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Shell Oil Company sells Cape Verde Subsidiary

Yassman — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:39:14 +0000

The petro chemical giant Shell Oil plans to move out of Cape Verde. A total of 21 subsidiaries are up for sale across Africa, the chairman of Shell Oil Cape Verde, Emanuel St Aubyn stated. The massive multinational company will mainly focus on oil production and exploration, while separating from refining distribution and sale in Africa. St Aubyn also stated that the sale of Shell Cabo Verde would not affect commitments made by the subsidiary in relation to partnerships with Cape Verdean oil company Enacol and the Cape Verde state. The sales and restructure of the multination giant will also effect operations in Guinea, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Namibia, Madagascar, Mauritius Algeria, Ghana, Togo Tunisia, Egypt, the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, , Senegal, Mali, Tanzania, Botswana, and Reunion, as well as the liquid petroleum gas (LPG) business in South Africa.

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Cape Verde to discuss special relationship with EU

Yassman — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:17:03 +0000

Officials in Praia, the Cape Verde capital, stated on Tuesday that the Prime Minister, José Maria Neves, is due to travel to Brussels on 13 April to analyze the development of the Special Partnership with the European Union.

The end of the meeting of the Local Supervision Group, the executive secretary of the Special Partnership between Cape Verde and the European Union, Eduardo Silva, said that the schedule for the visit had yet to be concluded, but mentioned that the high point would be a meeting with the European Commission President, José Manuel Durão Barroso.

The meeting was a follow up to the process of bilateral dialogue set up by the Special Partnership, whilst also analyzing other issues on the national and international agenda, said Silva
Cape Verde and the European Union Special Partnership, is overseen by a local supervision group, one of the mechanisms set up to supervise the process of execution of the Special Partnership. The group meets twice a year for discussion.

National Youth Week São Nicolau

Yassman — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:41:01 +0000

The island of São Nicolau will host Cape Verde’s 14th National Youth Week beginning April 5th. The organizers of the event hope to bring some 130 participants together on the island to reflect on the theme “United Youths, Winning Nation.”

Imagine Cape Verde, Creating your dreams

BBQ & Live Music this Saturday at Ponta Preta

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:56:22 +0000

Live music from the Bossy Novas at Ponta Preta this Saturday evening between 9-11p.m.

Other arrangements for booking transport and reserving a meal that evening should be made through Carlos at Cafe Creolo.

Lisbon Orchestra perform in Sal’s Volcano

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:53:30 +0000

On Saturday 25th July in the stunning location of Las Salinas de Pedra de Lume, the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra flew into Cape Verde to accompany a host of both famous and unknown Cape Verdean singers, in what was a spectacular evening of music set inside the extinct volcanic crater in Pedra de Lume. The event organisers must have put in an extreme amount of hard work and organisation with the lighting around the crater creating a wonderful ambient for the nights entertainment. From the car parking laid out at the top of the crater, an orderly queue to have you ticket collected and hand stamped right through to the large stage, bar and musician tent all powered by several large generators the organisers planned this event in minute detail.

The metropolitan Orchestra were as expected fantastic playing a plethora of musical styles. Opening with the Cape Verdean and Portuguese national anthems, which encouraged a great sense of national pride within the crowd, The Orchestra went on to play some more classic orchestral music from Mozart and Brahms and of course accompanied the various Cape Verdean singers in each of their individual sets.

Head-lining the event was the famous Cape Verdean singer Tito Paris. Born May 30, 1963 in Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde Tito Paris is among the most popular musicians from Cape Verde successfully blending the sound of Cape Verdean traditional Mornas, Coladeiras and Funanas with the moderns sounds of Portugal and the rest of the world. Tito Paris himself was not however the only singer on Saturday night.

The opening act was an excellent, interesting and diverse blend of instrumental hip hop /rap highlighting just how adaptable and skilled the Metropolitan Orchestra is. The crowd was then treated to some classic Cape Verdean Mornas from artists such as Dany Silva, Gil do Carmo, Pena Betu, Toy Vieira and Nha Cretche to name but a few. The stand out performer of the evening was the flamboyant and crowd rousing signer Sandra Horta who was possibly the best part of the evening’s entertainment with her phenomenal stage presence and voice. Sandra’s music was much livelier than the classical Cape Verdean music being more comparable to a Cape Verdean Shakira or Nelly Furtado. As yet she has not recorded an album but is instead concentrating on her studies in Portugal however after Saturdays performance she is certainly a name to watch out for.

A spectacular evening set in a sublime location congratulations must be given to the event organisers and of course the artists themselves for a wonderful show and let’s hope that there are more events set to come from Pedra de Lume.