Month: April 2024

Two earthquakes measuring 4.2 and 4.4 on the Richter scale were felt today (30th April) on Terceira island in the Azores, the Azores Seismic Information and Surveillance Center (CIVISA) said.… Read more

Construction loses confidence. This is the headline of this Tuesday’s Diario. Scarce labour weighs on the sector’s prospects. Starting today, Department of Regional Statistics, DREM, will publish, monthly, the … Read more

More than 181.900 guests entered the Autonomous Region of Madeira in March, generating 924.800 overnight stays, translating year-on-year variations of +6.1% and +7.6%, respectively, according to the first data for … Read more

‘Insecurity returns to Camacha’

The municipality of Santa Cruz, now led by Élia Ascensão, has handed over a 300-page dossier to the Judiciary Police (PJ), containing documentation on recent council … Read more

The Heliborne Teams Course aimed at strengthening the current Brigade based in the Region ended on April 23rd, as reported on Friday by the Regional Civil Protection Service, in … Read more

Spectacular night-time descent into Ribeira da Janela

Yesterday’s media fought to be the first to get the best photos of the early stages of the Madeira Island Ultra Trial. With … Read more

New ‘paradise’ for immigrants to exchange their driving licenses is the headline of Diario in this edition of Sunday, April 28, 2024. “There are more and more foreign citizens purposefully … Read more

The excellent website FN has been out and … Read more

A secondary headline in today’s Diario informs readers that a Court has rejected an action against the Praia Formosa development Plan.  A group of 18 citizens wanted to annul the … Read more

…boosts production of essential plants

In Porto Santo, the Viveiro Florestal dos Salões is emerging as a fundamental piece in the environmental conservation and restoration effort. Recently subjected to a … Read more

… at the Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias

The Orquestra Clássica da Madeira, as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April, will present a concert … Read more

600 voices in Santa Catarina Park

Parque de Santa Catarina, in Funchal, hosts a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April this evening, with a choir of … Read more

Today, the day that marks fifty years since the April Revolution, both local newspapers headline the anniversary differently. JM publishes 50 testimonies from different areas, giving voice to protagonists … Read more

SANAS Madeira cited as an example

On the 12th of this month, SANAS Madeira participated in a lecture organized by Universidade Lusófona which had the theme Search and rescue at … Read more

The case that “shook Caniçal” in June last year arrives at the Madeira Judicial Court next week and makes headlines in the local press today. A disagreement over drugs led … Read more

with 80 partners

With its automated news feed incorporating Google translate, the madeiraisland.news website has picked up a report that Bolt Food has arrived in Madeira. Partner restaurants are offering … Read more

Jet2 launches first flights from Liverpool to Madeira

Flights have been delayed at Liverpool Airport after a power failure affected air traffic control.

Departures and arrivals at John Lennon Airport … Read more

Division of inheritances a major obstacle

More than 400 vacant buildings in Funchal is the subject that makes the DIÁRIO’s headline today. Around 600 unused buildings have been identified by … Read more

Francisco Gomes, Chega’s deputy in the Assembly of the Republic, met with Paulo Pereira, president of ‘Táxis RAM – Association of Taxis and Other Land Transport of Madeira’. At the … Read more

Calls to temporarily limit tourist arrivals

Reuters reort from Santa Cruz de Tenerife that thousands of people protested in Tenerife on Saturday, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit … Read more

Yesterday, “green” party, PAN Madeira (People/Animals/Nature), activists went to the mountains of Madeira, where it planted 650 trees, having already reached a thousand, as per the electoral promise. The numbers … Read more

Following up on a story that first appeared here, both regional dailies and the associated cut-and-paste blogs report further on Madeira continuing to be affected by an invasion of sargassum … Read more