The original Madeira island news blog
The Flower Festival kicks off tomorrow – full details below
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Following on from the Flower Festival, May 10th & 11th sees the 3rd Reid’s Palace Classic Auto Show
The iOnline reports that Portugal is to return to the international bond market today. The last auction of bonds was on April 1, 2011, five days before Portugal asked for help from the Troika. “As promised, Portugal will return to public sale of long-term ............
The Regional Secretary of Culture, Tourism and Transport, Conceição Estudante revealed yesterday that hotel occupancy in Madeira at Easter is 80% – 10% more than in the same period in 2013. The figures are based on a survey conducted by the Regional Directorate of Tourism ............
The Machico Ultra Trail takes place this coming weekend. The event seems to be growing in popularity year-upon-year (749 athletes from 24 different countries this year), and I understood that there was a series of mountain races of marathons/half-marathon length (42km/20km) based around ............
The Diario reports today on plans to add six buildings, each of ten stories, to the Dr. Nelio Mendonca Hospital – the main hospital on the island. A lot of construction work has already been undertaken recently, so I’m not sure how much of this is old news dressed up as new ............