''Expresso das Ilhas'' (

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

for "The Islands' Express") is a weekly

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

that covers its top stories in the archipelago and local stories from each island. The newspaper is located in the Cape Verdean capital city of

Praia Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.

and has one of the largest circulations in Cape Verde. The newspaper is published in Portuguese, apart from some occasional articles in

Cape Verdean Creole Cape Verdean Creole is a Portuguese-based creole languages, Portuguese-based creole language spoken on the islands of Cape Verde. It is also called or by its native speakers. It is the native creole language of virtually all Cape Verdeans and ...

. Its current editor-in-chief is João Augusto do Rosário.' Its daily circulation are around 10,000, it costs 100 per copy as of 2010. The newspaper is also available on the Internet.

Description

The newspaper is close to the Movement for Democracy (MPD) political party. The logo of the newspaper features a navy and light blue wave on the left. The paper is also in circulation outside the country, its daily circulation of the paper is 4,000 in Portugal and 1,000 in Angola.

Sections

''Expresso das Ilhas'' features sports, weather, businesses, entertainment and sports.

History

Together with ''

A Semana ''A Semana'' (Portuguese meaning "The Week") is a Cape Verdean daily that covers its top stories in the archipelago and local stories ranging from each island. ''A Semana'' is located in the Cape Verdean capital city of Praia and is one of the mos ...

'', ''Expresso das Ilhas'' was founded in 1991. The newspaper celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2001 and recently its 25th anniversary in 2016.

Editors

*Chissana Magalhães *Dulcina Mendes

Notes

External links

Expresso das Ilhas Homepage
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