On Saturday the 25th, the Portuguese Navy escorted another Russian ship out of Portuguese territorial waters in what has been described by the General Staff of the Armed Forces (EMGFA), as "a normal surveillance procedure of maritime spaces under national sovereignty or jurisdiction, where warships from non-NATO countries sail in Portuguese waters."
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A video of an alleged shark near the beach off Ribeira Brava this morning not only caused a media frenzy but rather a lot of apprehension as well.
At 11:16 this morning, the IPMA - The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea recorded a 2.8 earthquake off the northeast coast of Porto Santo.
Miguel Albuquerque was pleased today with Binter's decision to extend their inter-island contract, which will be formally signed on Thursday, the 23rd of February.
Again, as has been the case over the last week, strong winds affected the operationality of the Madeira International Airport Saturday morning.
An earthquake registering 2.8 on the Richter Scale was recorded last week off the southwest coast of Ribeira Brava.
Earlier today, the President of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), Manuel Filipe, informed local media outlets that three roads had been closed due to snowfall.
The Porto Santo Line (PSL) has confirmed that they have cancelled their scheduled sailing for tomorrow due to bad weather, making it impossible for the ship to dock in Porto Santo.
The Archipelago of Madeira will be under a yellow weather warning for strong wind from noon tomorrow, Wednesday the 15th, until 03:00 Thursday.
Late this evening, airport authorities confirmed that strong winds are affecting the operationality of Madeira International Airport.
As part of the activities promoted by the Casa do Povo da Calheta and its Employment Centre, registration for their new nautical course is now open.
A mini tornado captured everyone's attention yesterday. Although these are not unheard of in the area, they are uncommon.
Passengers were not happy this morning when the Porto Santo Ferry, which has just returned from a five-week maintenance break, broke down.
The Regional Civil Protection Service, IP-RAM, yesterday expressed with the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), their immediate availability and interest in the inclusion of multidisciplinary teams, integrated into international missions under the European Civil Protection Mechanism, to be eventually deployed to earthquake affected territories in Turkey and Syria.
The amount of microplastics and their evolution on Macaronesia beaches are among the priorities of researchers from Madeira, the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde.