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Cape Verde Carnaval: Beautiful Kids ParadesMindelo and Praia kick Carnaval off with children’s parades. More than ten different groups took to the streets of Mindelo Saturday to celebrate Carnaval. In Praia as well, a number of kindergartens and children’s groups took over the Cidade de Lisboa Avenue, leading the way for Sunday’s high school parades. In Mindelo, the highlight of the parade activities was the group from Lusophone University, as well as the mandingas, whose songs, floats and costumes appealed for social peace.
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First direct Lisbon-São Vicente flights in April 2010TACV Cabo Verde Airlines will begin operating a direct flight between São Vicente and Portuguese capital Lisbon on April 29 in order to respond to demand in Cape Verde’s northern region, according to the company’s São Vicente delegate Graciete GomesThe flight, according to Gomes, will take place every Friday and will depart from São Vicente at 7:30 am.
The flight will be the airport’s first regularly scheduled international link following the charter flights that have been scheduled since the infrastructure’s international certification in December of last year. The first charter flight took place on February 6, bringing more than 100 Cape Verdean émigrés residing in the United States to participate in São Vicente’s Carnavl celebrations.
US-based travel agency Neves Travel has two more charter flights scheduled for this week. TACV has also announced a charter flight from France that is scheduled to arrive in São Vicente on February 15.
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Reduction of the notary and registration feesGovernment spokeswoman Janira Hopffer Almada held a press conference in which she announced that land and real-estate registration costs related to notary and registrar services will be reduce from the new Notary and Registry Service price table discussed in Thursday’s Council of Ministers meeting. The measure is aimed at giving Cape Verde “greater competitiveness.”In Thursday’s Council of Ministers meeting, the new Notary and Registrar Fee Table was approved, in which notary and registry service fees are more closely related to their actual economic costs.
the notary and registration fees are approximatly 4% plus about 450€ fix admin cost
In other words, “there is an enormous reduction in fees, both for families and for businesses,” according to the cabinet spokeswoman.
“We’re improving the business environment in the country and improving Cape Verde’s competitiveness, thus facilitating economic growth and reducing poverty and unemployment,” she explained.
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