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Luanda Internacional Airport / Photo: JAIMAGENS

Construction works on the new Luanda International Airport will be completed by April 2017 according to the Minister of Transports, Augusto da Silva Tomás.

The Minister gave this information to the press during a field visit that by the Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, on Monday, October 26 to the new Luanda International Airport, aimed at assessing the progress of the construction works.

Located 40 kilometers from the center of Luanda and ...

Bernarda Martins, Minister of Industry / Photo: ANGOP

The Minister of Industry, Bernarda Martins, called on the domestic and foreign investors to invest in cotton production in Malanje Province, in order to support the three large textile factories rehabilitated by the government in the provinces of Kwanza Norte, Luanda and Benguela.

The minister, who was speaking to journalists at the International Conference on Investment Promotion organized by the Malanje Province, said that under the rehabilitation, expansion and modernization ...

António Belsa da Costa, Chairman of the Association of Power Utilities of Africa /Photo: ANGOP

An Angolan delegation led by the Chairman of the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA), António Belsa da Costa is in Addis Ababa to attend the World Energy Executive Assembly and the World Energy Leader’s Summit (October 26-30). Angola holds the chairmanship of APUA since 2014 for a three-year term.

On the sidelines of the event, the APUA Chairman who is also ...

José Pedro de Morais, Governor of the Angolan Central Bank / Photo: JAIMAGENS (Archive)

The Angolan capital, Luanda, will host on 28-30 October, the 41st Meeting of the Committee of Governors of Central Banks (CGCB) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

The meetings will focus primarily on monetary policy, banking supervision, monetary and capital markets, international financial relations, payment systems, clearing and settlement, training, information systems and money laundering.

The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank ...

The Japan – Angola Association’s 10th anniversary ceremony held on September 15th, 2015 at the Embassy of Angola.
Photo gallery from the ceremony is now available from here.

The Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Petar Rajic, presents his letter of credence / Photo: ©JAIMAGENS

The Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, received, Monday, at the Presidential Palace in Luanda, the letters of credence from five new ambassadors.

They are the ambassadors of the Holy See, Archbishop Petar Rajic, Gabon, Guy Nambo-Wezet, Mali, Diamou Keita, Mozambique, Santos Alvaro, and Egypt, Ahmed Ahmed Sabry Abdelfattah.

Last week, the Angolan Head of State received letters of credence from the ambassadors of the ...

The solidarity shown by Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, during the Ebola epidemic outbreak in Liberia and in other West African countries was highlighted, Tuesday in Luanda by the special envoy of the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson -Sirleaf.

Boima Fahmbulleh who was received in audience by President José Eduardo dos Santos, told the media that he took the opportunity to explain to the Angolan Head of State the progress achieved in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in ...

António Agostinho Neto Memorial / Photo: JAIMAGENS

September 17, the birth date of the founder and first President of Angola, Dr. António Agostinho Neto, is considered as the National Hero’s Day because of his contributions in the fight against Portuguese colonialism. September 17 was established as a national holiday in 1980 one year after his death in Moscow, from an illness.

Physician and statesman, Dr. Agostinho Neto was jailed several times by the Portuguese authorities for his ...

H.E. Augusto da Silva Tomas, Minister of Transports of Angola and His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline & Group, at the signing of the strategic partnership agreement in Dubai.

The four executive directors appointed by Emirates Airline are already in Angola to join the new board of directors of TAAG, Angolan Airlines.

The CEO of TAAG, Joaquim Cunha, said the new executive directors would assume their respective positions soon, under ...

The new General Labour Law, approved on June 15 this year, came into force on 14 September. According to the national director of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security, Agostinho dos Reis Amândio, the main objectives of this new law is to promote social justice and the creation of more jobs in order to enhance economic growth.

Speaking at a seminar about the new law, Agostinho dos Reis Amândio, added that the previous labor law was in a historical, socio-economic and ...