New Year’s Eve.
New Year’s Eve program
Tonight will see the second performance of a piece of “music” created for ships – it was first attempted in 2012, rather unsuccessfully if I recall … Read more
Tonight will see the second performance of a piece of “music” created for ships – it was first attempted in 2012, rather unsuccessfully if I recall … Read more
The full implications of the forced sale of the “good” part of Banif to Santander Totta at a knock-down €150 million last week … Read more
Very little news recently as the holiday season starts for the locals, so this post has been padded out a little! The photo opposite is from the … Read more
According to a statement that appeared on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission two days ago, Banif (Banco Internacional do Funchal) has reported that … Read more
On Saturday night Madeira was revealed to have been voted the ”World’s Best Island Destination” at the World Travel Awards Grand Final held in El Jadida, Morocco.
In the … Read more
Most of the Christmas lights have now been installed in Funchal, and seem to be meeting with general approval after the public outrage last … Read more
The Diario online today carries another couple of stories of tourists being rescued having disappeared when walking alone or deviating from the recognised … Read more
The Journal da Madeira reported last week that the rebuilt Lido, situated at the area generally just referred to as “the Lido”, some 3 kilometres west … Read more
A cruise ship with 2000 passengers which was waiting to enter Funchal harbour yesterday decided instead to abandon its planned visit and head off to Las … Read more
JM (Journal da Madeira) reports today that TAP have announced additional flights to both Madeira and the Azores over the Christmas period due to “high … Read more
This morning I am sure that everybody’s thoughts are with the people of Paris. The Portuguese Foreign Ministry have announced that a 63 year-old Portuguese working in tourism, who was … Read more
Only one of the five Lufthansa flights normally scheduled between various German destinations and Portugal will take place today – presumably with repercussions for Germans planning to connect … Read more
The Diario today reports that the operation of the maritime facilities at Calheta will be offered to private businesses on the basis of a 30-year … Read more
The Diario today leads with the observation that it is normal in most democratic countries and regions for the head of the executive assembly to … Read more
The Wall Street Journal today reports that Portugal is teetering on the edge of political instability and is in danger of adopting leftist opposition … Read more
Both the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph report on-line that a flight from Madeira to Birmingham on Monday was intercepted by a French military jet – apparently this is … Read more
Various on-line sources, increasing over the last few days, report ex-pats having problems connecting to iPlayer using a “VPN” to fool the BBC’s servers into believing that they were located … Read more
The long awaited air-freight service (previous blog) connecting Lisbon and Madeira will commence on the 20th of this month according to the operator’s Facebook page. However it … Read more
Today’s Diario and the redesigned “JM” (Journal da Madeira) reports that the seven maritime companies that were interested in re-introducing a link between the island and the … Read more
It has been announced that the island will probably take just over 100 refugees as part of Portugal’s quota of 4,500-5,000 under the European distribution system settled upon in … Read more
Miguel Albuquerque, speaking at a meeting with businessmen in Machico on Saturday and subsequently reported in the Diario, revealed that … Read more
The colourful Renato Barros is to be forced to sell the Ilhéu da Pontinha, the “island” now incorporated into the main port facility in Funchal. … Read more
Madeira’s most famous son, Cristiano Ronaldo, turned on the style over the weekend, contributing all but one of Real Madrid’s six goals against Espanyol. There had been premature talk of … Read more