Protecting over 115,000 square miles, the Azores just set the bar for marine conservation in the Atlantic ahead of U.N.

A sweeping marine sanctuary declared this month by the Azores has won congratulations from the Bermuda Government, which is in the final stages of drafting its own marine protected area.

The Government of Bermuda “extends its congratulations to the Autonomous Region of the Azores, which passed groundbreaking legislation to protect 30% of their waters and designating the largest ...

LISBON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The regional assembly of Portugal's Azores Islands approved the creation of the largest protected marine area in the North Atlantic to reach international conservation ...

Jose Ramos-Horta made the critique during a wide-ranging speech at the National Press Club, where he also conceded he was using the prospect of Chinese companies backing his country's ambitious ...

“was about 850 km west of the Azores, on the island of Flores, moving north-east at a speed of 48 km/h”. In the Western (Flores and Corvo) and Central (Faial, Pico, Terceira, São Jorge and Graciosa) ...

So during my trip to the Azores islands, you know I had to seek out some of the ... A Praia do Porto Pim is a popular beach located on Faial Island. The beach is named after the Porto Pim Bay, which ...

The chairman of global banking giant Credit Suisse, Antonio Horta-Osorio, has resigned with immediate effect after breaking Covid quarantine rules. Mr Horta-Osorio, who was with the bank for just ...

A cargo ship that was carrying thousands of luxury cars has sunk off the Portuguese Azores archipelago ... of the nearest port on the island of Faial, told Reuters that no oil leak had been ...

this Isle also offers a dramatic view of the Azores' version of Mount Fuji, the 7,713-foot Mount Pico that dominates the landscape from above the eastern shore across the channel on Pico Island, just ...