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In a leaked recording obtained by BBC News, pilots’ union official Martin Entwisle described the company as being in a “really, really dire situation.”
Mr. Entwisle made the comment after a meeting with the airline’s chief financial officer, Andrew Findlay. easyJet denies that ............
Both the Diario and JM report online that the President of the Regional Government announced this morning that Madeira will have a firefighting helicopter all year round, starting next summer, 2021.
Miguel Albuquerque, who was speaking during a visit to the cable car rescue training centre, located ............
The Portuguese government has extended measures to curb the COVID-19 pandemic until at least October 14, at a time an increase in the number of daily cases in the country continues to worry authorities at home and abroad.
The whole country will remain under a “State of Contingency” until ............
Nothing to do with Madeira but could provide a salutary lesson to those thinking of ignoring quarantine guidelines: A cluster of around 100 COVID-19 cases in Iceland has been traced back to two French tourists who refused to isolate, a local newspaper reports.
The French couple arrived in Iceland ............
JM reports that the Sun newspaper today published a list of 12 holiday destinations with no quarantine rules on arrival or return to the UK for British travellers.
They point out that while mainland Portugal is currently on the UK quarantine list, although the islands of the Azores and Madeira are ............
JM reports that the Hotel Union on the island hopes to know quickly, possibly as soon as today, on the decision of an investor who will have expressed interest in Café Apolo.
The emblematic cafe over 70 years old, located in the centre of Funchal opposite the Sé ............
The cover of JM today once again highlights the major drug operation in Funchal on Wednesday morning, which left two suspects in pre-trial detention and ‘trapped’ a ............
On the Portuguese mainland, Diário de Notícias reports that legal action is being taken against the Austrian government over how, in March this year, they managed the coronavirus outbreak at the Tyrolean ski resort.
Ischgl, a ski resort in Tyrol with 1600 permanent inhabitants, has been officially ............