The Original Madeira Island News Blog
The Journal reports that the first harvest of the white wine Terras de Boaventura Colheita Familiar 2017 has won a bronze medal at the largest and most prestigious international wine competition, the IWC International Wine Challenge, which was held in London ............
The Lions Club of Funchal will hold their annual Christmas Fair this weekend (December 1st and 2nd), at their headquarters in Rua Imperatriz D. Amélia, just alongside the Prince ............
The Journal reports that the Cais (pier) in Funchal will host the December 8th meeting of the Madeira Porsche Club. Around 50 cars will be there for an hour and a half to two hours. The initiative is the first organised under new directives that came into effect ............
Some remarkably cheap flights around at the moment – these are Jet2 from Newcastle:
In order to collect any particularly good deals in the one place, I have created a “Cheap Flights” section in the Community Forum ............
The Diario reports that just over one million euros is how much Macedos Pirotecnica will be paid to perform this year’s fireworks show to celebrate the transition from 2018 to 2019. To this value is added the VAT at the prevailing rate. The contract was awarded ............
The Journal reports that the Madeira Regional Government is to pay €1.6 million for not complying with a contractual obligation to ensure “the necessary water flow” for the normal operation of the Santo da ............
The Journal reports that TAP Air Portugal, the country’s flag-carrier, yesterday officially took delivery of the world’s first new Airbus – the A330-900neo – becoming the first airline to benefit ............
For those wanting to keep up-to-date with the situation at the airport – or any other on-going news issues – the best way is to visit madeiraisland.news. This automatically and immediately publishes any news feeds ............
The print edition of the Journal leads with the story that 2018 has already seen a record number of accidents on Madeira’s levadas and trails.
The reported number of accidents has for the first time reached a hundred cases, four of which were fatal for ............
Most weather websites are predicting a wet day across most of the island this Monday, with light to heavy rain forecast. The one above is for Funchal from the BBC.
The first diversion of the day has occurred at the airport, where the TAP flight from Porto, which should ............
Another “block of flats” arrived in Funchal yesterday morning as the new MSC Seaview docked at the South pier, coming from Lisbon and scheduled to leave later for ............
Thanks to Peter, who sent a link to a video post by the Journal on YouTube yesterday, showing a workman taking a short cut. Seeking to dispatch his tasks, a man who was working outside a building on Rua do Anadia in central Funchal, chose to jump from balcony to balcony 10 metres above ground ............
The Diario online is reporting that a bomb scare caused some concern in the centre of Funchal this morning where Avenida Zarco was closed due to a suspicious-looking backpack deposited next to the Palace of São Lourenço.
The item was later established to ............
FN yesterday had a accidental sneak preview of the Chrismas illuminations in Rua ............
Air fares: The print edition of the Diario leads with the story that the price of air fares for the Christmas period is making life difficult, particularly for students on the mainland who want to spend the festive season with their families on Madeira and Porto Santo, ............
As Theresa May’s final draft political declaration goes for approval, concerns are growing that she has still shown little concern for those Brits living or working in Europe. The Independents chief political commentator assesses the new wording in the 26-page ............
No news of any significance at the moment, with local politics dominating on the island, but whilst doing a bit of “wilfing” (what was I looking for), came across this article in the Independent from late 2007 (coincidentally the year this blog was started)
On ............
The Guardian website has an interesting feature on the rise of populism throughout Europe. The movement is thought to have tripled the number of ............
The Journal reports that “Operational Plan to Combat Forest Fires” on the island, which involved for the first time this year involved a firefighting ............
