mayor Francisco Tavares according to Cape Verdean news agency Inforpress.
Cape Verde government is preparing plans for the Compact II Millennium Challenge AccountPraia, Cape Verde, 4 May - The Minister of Finance and Planning of Cape Verde, Cristina Duarte, announced Monday, the early phase of technical studies and analysis of profitability of the projects to be submitted to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in order to achieve the Compact II Millennium Challenge Account (MCA).
Cape Verde will receive $ 7 million to protect environmentPraia, Cape Verde, 3 May - Cape Verde will receive $ 7 million in the period 2012/2015, in the fifth round of funding from the Global Environment Fund (GEF), said in Praia news agency pan African PANA quoted official sources.
Cape Verde wants to build a competitive and sustainable economy by 2016The prime minister of Cape Verde said yesterday that over the next five years, the "central objective" of the government is building a dynamic, competitive, innovative and sustainable solution to address the "uncertain times" ahead.
Power station in northern Santo Antão reinforced with wind energyThe single power station that provides electricity to the northern part of the island of Santo Antão (the municipalities of Ribeira Grande and Paúl) was reinforced beginning in early April with energy coming from the first wind park in the island’s history.
Cape Verde presented as market expansion in Portugal[ 2011-04-29]
Cape Verde is presented as an expanding market in the 2011 edition of Tektónica, the largest fair in the Portuguese construction and public works, which takes place 3-7 May at the Lisbon International Fair.
Lines of credit opened by Portugal in favor of Cape Verde shall remain in force[ 2011-04-29]
Praia, Cape Verde, Apr 29 - Credit lines available from Portugal to Cape Verde, totaling 600 million, remain in force and disbursements have proceeded normally, assured Thursday in Praia first Minister of Cape Verde.
Over 10,000 passengers visited Sal and Boa Vista Easter[ 2011-04-27]
More than 10,000 passengers embarked and disembarked on the islands of Sal and Boa Vista between 21 and 24 April, during Easter. This represents an increase of 4.9% over the same period in 2010.
Passenger traffic at Cape Verde’s airports up 13% in first quarter[ 2011-04-21]
Passenger traffic in Cape Verde’s airports rose 13% in the first quarter of 2011, confirming the previously registered trend that has shown greater dynamism in international passenger growth (17.4%) than in domestic growth (8.2%).
Cape Verde part of humanitarian mission in Ivory Coast[ 2011-04-20]
The director of the National Civil Protection Service, Lieutenant Colonel Alberto Fernandes, is a part of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team that is in the Ivory Coast for a population assistance mission.
Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations visit Cape Verde[ 2011-04-18 ]
The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is in Cape Verde for a six-day official visit.
Cape Verde signs protocol in the field of Civil Aviation in France[ 2011-04-18 ]
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, José Luis Rocha, receives in audience, at 15.00 today, the ambassador of France, Marie-Christine Glas. During the meeting will sign a Memorandum of Cooperation in Civil Aviation and related fields.
Cape Verde government wants to privatize the company Electra this year[ 2011-04-18 ]
Praia, Cape Verde, 18 April - The Prime Minister of Cape Verde said the government which he chairs will take steps to have the case of the privatized Electra - Water and Electricity Company completed by the end of the year.
IMF predicts that Mozambique and Cape Verde will grow in 2011 and 2012[ 2011-04-15 ]
Brussels, Belgium, 15 April - Mozambique will have an above average performance in the region, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growing 7.5 percent in 2011 and 7.8 percent in 2012, according to the latest forecast of the Fund International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Portuguese MonteAdriano works earns 24 million euros in Cape Verde[ 2011-04-14 ]
Praia, Cape Verde, 14 April - Portuguese construction company MonteAdriano won the award of six new works in Cape Verde, worth 23.7 million euros.
The company is headquartered in Povoa do Varzim had already snapped up before the construction of three dams would cost 14 million euros.
Cape Verdean president meets senior Chinese legislator[ 2011-04-13 ]
Pires said during the meeting that China has always been an indispensable strategic partner of Cape Verde, and he is confident that China's National People's Congress will further boost the mutual trust and understanding through this visit.
Spain wants to increase presence in Cape Verde in tourism and fishing sectors[ 2011-04-01 ]
Praia, Cabo Verde, 1 April – Spain’s ambassador to Cape Verde, José Miguel Corvinos, said Thursday in Praia that his country planned to increase investments in the archipelago, mainly in the areas of tourism and fishing.
European Union and Cape Verde have signed an aviation agreementThe European Union (EU) and Cape Verde have signed on Wednesday in Brussels, an agreement in the field of aviation that will remove existing obstacles to air transport between the two sides.
TUIfly, the largest tourism company in Germany, will increase the number of charter flights to Cape Verde next summer, in response to growing demand from people wanting to visit our islands.
Lisbon, Portugal, 28 March – Portuguese company Sociedade Central de Cervejas (SCC) by June will have drawn up its internationalisation plan for Angola and Cape Verde, the chief executive of the company. Alberto da Ponte told newspaper Oje.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 24 March – Airline TAP-Air Portugal can now offer direct flights to the island of Sao Vicente in Cape Verde after receiving official authorisation from Cape Verdean Civil Aeronautical agency (AAC), the airline’s representative in Cape Verde said.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 24 March – Cape Verde’s General Fishing Directorate (DGP) has transferred 300,000 euros to the Atlantic Tuna company, based on the island of Sao Vicente, to transform two tuna boats into pelagic fishing vessels (for various types of mackerel).
