The Achadas da Cruz cable car, in Porto Moniz, will be closed for maintenance and routine safety testing until this weekend, the 1st and 2nd of November. The cable car will then close again from the 3rd until the 7th. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
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Machico will host the TrashTraveller on Sunday, the 2nd of November. The TrashTraveler, local communities, and environmental groups are teaming up for a massive cleanup at Calhau de Machico Beach. This effort, spearheaded by TrashCatch, in partnership with the Municipality of Machico and supported by Surfrider, Remote East Coasters, and…
Last Friday, British residents were invited on board the RRS Discovery. The invitation, by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Portugal, Lisa Bandari, was to create an informal meeting for British residents to meet her on her first official visit to the island,…
The entry price to the Cabo Girão viewpoint will increase from 3 to 5 euros per person, from the 1st of January 2026. Children up to 12 years old and residents in the Region will continue to be exempt from payment. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Wind gusts of 80 and 73 km/h have already been recorded this Monday in Madeira. Early this morning, the weather station at Chão do Areeiro recorded guts of up to 80 km/h, followed by Santo da Serra, with 73 km/h. At Madeira Airport, the Santa Catarina weather station recorded 65…
Car tax deadlines are changing in 2026, with due dates no longer tied to the matriculation date but instead becoming payable in February. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
A small earthquake was recorded yesterday off the north coast of Santana. The 1.4 magnitude earthquake occurred at 13:50 and had a depth of 36 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Mid-morning today, a cement block fell from the top floor of a building and landed on the Penha d’Águia da Ajuda esplanade. The block smashed its way through a parasol on the terrace and hit the tray of an employee. The impact was so great that the bottles and glasses…
A 34-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, arrested last year by the Judiciary Police during a drug trafficking operation in Câmara de Lobos and Funchal, will remain in custody at the Funchal Prison in Cancela until their trial. The defendants were heard in the first interrogation court at the District…
The detection of a case of avian influenza in Madeira prompted a meeting between the Ornithological Association of Madeira (AOM) and the Ornithological Breeders Club of Madeira (CCOM) with the Regional Directorate of Veterinary and Animal Welfare (DRV). According to a statement from the AOM, this meeting aimed to enhance…
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, promulgated the Foreigners Law, according to information released today on the presidency’s website. In the note, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa considers that the diploma, reviewed and approved by 70% of deputies, “corresponds minimally to the essence of the doubts of unconstitutionality…
A “joint and complex” operation culminated in the seizure of 2.3 tonnes of cocaine off the coast of Madeira, in an operation led by the French Navy. The information was released by the French Navy itself, through the social network X (formerly Twitter), where it detailed that the seizure of…
Recommends to the Regional Government to carry out a feasibility study for the construction of a surface metro connection between Calheta and Caniçal have been called for. This is the title of the draft resolution, authored by the PS, which was debated in the Regional Parliament, in a session that…
After requesting a feasibility study for a surface metro between Calheta and Caniçal, the PS presents another diploma aimed at transport/accessibility. In this case, Gonçalo Leite Velho has submitted a draft regional legislative decree entitled ‘Legal Regime of traffic restriction zones for Rent-a-Car.’ The proposal “establishes the legal regime for…
The National Association of Car Rental Companies (ARAC) has requested an urgent hearing at the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira on the proposal to revise Regional Decree No. 13/2013/M, which regulates rental car activity. In a statement released this Tuesday, the association considers that the diploma “introduces…