Madeira, the Azores, Cape Verde, and Brazil are once again at the top of the Portuguese list of places to travel to for that all important New Year's Eve party, even though holidays are more expensive this year.
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A man who has been missing since the 27th of November was rescued today from a cliff near Caniço de Baixo.
Twenty-two search and rescue actions were coordinated by the Funchal Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Subcentre this year.
And for some really good news..
Seadream II, a luxury cruise liner docked in Funchal harbour today before sailing to the Caribbean, where it will stay until April next year.
Officers from the Funchal Maritime Police retrieved a decomposing body that was floating three nautical miles or 5.5 kilometers south of the Ponta de São Lourenço lighthouse in the eastern part of Madeira.
Overnight, TAP increased their fares for flights between mainland Portugal and Madeira by 53 euros, which surprised travel agencies, who were not given prior notice of the change.
With a harbour teeming with anticipation as another cruise liner made its debut stopover in the Port of Funchal, both the Norwegian Star' and 'Corinthia,' were turned away today due to the second pilot strike this month.
A 23-year-old tourist was rescued today after falling into the sea in the area of Poça das Lesmas, in Seixal.
A 2.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded yesterday evening at 21:57 by the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea(IPMA) off the northeast coast of Porto Santo.
A source from the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection has assured that the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) did not leave the Autonomous Region of Madeira out of a simulation
The President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, admitted that the controversial Law of the Sea, which is under discussion in the national parliament, may be improved, in favour of the needs of the autonomous regions.
Close to half of the deaths that occurred in 2023 in the Maritime Zone of Madeira involved tourists, states the Commander of the Maritime Zone of Madeira, Rui Manuel Teixeira.
A thousand street lights will go out tonight between 20:00 and 23:00 in five municipalities of Madeira, as part of a campaign to protect Cory's Shearwaters from excessive artificial light.
A 2.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 00:25 this morning off the north coast of Porto Santo.