The original Madeira island news blog
The Journal reports that Susana Prada, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources was at the Apple Festival in Camacha yesterday, where she spoke about the various investments that the Regional Government ............
The Diario reports that so much heavy rain was recorded across the island this morning that it ended up reaching the “red” warning level at the Monte meteorological station, where it exceeded 60 litres per square metre within a six hours period. The ............
There are three major sporting events taking place in and around Funchal this weekend.
The first sporting event is the Madeira Eco Trail. Eco Trails are an international series of events that are essentially trail-running, ............
I have been contacted by a couple of readers in the last week who have been following developments at Ryanair, as they threatened to pull out of Portugal as part of their on-going problems with union recognition across a lot of their European operations. At the same ............
The Journal reports that the Government has followed the recommendations given by the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory and has already informed the European Union that it will continue to change the time twice a year – by coincidence the shift to winter time ............
Both the Diario and the Journal report the sad news that the canine element of the Funchal Firefighters, Kenji, died yesterday the victim of an accident.
João Pedro Vieira, the councillor of the Municipality of Funchal with the responsibility for Civil Protection, ............
The Diario website reports that the mountainous regions of the island have been placed under a yellow warning, the third most serious in a scale of four, due to the forecast of downpours, sometimes strong and accompanied by thunder.
The announcement, issued ............
The Journal reports that the Dutch sailing vessel Gulden Leeuw arrived in Funchal yesterday, and will stay until next Sunday, the 28th. In addition to the crew, the ship carries about 60 students from 15 different ............