Azores

Resources and an international team of scientists collected sediment cores from several lakes on the Azores islands

Governor of Central Macedonia region Aspostolos Tzitzikostas has been elected President of the European Committee of the Regions.
Tzitzikostas, who is the first Greek to assume the post, replaces Belgium's Karl-Heinz Lambertz. His candidacy had been backed by all political groups in the committee.
Vasco Cordeiro, regional governor of the Azores, was elected vice president.

The Azores Civil Protection Agency said that the two westernmost islands had suffered minor damage, while hurricane felled trees and power lines, but no injuries were reported.
Azores Civil Protection Agency chief Carlos Neves says two homes were safely evacuated.
Around 250,000 people live on the nine volcanic islands.

More and more inhabitants of Portugal's Terceira Island are suffering from deadly diseases, especially cancer, at rates far out of sync with the rest of the Azores archipelago. Terceira is no different from the other islands, except in one thing. Russia-based video agency RUPTLY has carried out an exclusive investigation into this matter.