Source Diário de Notícias 11/11/2007

A new ferry boat will almost certainly replace the existing one that runs the service between Madeira and the Canaries Islands in April 2008.

The brand new spanish built ferry ‘Volcán of Tijarafe’, weighs 20,500 tons and was formally launched on the ............  ...read more

Pushing aside all the other exciting news of the day, I spotted this letter in the newspaper, and thought it was worth sharing. The letter is fairly emotional (just count the !!!!s), so whilst I can’t guarantee an exact translation in terms of sentiment, so you should ............  ...read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 9/11/2007

With less than 2 months to go until the new smoking laws come into effect (1st January 2008), there seems to be some relaxation in the original proposals.

What appeared originally to be a total smoking ban in bars, cafés and restaurants, unless they had premises ............  ...read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 8/11/2007

Around a quarter of the Portugueses do not wash their hands before eating and after going to the bathroom or having contact with animals, according to an international study presented yesterday, together with a hygiene improvement campaign. 

In the survey, ............  ...read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 7/11/2007

Forty thousand+ Madeirans (and resident foreigners hopefully) are going to pay less tax in 2008.

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Source : The Times Newspaper (UK) November 3, 2007

“Man drives butterfly into extinction and it could be bad news for us too

The Madeiran large white has been declared the first butterfly in Europe to be driven into extinction as a result of the impact of mankind.

Conservationists have spent 15 ............  ...read more

Anyone want to be famous?   We are filming ‘Wish You Were Here’ in Madeira from 25th-27th November (2007) and are looking for people who went on holiday there and loved it so much that they decided to move there. If you fit this description, or know someone who does, could you email me (Deborah) on [email protected] or call me on 0044 207 8618350.

http://www.madeira4u.com

Source : Nagional Geographic Magazine Nov / Dec 2007

National Geographic Magazine is a prestigious publication (you know, the one that you always find in the dentists waiting room) and when they publish something, then it is normal to give it plenty of credibility.

They have done an analysis of the ............  ...read more