Mindelo, Jul 3 (Inforpress) - The Miss & Mister event of the Mindelo Industrial and Commercial School (EICM, known as the Technical School) will take place on Saturday 5th, with the participation of 18 young people and will commemorate the 50th anniversary of independence.

The competition is being organised by the EICM 2025 Finalists Committee, in partnership with the school's former student Marcos Tienne, who was twice a mister at the school, and the well-known Mindel instructor Fabrício Cardoso.

As one of the co-producers, Fabrício Cardoso told Inforpress that they decided to combine the useful with the pleasant and celebrate young beauty alongside one of the country's most important anniversaries, national independence.

‘I intend to give the beauty contest a playful touch, like a masterclass on the life and journey of Amílcar Cabral, the causes that culminated in the independence of Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau, the valorisation of our cultural identity, among other important subjects to be experienced on the day we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the date,’ explained the same source.

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Praia, Jul 3 (Inforpress) - Cabo Verde, represented by the National Federation of University Sports Students of Cabo Verde (FNEDU) at the FADU Summit 2025, stressed in its presentation the importance of university sport as a tool for inclusion and academic development.

Alector Timas, president of FNEDU, who took part in the event that took place in the city of Vila Real (Portugal) from 30 June to 2 July, highlighted the panel of international speakers on the theme of ‘Strategic Vision for University Sport’.

According to Alector Timas, it was ‘a unique opportunity’ to share Cabo Verde's vision of the importance of university sport as a tool for inclusion, academic development and the promotion of young talent, both inside and outside the country.

FNEDU president Alector Timas, who took part in the event that took place in the city of Vila Real (Portugal) from 30 June to 2 July, highlighted the panel of international speakers on the theme of ‘Strategic Vision for University Sport’.

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Mindelo, Jul 3 (Inforpress) - The Civic Association for the Enhancement of Matiota (ACVM) is organising a clean-up of the seaside resort's tank on Saturday as part of a day of citizenship to mark the 50th anniversary of Cabo Verde's independence.

This initiative was taken up by the president of the ACVM, António Pedro Silva, who explained to Inforpress that they are resuming a campaign that began in 2021 to valorise the space, located in the Chã de Alecrim area, next to the Cabnave shipyards, with years of history in the city of Mindelo.

According to the same source, all this time they have been waiting for a project to maintain and repair the entire surrounding area, including the construction of changing rooms, with the approval of the former Minister for the Sea, Abraão Vicente, but no further progress has been made. 

“the action on Saturday will be like a liberation of people's spirits, because at the moment there is a political oppression that is crushing the citizenry, “ said António Pedro Silva, with the idea that the choice of 5 July was “'not for nothing”'.

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Lisbon, Jul 3 (Inforpress) - The Centre for Judicial Studies (CEJ) in Portugal is going to help Cabo Verde by sharing experience and carrying out a technical mission with a view to setting up the Centre for Legal and Judicial Training (CFJJ) in the archipelago.

The Minister of Justice, Joana Rosa, was received on Wednesday by the director of the CEJ in Portugal, Judge Counsellor Fernando Vaz Ventura, who encouraged the minister to go ahead with the project, guaranteeing the collaboration of the institution she heads in its realisation.

On the occasion, the Cape Verdean leader presented the state of play of the process of creating the CFJJ, detailing the objectives, the model, the structure, as well as the reforms needed and underway to improve the archipelago's judicial system in the face of the increase in backlogs, i.e. the judicial configuration in relation to the challenges of the sector.

Joana Rosa emphasised the need to maintain the partnership with the CEJ, particularly in the training of trainers and ongoing training of magistrates, a collaboration that she said has been beneficial for Cabo Verde. 

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