The Porto Santo Line has informed press agencies of a time change on its 14th of November evening service. The journey was initially scheduled for 18:00. This has been delayed by an hour, and the Porto Santo Ferry will leave Porto Santo at 19:00. All tickets have been automatically rescheduled…
Madeira Weekly
PSD/Madeira MPs have pledged to be “very demanding” during TAP’s privatisation, saying they will monitor compliance with the conditions set out for the sale, particularly those concerning air links to the region. Speaking at Madeira Airport on Monday, 26th of October, MP Paulo Neves called for regular flights between Funchal…
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) will hold a car-horn protest against the rising cost of living in Madeira on Thursday, the 29th of October. The protest is scheduled for 18:00 at the western entrance to Funchal, near the exit for São Martinho. In a statement, the party warned of rising…
A fire involving an awning on the upper roof of the Madeira Story Centre, in Funchal’s Old Town, prompted a response from three fire brigades and the PSP shortly after midnight on Monday, the 26th of October. The Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters sent two vehicles and eight personnel, while the Funchal…
Miguel Albuquerque today defended the preservation of historical, cultural and emotional ties between Portugal and Brazil, regardless of who holds the Brazilian presidency. Speaking during a visit to the Dr Alfredo Nóbrega Júnior school in Camacha, the President of the Regional Government was asked about the dispute surrounding Brazil’s election…
Porto Santo’s beach will become a testing ground for three coastal protection methods under a €2.1 million project designed to tackle erosion and strengthen the island’s natural sea defences. The work combines the reuse of sand dredged from Porto de Abrigo, the addition of sand to Fontinha beach and the…
The Vereda do Pico Ruivo do Paul da Serra will receive regular conservation and maintenance work over the next three years through a partnership between the Rotary Club of Funchal and the PortoBay Group. The agreement, signed on the 22nd of September at Porto Mare’s offices in Funchal, aims to…
The Portuguese Labour Party (PTP) has called on the Regional Government to clarify whether it knew about the activities of two Funchal-based companies named in a Brazilian Federal Police investigation into Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s possible undisclosed involvement in a betting business. The demand follows a report in DIÁRIO on the…
Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento has confirmed that the national government will continue to fund 50% of the cost of Madeira’s new Central and University Hospital, despite rising construction costs. Speaking in the Assembly of the Republic on Friday, the 23rd of October, during a hearing on the proposed State…
September 2026 was warmer and drier than average across Madeira, with all weather stations analysed recording temperatures above the 1991–2020 climatological normal and rainfall below it. Figures released by the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM), based on IPMA data, show that the largest temperature deviation was recorded at…
Amigos Fiat Madeira will celebrate its 26th anniversary on the 24th of October at Quinta Magnólia in Funchal. The event will bring together enthusiasts of the Italian marque for a day featuring a car exhibition, lunch, and entertainment. Under the motto “Together for this passion,” the gathering will celebrate another…
Madeira needs at least 150 additional PSP officers to meet its policing needs, according to Paulo Jardim of the Independent Union of Police Agents (SIAP). Staff shortages and growing pressure to provide policing for events were central to a meeting between the union’s Madeira representatives and PSP regional commander Ricardo…
The Autonomous Region of Madeira will switch to winter time in the early hours of Sunday, the 25th of October, as clocks go back an hour. According to information released by the Office of the President of the Regional Government, the time change is provided for in Regional Legislative Decree…
Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for 30 days and fined €255 by the Portuguese Football Federation’s Disciplinary Council after leaving the national team’s training camp in Denmark on the 30th of September. The decision, announced on the 19th of October, takes into account 19 days already served under a provisional…
Miguel Albuquerque has defended allowing taller buildings in suitable areas of Funchal, as Madeira’s Legislative Assembly debated a petition proposing a general limit of ten storeys. Speaking on Tuesday, the 20th of October, during the handover of 25 homes in Ribeiro Real, Câmara de Lobos, the President of the Regional…