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JM reports that a Funchal court ordered the release of three citizens who had been in compulsory confinement, after refusing to take the PCR test on arrival in Madeira.
As far as JM was concerned, the three citizens arrived in the Region last week, when the state of calamity was still in effect, and ............
The Portugal News reported recently that the time throughout the EU will change as usual on 31 October to winter time, and once again clocks will go back by one hour, despite a proposal since 2018 for the end of this seasonal clock change practice.
European Commission’s spokesperson for Public ............
The Diario reports that this week the Portuguese Weather Institute, IPMA acknowledged that a cloud of sulphur dioxide (SO2) “originating from the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano” had been ............
JM reports that Funchal was one of the locations in Portugal where motorcyclists yesterday demonstrated against the imposition of mandatory inspections on motorcycles from January 2022. Unlike what happened in Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Faro, in Funchal and Porto Holy the protest was made on foot.
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JM reports that at 8:00 am tomorrow, Sunday, October 17, at Avenida da República, in Cascais, the starting shot of the 2021 edition of the Lisbon Marathon, sponsored in part by Banana da Madeira, will be fired.
Since 2012, GESBA-Banana Sector Management Company has supported the event, organized by ............
The Diario reports that according to its operator, VINCI Airports, traffic at Funchal Airport is almost back to the 2019 level.
VINCI information, based on data up to September 30, states that in Portugal, “the number of passengers practically doubled this summer compared to last ............
JM reports that “it was a form of liberation”. Funchal’s old town and other parts of the city once again registered crowds at the start of the first weekend without curfew restrictions.
In an issue that highlights other ‘freedoms’ that were once restricted due to the ............
Press agency Lusa report that Madeira has moved into the green, low risk category for COVID-19 on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) map, which supports travel decisions in the European Union (EU), with mainland Portugal and the Azores in orange.
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