The Original Madeira Island News Blog
FN report that the circus that performed in downtown Funchal once again captivated their audience last night. This time they were not restricted by the wind that affected last weeks performance.
The artistic project was integrated this year for the first time at the Atlantic Festival 2019. ............
Madeira Day is celebrated in tomorrow, 1st July. The public holiday marks the date when Portugal granted autonomy to the Madeira archipelago. Although it is only officially celebrated in Madeira, Portuguese citizens and Portuguese immigrants throughout the world celebrate the holiday ............
The Diario reports that this year’s edition of the Atlantic Festival ended last night, with the pyro-musical spectacle ‘Glorious’ performed by Portuguese company ............
Tonights final “pyro-musical” fireworks show at 22.30 on the outer pier of the Port of Funchal is by the Macedos Pirotecnia company (Portugal) with the theme “Glorious”.
The Diario reports that the show will be followed by the Award Ceremony of the International Fireworks ............
The Global Peace Index has published its 2019 results, and after climbing two places, Portugal is officially the third most peaceful country in the world. The first and second places have gone to Iceland and New Zealand. The ............
The Regional Authority for Economic Activities (ARAE) has admitted that many of the issues raised on the Electronic Complaints Book will not be solved for technical reasons before 1 July this year – a target date reported ............
JM reports that Frente MarFunchal has announced that the parking lot at Praia Formosa is open once again.
The announcement has just been posted on the Facebook page of Frente MarFunchal, which manages most of the seafront facilities in and around Funchal. The company guarantees that “free ............
Last night’s unveiling of the new JM logo for the Journal (reported in the previous post) was one of the first events held at the new Savoy Palace hotel.
According to well ............
The President of the Regional Government yesterday claimed that Madeira “is an example in terms of information: plural information, free information”.
He was speaking at an official presentation of the Journal’s new “JM” logo, Miguel Albuquerque pointed out ............
The Diario report that the widely criticised decision to charge sports teams the full fare rather than the previously subsidised one has been reversed.
“The Professional Footballers representatives and TAP reached an understanding and agreed to maintain the sports fees not only for Professional ............
Last week new restrictions on advertising targetting children and young people under 16 years of food and drink came into force in Portugal. These cover energy, salt content, sugar, fatty acids and processed fatty acids according to the law which establishes the new rules that was published last ............
Portugal will escape the week-long heatwave which is set to affect most of continental Europe. Across Europe authorities have urged children and older people to stay indoors and issued severe warnings against dehydration and heatstroke. France is predicted to break its all-time record ............
Hot on the heels of São João comes the feast of São Pedro, most notably celebrated in Ribeira Brava. The municipality’s Facebook page is here.
São Pedro is the patron of the parishes of Ponta do Pargo, São Pedro in Funchal and has chapels dedicated to him in the parishes of Câmara ............
The Diario front page today leads with the headline that the ferry cost €6 million last year.
Each trip made by the ‘Volcán de Tijarafe’ in 2018 had the value of €510,000. The ferry dossier even takes the JPP party to attack Pedro Calado ............
FN report that June 28th and 29th on Rua Dr. Fernão de Ornelas seesthe 1st International Street Arts Festival in Madeira, with a dynamic that intends to accompany the new characteristics of an emblematic artery of the city, recently closed to traffic automobile and therefore provides conditions ............
The Diario reports that according to the information released today (25 June) by the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira, for the first quarter of 2019, sales of family accommodation in the Autonomous Region of Madeira increased by year-on-year, but fell quarter by quarter.
In the first ............
Frente MarFunchal report through the social network Facebook that “the beginning of work on the escarpment overlooking the Poços do Gomes Bathing Complex scheduled for yesterday was postponed until today, the 25th of this month, due to the adverse weather conditions recorded yesterday ............
In a story picked up by the automated newsfeed madeiraisland.news, the Diario website tonight headlines a story from the obscure scientific bulletin “Science of the Total Environment“.
Researchers at the Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences ............
The Diario reports that six flights were diverted this morning from Madeira International Airport due to the poor visibility in the area east of the island of Madeira between 9.00 and 11.00am. By 11.00am five flights were reported as diverted, to Porto Santo, the Canaries and Continental Portugal. ............
Rain forecast: The Diario notes that the weather forecast from the Portuguese Weather Institute this morning (opposite) is not looking particularly good, with rain forecast for today.
The sky is forecast to be very cloudy, but less so during the afternoon. Rainfall is also anticipated across the ............
The Diario reports on a lively event last night marking São João celebrations in the town of Santa Cruz, beneath the airport. The Popular Marches, between late afternoon and early evening, with around 550 participants representing ten groups, were the main event of the festive night, which ............
The Public Security Police and the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters are currently in the Bay of Funchal, on the end nearer the Old Town, where a corpse has just been found.
According to the Diario, the victim is a woman. The body is on the pebble beach covered by a sheet.
The corpse was seen floating ............
American online magazine AFAR has just published a big feature entitled “Why You Should Go to Lisbon This Summer” which makes interesting reading. Personally I have loved the place since spending a lot of time there in the ‘eighties, and return regularly, but its popularity ............