Month: April 2013

Two cruise ships have made their first appearance in Funchal in the last week.

Ugly ship?

This morning (Sunday) the Norwegian Epic is due arrive at around 9.00am with 4228 … Read more

Apologies for the relatively infrequent postings of late – business, for some strange reason, has been frantic for the last month! – tourism in Madeira seems buoyant, at least from … Read more

‘Troika’ comes to Portugal today aware of the intentions of the Government to circumvent Constitutional Court ruling

The ‘Troika’ returns to Portugal today (Monday) after extending by seven years the … Read more

Portuguese Court creates Eurozone uncertainty

On Friday the single currency bloc, still reeling from the botched Cyprus bail-out, was plunged into fresh uncertainty as the Portuguese constitutional court blocked four … Read more

Today’s Diario reports that a total of 258 companies in Portugal were ‘laying off’ in February 2013, an increase on the number of  233 in January, according to figures released … Read more