The Atlantic Festival draws to a close tonight at 10.30pm. In these Saturday-night firework displays, which take place throughout June, companies compete for a trophy awarded by … Read more
Forty cars are registered for the XXIX Tour of Madeira – Classic Rally, organised by the Classic Automobile Club of Madeira (CACM), which takes place between … Read more
The front page of today’s Diario focuses on the poor performance of the national airline TAP when it comes to delivering flights to Madeira. … Read more
According to RTP Madeira, BA will maintain their five weekly flights this summer, delivering 30,000 tourists to the island. As of winter, the TV … Read more
The Journal reports that an EH-101 “Merlin” helicopter belonging to the 751 Squadron of the Portuguese Air Force is currently conducting manoeuvres at Madeira Airport. They are … Read more
The Diario reports that the Navy yesterday coordinated the rescue of a French-flagged sailboat, whose sole crew member, age 51, was suffering from severe back pain, necessitating … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 51st hat-trick last night in Portugal’s opening match of the World Cup in Russia. It was, by coincidence, the 51st … Read more
Many thanks to Mike who sent me a link to an interesting article published earlier this month detailing the breakdown of the demographics of the archipelago. The Jornal
The Journal reports that tickets for the new ferry, the Volcan de Tijarafe, go on sale today for July, August and September. It is the … Read more
A pyrotechnic team from Austria got the Atlantic Festival off to a start last night’ with a display fired from the Pontinha (photo from the Journal).
This … Read more
vaaju.com report that the President of the Region yesterday afternoon opened the second phase of the restoration of the São João Baptista do Pico Fort … Read more
The Spanish company Binter Canarias SA takes over the air connections to Porto Santo this coming Tuesday, 5th June, with two daily flights in each … Read more
Numerous news sources in the UK are reporting this evening that the Visa payment system (including Mastercard according to some) is not working as of … Read more
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