Portugal takes more Afghan refugees
86 Afghan refugees now in Portugal

JM on the mainland reports that Portugal will receive today about 20 more Afghan refugees who will join the 66 Afghan citizens who are … Read more
JM on the mainland reports that Portugal will receive today about 20 more Afghan refugees who will join the 66 Afghan citizens who are … Read more
Yesterday afternoon an 18-year-old girl in a bikini was seen swimming in the sea at the mouth of Ribeira de João Gomes, … Read more
Today’s photographic highlight on the JM front page focuses on tuk-tuks. “Summer recovers ‘tuk-tuk’ in Funchal”. The newspaper reports that despite the tuk-tuk business relying heavily on cruises, businessmen in the sector … Read more
Madeira is in no hurry to relax rules and do away with the curfew or the mask. Other countries have already done so … Read more
The Mail Online is asking the question “Is it time to stop obsessing over Covid figures? Their statistics reveal that coronavirus is NOT … Read more
JM reports that local politicians are calling for the rehabilitation of Pico do Facho, in Machico, proposing the “construction of a small bar and two rooms, a … Read more
The Madeira News website, with its automated news feed incorporating Google translate, has picked up a report that another 35,100 vaccines from Pfizer arrived … Read more
Açoriano Oriental Government of the Azores satisfied with inclusion in the “green list” of the United Kingdom
The Government of the Azores welcomed … Read more
Orca Praia: ‘Best Ocean View Hotel 2021’
JM headlines that unlike the mainland and the Azores, Madeira remains in a state of calamity due to the pandemic. The prudence of … Read more
The Telegraph among others reports that Manchester United yesterday secured the incredible £19.7 million capture of Cristiano Ronaldo from under the noses of rivals … Read more
The Diario today leads with a report that schoolchildren will be given saliva tests before the start of the school year. The screening … Read more
Numerous sources report that Manchester City are exploring the possibility of signing that most famous Madeiran, Cristiano Ronaldo, from Juventus.
L’Equipe report that … Read more
Madeira, against most forecasts, remains on the UK green list despite predictions that it would move into the amber category after a recent … Read more
The Telegraph reports today that the UK Government is set to overhaul key parts of the EU’s data laws under proposals … Read more
The Diario reports that the Madeira Regional Government is clearing 110 hectares in Paul da Serra in order to … Read more
JM world edition reports that the President of the United States received, on Tuesday, an inconclusive report from the US secret … Read more
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) yesterday authorized new manufacturing sites for the new coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech in France and Germany … Read more
Madeira will renew the “state of calamity” at the next Governing Council, but relax the hours of curfew slightly to start at 2:00 am… Read more
A lot of people are second-guessing the latest changes to the UK government’s traffic light listing of overseas destinations, and Madeira is being … Read more
As predicted here a few posts ago, JM reports that Madeira has today reached the landmark of 70% of the population completely vaccinated against COVID-19, … Read more
JM reports that a foreign woman who had a fall from a height of “five to eight meters” on a route not recommended was rescued … Read more
The Diario reports that Madeira should surpass today the complete vaccination of 175,000 people against COVID-19, which corresponds to 70% of the population, indicative of … Read more
In a fascinating clip from the BBC documentary Blue Planet II, narrator David Attenborough elegantly explains how the beautiful but incredibly lethal Portuguese Man O’ War catches food underwater with its tentacles while still remaining … Read more
JM report that Alberto João Jardim has entered the fray in the forthcoming elections for control of Funchal City Hall (Câmara Municipal do Funchal… Read more