All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
In Cape Verde violent crimes were five times higher in 2007 than over the past 10 years combined, according to the country's investigative police. Residents, police and the government are grappling with the increase, pointing to drug trafficking, criminal deportees, unemployment and even television as potential causes.
Property investments (Free subscription) | yesterday
In an attempt to save face it is likely that the MPC will decide a half point drop on Thursday and a further half poi... Source: news.assetz.co.uk Cape ambition Over the last few years Cape Verde has built its economic growth on the back of some significant foreign investment. ... Source: news.assetz.co.uk Paulson Bucks Paulson as His Hedge Funds Score $1 Billion Gain - Bloomberg Paulson Bucks Paulson...
Searching the Inner Me... (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Rome, Bruxelles, Madrid, Toronto, Berlin, Barcelona, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Puerto Rico, Austin, Dallas, Antwerpen, Wien, Paris, Copenhagen, Stokholm, Bogotà, Santiago (Chile), Abidjan, Lomè, Conakry, Maputo, Windhoek, Dakar, Praia (Prague), Naples, Florence, Reggio Emilia, Venice… On November 30, monuments in nearly 1000 cities across the globe will light up to celebrate “Cities for Life - Cities...
Turkish Property Financing (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
The variety of holidays on offer in Cape Verde is attracting a number of different types of tourist to the archipelago, it has been suggested. Ron Hughes, proprietor of Cape Verde Travel, noted that it is still in an "embryonic stage" for tourism.... Read More... [Source: Global Real Estate & Investment News from Propertyshowrooms.com ]
Property investments (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Cape Verde is now well known as a growing tourism attraction, becoming less of a hidden gem and more a highly visible... Source: news.assetz.co.uk How the crunch could boost France and Germany When it comes to buying property overseas, many Britons have held back in recent months from doing so. This is not be... Source: news.assetz.co.uk Pre-Budget report wish list - Daily Telegraph Mark Clare, the...
Turkish Property Financing (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The target set by Cape Verde's government for 500,000 tourists to visit the region in 2009 has been met with optimism by one travel expert. Ron Hughes of Cape Verde Travel explained that although the travel market to the islands is currently "mixed" he believes the target can be met, noting that two extra flights to the islands have been added recently.... Read More... [Source: Global Real Estate &...
Property investments (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
When it comes to investing in London property, the situation has been a difficult one for many, given the widespread ... Source: news.assetz.co.uk Twin tourism potential may boost Cape Verde Cape Verde is now well known as a growing tourism attraction, becoming less of a hidden gem and more a highly visible... Source: news.assetz.co.uk Germany strong on buy-to-let Read about Germany in the news and...
Property investments (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Over the last few years Cape Verde has built its economic growth on the back of some significant foreign investment. ... Source: news.assetz.co.uk Crosby may boost buy-to-let The long-awaited pre-Budget report brought plenty of items connected with housing. There was an extension of eligibil... Source: news.assetz.co.uk Thinking about tenancy When it comes to investing in buy-to-let, landlords have...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Cape Verde's deportees say they return home only to find plentiful drugs, unemployment and discrimination.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Sara Serpa is a vocalist wielding an instrument as favorably unadorned and pure as any in jazz. She's the freshest vocalist on the scene at the moment, not just because she's new to it at age 28. It's certainly not because of the way she delivers a lyric, since there usually aren't any. Being from Portugal is also irrelevant, for like much of the great jazz coming our way in the past few years from...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
The head of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Carlos Gomes Junior, who won the 16 November parliamentary elections in Guinea-Bissau, has promised to shed light on Sunday night’s mutiny in Bissau. The mutineers attacked President Joao Bernardo Nino Vieira’s residence, killing one of his aides. Three soldiers were arrested. PAIGC [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde or PAIGC has won a majority in Guinea-Bissau's parliamentary elections, which international observers say mark just the first of many complicated steps for restoring stability in the country.
Nightly Candy w/ Nana-Adwoa Weblog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Bo noiti (Good Evening in Krioulu spoken in Cape Verde) TGIF NIGHT!!! I hope you all are living it up party style tonight!!! Thanks for finding the time to stop through at Nightly Candy. As we await the reunion episode next Tuesday for the Housewives of Atlanta, the pulse of life is still beating. Although I know most [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Guinea- Bissau has received the messages of congratulations from the presidents of Portugal and Cape Verde, Anibal Cavaco Silva and Pedro Pires, after Sunday's legislative election, which is widely hailed as a success, officials said on Friday from the West African country. The people of Guinea-Bissau demonstrated maturity, tolerance and civility during the entire election process, the two presidents...
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
In Cape Verde, the National Agrarian Research and Development Institute said that it will commence R&D efforts on jatropha as a biofuel feedstock. Environment, Rural Development and Sea Resources minister José Maria Veiga said that research would focus on a Cap Verde-sepcific variant of the plant, but said the country would focus not on biodiesel [...]
