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1991 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

The singles line up was headlined by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 3, Australian Open runner-up, Philadelphia and Memphis winner Ivan Lendl, reigning Rome champion, ATP Comeback Player of the Year Thomas Muster, and Estoril titlist Emilio Sánchez.

Achada, Santiago, Cape Verde

The village is linked with the road linking Praia and Tarrafal which is approximately 40 km away from the capital.

Adrian Sitaru

His first feature film, Pescuit sportiv ("Hooked"), for which, besides being the director, he also wrote the script, has been screened in film festivals from Toronto, Palm Springs, Estoril and in the main competition of the 2009 Premiers Plans Festival in Angers, France.

Ángeles Montolio

Montolio reached a career high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo.

Balada da Praia dos Cães

Ballad of Dog's Beach (in original Portuguese Balada da Praia dos Cães) is a fiction novel by the Portuguese author José Cardoso Pires, relating the investigation into the murder of a political dissident, taking place around 1961.

Baron of Vila da Praia

The Baron of Vila da Praia was a title created by King John VI of Portugal under the decree of September 29, 1823 in favour of the tenant-general Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler (1759-1829) in which he was a governor and captain general of the Azores,

Cannes Open

It returned to the schedule as a one-off event in 2001 to replace the Estoril Open, which was cancelled by organisers due to security concerns following the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

Economy of Cape Verde

Cape Verde has cold storage and freezing facilities as well as fish processing plants in Mindelo, Praia, and on Sal.

Edvaldo Soares

He attended middle school in Maio, from 1997 to 2002 and high school in the City of Praia, from 2002 to 2004, at Palmarejo High School.

Energy policy of Brazil

It is located at the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto (CNAAA) on the Praia de Itaorna in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro.

Éric Salignon

He did miss the Estoril rounds of the championship though, with British driver Ben Hanley replacing him.

Espírito Santo Financial Group

In addition to the Banco Espirito Santo in Portugal, Azores and Madeira, BES has branches in Luanda, as well as branches or offices in São Paulo, Praia, Madrid, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Warsaw, Lausanne, Macau, Panama City, Dubai, Miami, New York, Caracas and the Cayman Islands.

Estoril Film Festival

Estoril Film Festival is an annual international film festival held in November in Estoril, Portugal.

Evandro Goebel

Evandro Goebel, or simply Evandro (born 23 August 1986 in Blumenau), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Portuguese side Estoril.

Francisco Mendes

In addition to his face being featured in 500 Pesos Guineense, many schools and streets bearing his name can be seen throughout Guinea-Bissau, and Francisco Mendes International Airport in Praia, Cape Verde was named in his honour.

Health in Cape Verde

There are hospitals in Praia, Mindelo and São Filipe on the island of Fogo, with smaller medical facilities in other places.

Helena Sá e Costa

She taught in the Lisbon and Porto conservatories, and gained international recognition as an outstanding teacher, leading to invitations to oversee courses in Cascais, Espinho, Estoril, Salzburg (Austria), Gunsbach (Albert Schweitzer Centre, in Alsace, France), Switzerland, Italy, England, Germany, Canada and America.

Honduran general election, 2009

On 30 November at the 19th Ibero-American Summit in Estoril, Portugal the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela announced they are not recognizing the elections whereas Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama expressed they will while the rest of the members did not give any response.

Ílhavo Municipality

Within the municipality, there are two villages that are popular in the summertime: Praia ("beach") da Barra, where the tallest lighthouses in Portugal (Farol de Aveiro ou da Barra) is situated and Praia da Costa Nova (Costa Nova do Prado), with its typical houses called Palheiros (they are characterized for fronts in wood or concrete, listed with lively and cheerful colors alternated with the white color) and fish market.

Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria

She married the physician Carlos Zurita y Delgado on 12 October 1972 in Estoril.

Jana Kandarr

Apart from that, she played in the semi-finals of the WTA tournaments of 1996 in Palermo and 2001 in Estoril.

Jean-Denis Délétraz

He was lapped by the leaders after just seven laps of the race, and after fourteen he retired from the race with cramp in his left arm- but this drew paddock wide criticism as Estoril is a clockwise circuit, which requires more work from the right arm, and English F1 journalist Nigel Roebuck made scathing comments about Delétraz's performance in the race.

José Luís Vidigal

Born in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola, Vidigal moved to Portugal at an early age, and started his footballing career with amateurs O Elvas CAD, moving in 1994 to the second division with G.D. Estoril-Praia.

Magdolna Purgly

Due to her son's skill, the family managed to move to Estoril, Portugal.

Magdolna Purgly de Jószáshely (born 10 June 1881 in Kürtös, Hungary; died 8 January 1959 in Estoril, Portugal) was the wife of Admiral Miklós Horthy.

Miguel Pisco

When Pisco left Estoril-Praia, the team included footballers such as Portuguese internationals Hélder Cristóvão and Paulinho, Bulgarian international Stoycho Mladenov, Moroccan international Aziz Bouderbala and Bolivian international Erwin Sanchez.

Miguel Praia

The pre-season tests at Almería (Circuito de Almería) (in January) brought new and good expectations for the team, with Craig Jones (Praia's teammate) setting new lap record for this track and Miguel Praia going only less-than-a-second behind.

Miklós Horthy, Jr.

Father and son went into exile in Portugal, where Miklós Horthy Jr. lived almost fifty years before dying at Estoril, near Lisbon, in 1993.

PIDE

Writers such as Ian Fleming (the creator of James Bond) were based there, while other prominent people such as the Duke of Windsor and the Spanish Royal Family were exiled in Estoril.

Portugal Open

The Portugal Open (formerly named Estoril Open) is an ATP and WTA clay court tennis tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal.

Praia da Varzinha

Praia da Varzinha is a sandy beach located on the north shore of a lake called Lagoa dos Patos in the municipality of Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Praia da Vitória

The area of Praia, was one of the first points of colonization on the island of Terceira; the islands first Captain-Donatorio, Jácome de Bruges, along with his first lieutenant, Diogo de Teive, established their residency in Praia.

Praia de Valadares

António Oliveira - Former football coach of Portugal, he lived in Praia de Valadares for quite some time.

Praia do Norte

On December 9, 2005 while attempting to navigate to calm waters in the Bay of Praia do Fajã, the container vessel CP Valour, a Bermudan-registered ship, originally traveling between Montreal, Canada and Valencia, Spain, ran a ground 300 m from the coast.

Principal, Cape Verde

Principal (Portuguese, meaning principal; Capeverdean Crioulo: Prinsipal), is a village located in the north central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, it is located north-northwest of the island capital of Praia and southeast of Tarrafal.

Rui Miguel Silva

In the International Finals held at Estoril, Rui claimed the third place after taking pole position and the fastest lap of the race but was eventually disqualified

Timeline of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season

AST (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression Nine forms 200 mi (320 km) southeast of Praia, Cape Verde.

Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season

AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Four forms 225 nautical miles (260 miles, 415 km) south-southeast of Praia, Cape Verde.

Várzea

Estádio da Várzea, a stadium in the city of Praia on the island of Santiago

Zaranha Beach

Zaranha Beach (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo forms of ALUPEC or ALUPEK, the Santo Antão and the São Vicente Crioulos: Praia de Santa Mónica) is a point beach covering the northern coastline of the island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde.


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