The President of the Regional Government today rejected the idea of preventing foreigners from buying properties in Madeira.
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On the 2nd of January 2023, the JPP asked the Regional Government of Madeira for a copy of the new contract on the Madeira - Porto Santo ferry contract renewal.
The Committee on General Policy and Youth gave its assent to the European Commission's Work Programme for 2023.
In an announcement today by the Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato, the European Space Agency (ESA) will invest around four million euros in the teleportation Station located on the island of Santa Maria in the Azores.
When questioned by reporters this morning, the Mayor of Funchal, Pedro Calado, did not elaborate on the investigation of former Funchal Mayor Paulo Cafôfo, but stressed: "what needs to be investigated will be investigated."
The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) will be out on the streets with their new survey which aims to investigate the Madeiran perception of light pollution and energy efficiency.
The Observatory of Landscapes and Panoramas of the Madeira Archipelago (OPPAM) denounces the "impertinent interference in the landscape quality of Madeira," in relation to the cable car project in Curral das Freiras.
There are four Madeirans among the 30 richest Portuguese politicians according to a recent edition of Sábado magazine, which last week identified the richest and the poorest among government officials, deputies, and mayors.
In the usual weekly meeting of the Funchal City Council (CMF), opposition leader, Miguel Silva Gouveia, criticised the current management of the Municipality of Funchal, accusing the current executive of only 'governing' the needs of tourists, and not taking into account the interest of Funchalenses.
The ordinance establishing the annual pension increase for 2023 (between 3.89% and 4.83%), was published on Monday in Diário da República and is effective from the 1st of January 2023.
This week Wizz Air announced its new Madeira - Rome connection.
Funchal Bus company, Horarios do Funchal (HF), has confirmed that three million additional passengers used their services in 2022 compared to 2021.
JPP spokesperson, Élvio Sousa, made a rather heated announcement ahead of his presentation of a new ferry proposal at the Legislative Assembly this morning.
The German chain LIDL has already started looking into acquiring land in the Ribeira Brava area.