Today, prayers were said during the celebration of Dia de Nossa Senhora do Monte, Largo da Fonte for the thirteen people who lost their lives in the 2017 Monte tree tragedy.
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The festivities of Nossa Senhora do Monte, in Funchal, which started on the 5th of August this year, will have more focus on the religious aspect of the festival, than on partying and entertainment.
Today marks the first anniversary of the ECOS Machico Interpretive Centre (CIEM), a space dedicated to the development and territorial sustainability of the county, with the research, enhancement and promotion of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of its Ecosites.
The second level (NAS01), NAS – Nautical Archeology Society training course took place on the 30th and 31st of July at the Associação Oceânica facilities in Santa Cruz.
This years Festa da Alegria will take place from this Friday, the 5th of August until Sunday the 7th at Montado da Esperança, in São Roque.
Humanity is on the brink of destruction, and Earth Overshoot Day certainly shone a light on the fragility of planet earth.
Rally car and rallying enthusiasts will love the new attraction at MadeiraShopping - a rally car simulator -.
Science Councilor, Isabel Costa, yesterday visited the Funchal based research submarine Lula 1000.
The President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, Judge Counselor Ireneu Cabral Barreto, received the Australian Ambassador, Claire Rochecouste, this morning.
Heat waves similar to the one affecting western Europe, which hit Portugal last week, will be increasingly frequent and intense until at at least 2060, opined the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) today.
Since its foundation in 1999, the Funchal Marine Biology Station has held an 'Open Night' event during July, August and September, which aims to encourage the general public to attend a guided tour of the Station between 20:00 and 21:15, and attend an informative lecture afterwards. This month's event is tomorrow the 16th of July.
After six years of conflict, it would appear that a temporary resolution to the Praia Formosa car park situation has been reached.
The Ecologists Os Verdes Party (PEV), claim that the approval of the Curral das Freiras cable car by the Regional Secretary for the Environment and Climate Change, as "criminal."
Today, a teacher, who had already been the subject of abuse, violence and a bomb threat has been elected as the Director of the Basic School of the 1st cycle, with preschool and day care in São Vicente.
Pastoralists (Shepherds) are also calling for 'honest and tangible laws and regulations' and are harshly critical of the inspection of Madeira’s nature by the Instituto das Florestas e da Conservação da Natureza (IFCN).