Color, joy, excitement and an appeal for gender equality marked the march in honor of Cape Verdean Women’s Day this morning in Praia, organized by the Cape Verdean Athletics Federation in partnership with the Cape Verdean Institute for Gender Equality and Equity (ICIEG). Nearly one hundred participants took part in this first-of-its-kind initiative.
The Samba Tropical Carnaval group and the São Vicente municipal chamber will welcome the first 100 of a total of 300 émigrés from the island living in the United States to participate in this year’s Carnaval celebrations tomorrow at São Pedro International Airport.
The government plans to introduce a legal minimum wage in Cape Verde before the end of this year, according to an announcement made by Prime Minister José Maria Neves following a meeting in which labor union federation UNTC-CS’s general secretary Júlio Ascensão Silva presented the premier with a study the organization carried out on the issue.
Electronic residency cards began being issued in Portugal one year ago this week. Figures released by the Portuguese Foreigners and Border Service indicate that a total of 16,839 Cape Verdeans have already obtained electronic residency cards.
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines has signed a contract with Portuguese tourist agency Entremares to carry out charter flights during the summer to the islands of Sal and Boa Vista.
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines has signed a contract with Portuguese tourist agency Entremares to carry out charter flights during the summer to the islands of Sal and Boa Vista.