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On Wednesday a court in Funchal handed the former chief administrator of the Regency Group, Luis Camacho, two prison sentences on two counts of tax abuse.
According to the Diario, in the first case the entrepreneur was sentenced to two years in prison for “practicing fiscal ............
The island seems to be sleep-walking into the closure of the Madeira Regency Palace as early as the start of next week. Comments on recent blogs have been quiet, but at the same time they have been accumulating on previous blogs on the subject, in particular the original ............
After being appraised by a parliamentary group of MPs this last week, it has been announced that the Regional Government will continue to inject money in the Jornal da Madeira next year – or rather, it has little choice, as nobody is interested in acquiring the region’s second ............
The Portugal Resident reports in great detail on TAP Air Portugal’s privatisation deal revealed at the end of last week. They are of the opinion that “the bottom line is still that there are a number of key hurdles to go – the legislative elections this autumn being ............
According to the Regional Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2014 was by far the best of the last 10 years for the production of bananas on the island. Predictably therefore, the first four months of 2015 has seen a decrease of 10.2% over the same period last year,although ............
Spanish media outlet El Mundo published a story yesterday on Cristiano Ronaldo’s mum being stopped by police at Madrid’s Barajas airport and discovered to be carrying €55,000 in cash. The ............
The Diario reports today that problems have emerged over the legal ownership of a large part of the land at Praia Formosa. This includes everything west of the old Shell facility, and controversially includes the road running beneath the cliffs on the north-western perimeter and the ............