The Funchal City Council, through its Animal Welfare Unit, is promoting from today the 1st of April and the 21st their 2nd Pet Adoption Campaign.Â
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The Regional Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, Marco Caldeira, was today in Santa do Porto Moniz where he visited a farmer who produces, among other vegetables, about two tonnes of Madeira sweet potatoes.
The Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) were mobilized, this morning, to Pico do Areeiro to assist about two dozen drivers who were stranded as the formation of ice had created hazardous driving conditions in the mountainous region.Â
The JPP recently visited local grape farmers in Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, more specifically a 'Tinta Negra' farm, where they were told that the production of the 'Tinta Negra' grape is decreasing, "despite the increasing demand" from the region's Wine Houses.Â
Véronique and Laurent Blond, who were on holiday in Madeira, disappeared without a trace and the news of their disappearance is already been given attention in the French media.Â
As expected, Madeira will go to the ballot on the 26th of May.Â
As per previous statements, the Loja do Cidadão do Funchal will be closed for Easter
At the end of the 4th quarter of 2023, the Regional Public Administration (PRA) debt decreased by around €167.4 million (-3.2%) compared to the end of the previous quarter.
Francisco Gomes, elected by Chega, takes office tomorrow at the São Bento Palace, thus beginning a four-year term.
Due to the quick intervention of SANAS Madeira this afternoon, a vessel that was on the verge of sinking, was rescued.
Miguel Albuquerque was yesterday re-elected president of the PSD/M.
It has been confirmed that the two young Portuguese men arrested in Indonesia for drug smuggling are from Madeira. They were found to be carrying two kilos of cocaine.
According to statistics released by the Regional Directorate of Statistics in Madeira (DREM), in characterising the profile of parents of children born in the region in 2022, 41.8% of fathers reported living in a cohabiting relationship with the mother of their child.
Thomas Berndorfer is the new Honorary Consul of Austria in Madeira. The swearing-in ceremony was presided over by the Austrian Ambassador to Portugal, Christoph Meran, yesterday the 18th of March at the new Consulate headquarters located on Caminho de Santo António, no. 243, in Funchal.
Thirty-six emergency service personnel carried out further searches for the missing French couple today.Â