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Praia, Cape Verde, 21 March – Portugal has provided funding for construction of the Salineiro, Faveta and Saquinho dams, on the Cape Verdean archipelago the minister for the Environment, Rural Development and Marine Resources, José Maria Veiga said Friday in Praia.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 14 March – The US city of New Bedford, in Massachusetts, will be the venue for an exhibition on Business and Tourism Opportunities in Cape Verde, from 27 to 29 May, Cape Verdean news agency Inforpress reported.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 11 March – Fifty seven brands linked to the promotion of Cape Verde are on exhibition at the Berlin Tourism Fair, underway in the German capital until 13 March, Cape Verdean radio station, Rádio de Cabo Verde reported.
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Mindelo, Cape Verde, 11 March – the fishing sector in Cape Verde is seeing “positive development” and the partnership with the European Union “is working,” the head of a parliamentary mission from Denmark said in Mindelo Thursday.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 8 March – A delegation of the Danish parliamentary commission for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries is due to arrive in Cape Verde Wednesday for a visit focused on cooperation in the fishing sector, Cape Verdean newspaper Inforpress reported.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 1 March – Construction in Cape Verde is set to have new standards, with the publication Monday, in the government’s Official Bulletin, of the diploma that reviews the general regulation of urban construction and housing, Cape Verdean news agency Inforpress reported.
Between two and three thousand tourists are expected to come to Cape Verde between February and September of this year as a direct result of the current unrest in Egypt. Cape Verde is the second most frequent destination, after the Canary Islands, to which European tourists with vacations scheduled for the North African country have been redirected in the wake of the conflicts there.
The first group of “detoured” tourists arrived this week on the islands of Sal and Boa Vista, hailing from various European countries. In the coming days, many more are expected to disembark at Amílcar Cabral and Rabil International Airports on the two islands.
With the unrest that has taken hold of Egypt over the past several weeks, tourists and travel agencies have been forced to re-program vacation packages purchased for the destination. Cape Verde appears in second place, following Spain’s Canary Islands, among the destinations most chosen as alternatives for tourists who had been intending to travel to Egypt.
This change in destination benefits the tourism sector in Cape Verde, but will require some reformulating in hotel scheduled and other services connected to the tourism sector.
Thomas Cook begins operating in Cape Verde
Great Britain’s oldest and second-largest tourism company, Thomas Cook, has for the first time included the island of Boa Vista in its Winter 2011 and Spring 2012 offerings.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 21 Feb – The island of Sao Vicente in Cape Verde will be home to a processing factory for hydrated ethanol imported from Brazil, which will then be re-exported to Europe, Cape Verdean newspaper A Semana reported.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 17 Feb – Cape Verde's exports rose 33.1 percent in 2010, according to foreign trade figures published by the National Statistics Institute (INE) in the archipelago’s capital, Praia.
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Lisbon, Portugal, 11 Feb – The first international flight from Beja airport in Portugal is expected to take place on 14 April, headed for Fogo Island in Cape Verde, said the Mayor of Ferreira do Alentejo, where the airport is located.
Lisbon, Portugal, 10 Feb – Cape Verdean mobile phone company Cabo Verde Móvel is one of the three companies competing for a third generation mobile phone license in the West African archipelago, the Portugal Telecom group, which controls 40 percent of the Cabo Verde Telecom group said in Lisbon.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 9 Feb – More than ten companies and institutions from Cape Verde have been taking part since Tuesday until 11 February in the 19th edition of the Cevisama fair, held in Valencia, Spain, according to Cape Verdean news agency Inforpress.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 1 Feb - Cape Verde is to take part in this year’s Boston Globe Travel Show, due to be held from 11 to 13 February, the director of Cabo Verde Investimentos, Eileen Barbosa said, cited by the Cape Verdean press.
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Praia, Cape Verde, 1 Feb – A technical assistance mission from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) arrived in Cape Verde Monday to support the archipelago in preparing for integrated framework projects, an official said in Praia.
Spanish group Riu Hotels & Resorts to open its fifth hotel in Cape Verde
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Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 24 Jan – Spanish group Riu Hotels & Resorts on 6 May is due to open Riu Touareg, the group’s fifth hotel in Cape Verde, located on Boavista island, according to the trade press.
Cape Verde’s economic growth accelerates in 4th quarter
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Praia, Cape Verde, 20 Jan – Cape Verde’s rate of economic growth increased against in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the archipelago’s National Statistics Institute, which cited the results of the latest Economic Climate Survey of Companies.
Number of passengers at Cape Verde’s airports rises 11 pct in 2010
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Praia, Cape Verde, 19 Jan – Passenger traffic at Cape Verde’s airports rose 11 percent year on year in 2010, from 1.44 million to 1.6 million, the country’s airport management company, Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança (Asa) said in Praia Friday.
Fishing dock in Cape Verdean capital to undergo refurbishment
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Praia, Cape Verde, 17 Jan – The fishing dock in the Cape Verdean capital of Praia is to undergo refurbishment work as part of the Regional Fishing Project for West Africa, which covers nine states in the sub-region, the Cape Verdean press reported.
Credit line aims to favour mixed Cape Verdean-Portuguese companies
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Praia, Cabo Verde, 17 Jan – A five million-euro credit line with a view to creating Portuguese-Cape Verdean companies has been opened by Cape Verde's Banco Interatlântico under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed Saturday.
Cape Verde air carrier, tourism and real estate seek Chinese investment
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Macau, China, 17 Jan – Cape Verdean companies in the transport sector, such as airline TACV, as well as in the tourism and real estate sectors are seeking investment from Chinese partners, via Forum Macau, to fund their expansion.
