Independent councilors Luís Filipe Santos and Jorge Afonso Freitas recommended, today, in a City Council meeting, that urgent maintenance and inspection actions be taken in critical areas of the city of Funchal, taking into account the recent rains and unstable weather. Maintenance tasks like cleaning stream and riverbeds are needed,…
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Madeiran doctor Rafael Macedo, who recently ceased his duties as health delegate of the municipality of Vila do Porto, on the island of Santa Maria, in the Azores, has caused controversy after having released, on his Facebook page, images of a foetus found in a local rubbish dump, according to…
Bad weather has caused more than four dozen flights to be cancelled this morning at Madeira Airport, affecting both arrivals and departures. Before the vast majority of operations were cancelled, several flights were diverted to other airports, as a safety measure in view of the impossibility of landing on the…
The councillors of Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) in the Funchal City Council are hosting a public debate at the Barceló Hotel, located at Rua da Alfândega, n.º 9, at 18:00 tomorrow, under the title ‘The new Regulation of Local Lodging in Funchal,’ within the scope of the Funchal 360 initiative.…
The Regional Government of Madeira, through the Regional Secretary for Tourism, Environment and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, is concerned about the possibility that the main air carriers that provide connections between the mainland and the autonomous regions may abandon the routes covered by the Social Mobility Subsidy (SSM) Eduardo Jesus warns…
For Porto Santo, March 2026 was marked by below-average temperatures and above- average rainfall, concludes the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA). According to the IPMA climatological bulletin, the four reference stations recorded average air temperature values lower than the climatological normal (1991–2020). The stations of Chão do Areeiro…
MSC Cruises has announced its winter 2026/2027 schedule, which includes 15, 7-night cruises embarking and disembarking in Funchal, aboard MSC Fantasia. According to the company, this includes all-inclusive packages at unmissable prices. Between the 15th of December and the 23rd of March 2027, the ship will carry out itineraries through…
Tomorrow at 11:30, the Madeira Whale Museum will receive the Mayor of Machico, Hugo Marques, and the councillor for the Environment, Alberto Olim. The mayors will learn about Greenpeace’s research and development project, funded by the Dutch Post Code Lottery, as part of a broader funding package to stop the…
The Rent-a-Car business in the region generated 108,9 million euros in 2025, through 431.492 rental contracts, confirms the Regional Statistics Office (DREM). Further information shows that the majority of rental contracts were issued through the airport rental companies (58,9%), local rental car offices (32,3%), and hotels (8,8%). Last year showed…
Madeira’s highest peaks had a dusting of snow this morning, after a sudden drop in temperature. At 09:00, the minimum temperature at the Pico do Pico weather station Areeiro was at -0.7 ºC, after having dropped from 4.6 ºC recorded in the early hours of the morning. Samantha Gannon info…
Travellers in and out of the island may be affected by safety constraints at Madeira’s Airport, given the intensity of the wind that is expected for the Region. Ricardo Tavares, the Regional IPMA Delegate, states that from Wednesday, with the arrival of a new depression in Madeira, gusts could reach…
After several days of stable weather and mild temperatures, with extreme maximums above 24 ºC in Funchal, Madeira is preparing for a significant change, with a sharp drop in temperature and the possibility of snow at the highest points. According to the IPMA, from Tuesday, April the 7th, very cloudy…
A video showing a group of four cyclists riding on the Expressway (VR1) is being widely disseminated on social networks and generating criticism from users and drivers. According to what was possible to assess, the situation occurred yesterday, around 14:00, on the section between the Quinta Grande junction and the…
The Public Security Police (PSP) has once again alerted the population to the increase in scams associated with the MB Way application, stressing that this type of scheme continues to defraud citizens throughout the national territory. In a post made on social networks, the authority explains that the method used…
The CDS Santa Cruz says it is concerned that the Santo da Serra Market remains closed. The party reports that, in recent weeks, elements of the municipality have gone to the site several times and maintained contact with merchants and farmers, “trying to follow the evolution of the work and…