The Original Madeira Island News Blog

Source : Diário de Notícias 19/1/2008

Shouldn’t laugh, but last Sunday morning in an accident in Caniço, a car left the road and landed on the roof of someones house … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 18/1/2008

TAP (The Portuguese Airline) have published some figures about their air traffic during 2007. It seem that their scheduled flights between Lisbon and Madeira … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 17/1/2008

Nearly 7 years after the initial proposal from Madeira, its seems that today a new agreement is to be signed between Portugal and Spain, … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 17/1/2008

Did you know that it is prohibited to walk through some of the many tunnels that drill through Madeira mountainous terrain, even though you … Read more

Wow, a few chilly nights this week, lower than I have come to expect. If the temperature gets any lower I will have to resort to long sleeve shirts! Thankfully … Read more

I suppose that most visitors to Madeira whilst on their travels see the coloured eco-point recycling bins, and some posters as well, and assume that Madeira is  a recycling island, … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 14/1/2008

There is little of great interest to report in todays paper, so just a short news blog today.

There are 4 crime stories, including … Read more

Nice sunny day here today, with the temperature in the low twenties. More problems at the airport yesterday morning with poor visability, with 4 planes forced to put down on … Read more

I have a backlog of news stories at the moment, so this is a bit more of yesterdays news:

Source : Diário de Notícias 11/1/2008

In 2008 you will see a … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 10/1/2008

In an article yesterday, the standard of driving on Madeira is critised, especially in terms of speeding, doing manouvers without signalling, driving on the … Read more

Sort of a surreal day here in Ribeira Brava yesterday, hot and sunny with my shaded thermometer showing 26ºC (whilst the maximum forecast for Funchal was a miserly 21ºC). The … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 9/1/2008

The birthrate on Madeira is in pretty rapid decline, with 250 less babies being born last year than in 2006. The pattern has been … Read more

Funny old island this, with the airport around 45 kilometres away suffering flight cancellations and 6 diversions to Porto Santo yesterday pm due to fog, we had just a sprinkling … Read more

I suppose the important story in the Diário de Notícias today is about the sudden recognition that crime on Madeira is hitting new peaks, referring specifically to Funchal, Santa Cruz … Read more

Well Xmas is officially over for another year, but at least the bad weather and rough seas haven’t materialised (yet) with a bright blue start to the day.

In the … Read more

Watching the Portuguese (mainland) news last night, it was quite striking to see the snow on the continent, and huge waves battering the Portugal coastline. But here I am this … Read more

I know the levada mugger thing has practically been flogged to death, but another report in yesterdays paper deals with 2 cases of tourist mugging (without violence), one involving 3 … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 3/1/2008

Hiper Sã & Pingo Doce (2 of the 3 biggest supermarkets on Madeira) give to shoppers 30 million plastic shopping bags each year. If … Read more

Many thanks to Tobi for sending in new year photos. You can view them here:

http://www.madeira4u.com/m4u_RI/resources_i_zz_new_year_2008_madeira.html

Any more : please email to fireworks@madeira4u.com … many thanks!

The burning firework debris … Read more

Happy new year to everyone, I hope it’s a peaceful and special one, but not so deep down I sadly suspect that internationally things won’t improve.

We had a very … Read more

Source : Diário de Noticias 30/12/2007

Apparently you don’t need to go to church these days to worship your God, as doing it through the internet seems to be perfectly … Read more

Carrying on from yesterdays Queen Victoria blog theme, the cruise ship ‘The World’ arrived yesterday. It is the first of the 12 cruise ships expected to arrive before Monday nights … Read more

The Cunard cuise and shipping company launched it’s newest member on the 7th December 2007, and is now on its second voyage. It arrived in Funchal yesterday, from Malaga, having … Read more

Source :  Diário de Notícias 28/12/2007

If you have children that go to school here then you will need to be aware that there is a new law governing what … Read more