The Public Prosecutor’s Office has just shelved an inquiry into appointments to management positions made by the Government in early 2024. At stake were doubts about the legality of these acts when the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque was resigning. The prosecutor concluded that the decision is legal and censures…
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IPMA seismographs recorded two earthquakes this morning. The first was at 03:07 off the Selvagens Islands registering 2,7 on the Richter Scale. A few hours later, at 04:47, a smaller 2.3 magnitude earthquake occurred off the north coast of Madeira on the Madeira Tore. Due to their size and location,…
The Regional Secretariat for Tourism, Environment and Culture today sent letters to a wide range of public and private entities in order to respond to “a growing and worrying phenomenon: the illegal practice of camping, and other associated activities on roads and public spaces in the Autonomous Region of Madeira,…
Health regulators, drug regulators, and the Food and Economic Safety Authority warned today that the diagnosis of hearing loss and the placement of devices must be carried out by health professionals and accredited entities. In a joint press statement, the National Medicines Authority (Infarmed), the Health Regulatory Authority (ERS), and…
The traffic chaos this morning in the Red Cross area and which affected the entire Cota 40 and, possibly, also the Expressway, was caused by a barrier on the road. According to the Vice-President of the Funchal City Council, Traffic Department, Bruno Pereira, a barrier was placed at one of…
The municipal deputy elected by the Earth Party (MPT) has expressed his support for the proposal presented by the Trust Coalition regarding the strengthening of the inspection of local accommodation establishments (AL) in the Municipality of Funchal. “As a political force of a humanist matrix, which places human dignity, social…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), recorded a 1.8 magnitude earthquake at 22:08 last night off the northwest coast of Porto Santo. The ‘quake’ occurred at a depth of 22 kilometers. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 1
Machico Mayor, Ricardo Franco, has addressed the chaotic scenes witnessed daily at Baía d’Abra, Ponta São Lourenço. In a statement, he affirms that he has issued a proposal to the Regional Government for the creation of a car park and shuttle bus service to and from the popular tourist attraction. …
The CDU was in Praia Formosa yesterday as part of their electoral campaign. During their visit, members of the party warned of the threats that “touristification brings to the management of the coast and the ecological risks to coastal waters.” “According to the most recent official data, Portugal has the…
Livre’s candidacy for the Legislative Elections on the 18th of May for the constituency of Madeira argues that immigrants contribute to Social Security sustainability. In a statement, the party points out that “the legal immigrants living and working in Portugal play an essential role in the sustainability of the Social…
In March 2025, the region’s airports handled 442.5 thousand passengers and moved 2,975 aircraft (commercial flights), reflecting year-on-year rates of change of +6.7% and +7.1%, respectively. Numbers that, in addition to those of January and February, result in more than 1.1 million passengers and more than 8.1 thousand aircraft in…
The European Commissioner for Energy today rejected attributing last week’s electricity cut in the Iberian Peninsula to excess renewable energy production, praising the response of the Portuguese and Spanish authorities to the “worst blackout in recent decades.” “There is no reason to believe that last week’s blackout is due to…
The President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, launched harsh criticism against Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP), implying that they are part of a “anonymous complaints brigade threatening the stability of the island and which have given rise to a series of high profile investigations by the Judiciary Police…
The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) reported today that electricity production in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, estimated from the electricity emission data provided by the Madeira Electricity Company (EEM), increased by 2.8% year-on-year in the 1st quarter of 2025. Analysing the production mix of the electricity emitted…
The weighted average daily traffic on the Madeira Expressway increased by 6.0% in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year. The information was released by the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM), based on data from the Regional Directorate of Roads (DRE).…