The Original Madeira Island News Blog
JM report that easyJet has cut back the number of flights scheduled for Madeira airport this autumn/winter.
The airline says this is due to lower demand than initially expected.
Meanwhile, TUI has announced today that it is canceling all holidays to Madeira up to the end of October – the Express ............
The Diario reports that twelve new palm trees have been planted on Avenida do Mar, replacing ones that had been removed after becoming infected with the beetle pest that habitually attacks palm trees.
The occasion was attended by Idalina Perestrelo, the Vice-President of Funchal City Council, who ............
JM reports that Câmara Municipal do Funchal (the City Council), through its Economy and Culture department, have developed a project called ‘Streets of Funchal – QRC’, covering, for now, a set of 10 streets in the city ............
On a day that seems to be featuring videos, the Diario reports on a German, Stefan Zimmerman, who spent 1400 hours editing drone footage to create an amazing 11-minute video that was released on YouTube yesterday entitled “Beautiful Madeira Island”.
Nice to meet you!
I am Stefan. ............
FN feature a new video from prolific YouTubers Pamela and Rafael Scapella.
“We stayed in a paradise in the North of Madeira Island. Discover our wonderful accommodation at Quinta das Hortênsias and come with us for a walk (levada) and eat a typical Madeira skewer. Find out more about Quinta ............
JM reported yesterday that six new positive cases of COVID-19 had been screened at the airport. These are four travellers from Poland and two from France.
There are now 60 active cases, of which 50 are imported cases identified in the context of surveillance activities implemented at Madeira ............
The Madeira Tourism Secretary said today that tenders for the traditional Christmas and New Year celebrations in the Region have already been launched, but the programs will be adapted to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have already launched the contests and we have some surprises in store ............
The use of drones to collect waste deposited on Portuguese coastal beaches is the goal of researchers at the University of Coimbra, who are aiming for it to be operational by 2022.
Since 2018, the team of researchers from the Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering of Coimbra (INESC) has been ............