Ferry decision.
Twelve trips each summer to Portimao
With the extended deadline for tenders to operate a new ferry between Madeira and the mainland having passed, RTP report that Empresa de Navegação Madeirense (ENM) is the only company ............
Month: May 2018
Porto Santo beach controversy.
Green Party condemns beach reclamation
Porto Santo beach: The Diario reports this morning that the Greens Party have issued a press release condemning the work being carried out in the dune belt along the beach in Porto Santo. “After the sea storms that have strongly affected the dune strand of ............
Brexit: EHIC card threatened.
EHIC card to go after Brexit?
The Independent today reports that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has admitted that Brexit could mean the end of free medical treatment in the EU for UK citizens: ‘It’s not possible to predict the outcome of the negotiations’, the Health Secretary told ............
Airline behaviour. FC Porto.
Transavia dump passengers
A rather alarming story is coming out of the latest batch of flight cancellations at Madeira Airport. On April 24th three French travellers arrived at the Airport, to find that their scheduled Transavia flight from the island back to Paris via Porto had not managed ............
Fresh air – official! Portugal takes Brexit hit.
Madeira has cleanest air
Fresh air!: The Diario leads today with the story that Madeira officially boasts the best air quality in Portugal. The archipelago has recorded the best atmospheric quality in a national survey and registered the lowest occurrence of particles deemed to be potentially ............