Electricity production increased by 2.1%, estimated from electricity emission data provided by the Madeira Electricity Company (EEM), during the 1st half of 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year. “Analysing the production mix of electricity emitted in the 1st half of 2024 – whose total was around…
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Francisco Gomes, deputy of Chega in the Assembly of the Republic, is concerned about the persistence of “high levels of poverty in Madeiran society” and believes that they prove that the economic sector is generating and deepening social inequalities. The observations were made in actions of contact with the population,…
Banif’s injured parties will propose to the Government a compensation claim of 169.6 million euros, to respond to 1,900 credit claimants, in a solution similar to that found for the injured parties of BES’s Commercial Paper. According to a source linked to the process, Banif’s injured parties estimate total losses…
The Government will approve new withholding tax tables that will reflect the reduction of IRS rates, after the promulgation of the diploma by the President of the Republic. This will come into force retrospectively in September. “Following the promulgation of AR Decree No. 7/XVI, by the President of the Republic,…
Pedro Lima, President of the Association of Cider Producers Madeira, in an interview with Radio JM-FM, reports that cider production could drop by more than 50% due to the high temperatures affecting the pears’ maturation. “We have a production much lower than last year, with very little fruit,” stated the…
The Judiciary Police, through the National Unit for Combating Cybercrime and Technological Crime, participated in the third phase of the transnational operation Jackal, coordinated by Interpol, against organised crime networks in West Africa, which are dedicated to the development of online financial fraud. The police operation took place between the…
Only 19% of Portuguese respondents in a Eurobarometer released today, below the 30% of the European Union (EU) average, say they are well aware of their rights in air transport. A situation that is said to worry the European Commission.Â
To mark Funchal City Day (20th of August), the city's Mayor, Cristina Pedra, has prepared a show
Continuing the implementation of measures to support the dynamisation of municipal markets,
Restaurant owners located in the Old Town were surprised today with the removal, of tables, chairs, and parasols from the terraces by officers from the inspection service.
Political party- PAN expressed today, at a press conference held in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, its total opposition to any type of fishing in the Selvagens Islands Nature Reserve Area,
The Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Portugal, Zhao Bentang, was today received at the São Lourenço Palace by the Representative of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Judge Ireneu Cabral Barreto.
he Regional Government is committed to following what it says is the "popular will" and ensuring the construction of a "new attractiveness" for Curral das Freiras,
The deputy of Chega/Madeira in the Assembly of the Republic believes that the International Business Centre of Madeira (IBC) "has its purpose determined and is no longer a way to enhance the economy of the Region.
The Spanish hotel group BarcelĂł, which recently announced an investment of 50 million euros in Madeira, a