Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has said he is willing to consider changes to the 2027 State Budget to provide further support to people living in Madeira and the Azores. Speaking on Tuesday, the 27th of October, at the start of the budget debate, Montenegro was responding to JPP deputy Filipe…
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A Hungarian couple, both in their 50s, were the victims of an assault this afternoon in Santa Catarina Park, Funchal. The alert was given around 12:30 pm through a call to 112 made by a passerby who was in the vicinity. A team from the Portuguese Red Cross was called…
A 41-year-old man was injured on Tuesday, the 27th of October, after a wave swept him onto rocks at Praia Formosa, in Funchal. The alert was raised at 13:21. According to an operational source, the man was caught by a breaking wave and thrown against the rocks, hitting his back.…
A social media influencer with approximately one million followers has sparked criticism after being filmed rollerblading along the VE2 expressway in São Vicente. The video, published on Instagram on Monday, the 26th of October, shows the woman travelling along the road between the Água d’Alto tunnel and the São Vicente…
PSD/Madeira MPs have pledged to be “very demanding” during TAP’s privatisation, saying they will monitor compliance with the conditions set out for the sale, particularly those concerning air links to the region. Speaking at Madeira Airport on Monday, 26th of October, MP Paulo Neves called for regular flights between Funchal…
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) will hold a car-horn protest against the rising cost of living in Madeira on Thursday, the 29th of October. The protest is scheduled for 18:00 at the western entrance to Funchal, near the exit for São Martinho. In a statement, the party warned of rising…
A fire involving an awning on the upper roof of the Madeira Story Centre, in Funchal’s Old Town, prompted a response from three fire brigades and the PSP shortly after midnight on Monday, the 26th of October. The Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters sent two vehicles and eight personnel, while the Funchal…
Miguel Albuquerque today defended the preservation of historical, cultural and emotional ties between Portugal and Brazil, regardless of who holds the Brazilian presidency. Speaking during a visit to the Dr Alfredo Nóbrega Júnior school in Camacha, the President of the Regional Government was asked about the dispute surrounding Brazil’s election…
Porto Santo’s beach will become a testing ground for three coastal protection methods under a €2.1 million project designed to tackle erosion and strengthen the island’s natural sea defences. The work combines the reuse of sand dredged from Porto de Abrigo, the addition of sand to Fontinha beach and the…
The Portuguese Labour Party (PTP) has called on the Regional Government to clarify whether it knew about the activities of two Funchal-based companies named in a Brazilian Federal Police investigation into Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s possible undisclosed involvement in a betting business. The demand follows a report in DIÁRIO on the…
Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento has confirmed that the national government will continue to fund 50% of the cost of Madeira’s new Central and University Hospital, despite rising construction costs. Speaking in the Assembly of the Republic on Friday, the 23rd of October, during a hearing on the proposed State…
September 2026 was warmer and drier than average across Madeira, with all weather stations analysed recording temperatures above the 1991–2020 climatological normal and rainfall below it. Figures released by the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM), based on IPMA data, show that the largest temperature deviation was recorded at…
The Autonomous Region of Madeira will switch to winter time in the early hours of Sunday, the 25th of October, as clocks go back an hour. According to information released by the Office of the President of the Regional Government, the time change is provided for in Regional Legislative Decree…
Miguel Albuquerque has defended allowing taller buildings in suitable areas of Funchal, as Madeira’s Legislative Assembly debated a petition proposing a general limit of ten storeys. Speaking on Tuesday, the 20th of October, during the handover of 25 homes in Ribeiro Real, Câmara de Lobos, the President of the Regional…
The Judiciary Police (PJ) carried out searches at Madeira’s regional health service, SESARAM, on Tuesday, the 20th of October, as part of an investigation involving the Non-Urgent Patient Transport Service and the Remuneration Unit. The searches, which included the Human Resources Department, were confirmed to DIÁRIO by the PJ’s Regional…