According to media outlet JN, Società Foggiana, one of the "most brutal and violent Italian mafias," laundered 16 million euros through two companies based in Madeira, through a scheme that allowed Società Foggiana to benefit from European Union Community Funds intended to support rural development.
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The continued search for the German tourist who fell overboard a boat on the north coast, in the São Jorge quay area, Santana last Thursday resumed this morning.
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea, has placed the north coast of Madeira and Porto Santo under yellow warning due to maritime unrest, as waves on the northwest of the island could reach 4 metres in height. The warning will remain in place until 6 pm today.
Most of the passengers aboard the SeaDream1, who docked in Funchal harbour this morning, decided not to disembark. Those who did leave the ship, were scheduled to do so, while the remaining passengers decided to stay on board as they had been at sea for more than 72 hours.
In an address to European partners by videoconference the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, stated that the situation within the tourist sector remains critical and stressed the need for new measures to boost this sector.
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Madeira's PSD party representative at the Assembly of the Republic recently stated that the new 'Sea Law' reinforces Madeira's autonomy.
The NRP Setúbal docked this morning in Funchal harbour due to the worsening sea conditions off the coasts of Madeira and Porto Santo.
German company, AIDA Cruises, whose ships bring around 200 thousand passengers a year to Madeira has confirmed that they will not be docking here when they resume sailing again in November.
934 passengers disembarked from the Lobo Marinho in Porto Santo this morning, coinciding with the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's 'mini-break' on the island.
The President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, again justified the use of masks by saying that the exponential increase in positive cases of Covid-19 in Madeira does not surprise the Regional Government, which, for this very reason, they enforced the use of masks outdoors.
Turismo de Portugal has announced that they have created a new 'Portugal Travel Insurance' which is available to all visitors who reside outside the Portuguese territory, but who are planning to visit mainland Portugal or its territories for their holidays.
The new mask wearing law is creating palpitations throughout the tourism sector, and tourism agency 'Trans Madeira' alerted local newspaper JM advising them that the “unclear and poorly communicated” mandatory use of the mask in open public spaces is already having a detrimental affect on the island's precarious tourism market.
The good news is that there is increasing evidence that Madeira is slowly beginning to recover from the pandemic as the latest information from the airport confirms that flights are expected to increase from 60 a week during July to a 140 per week in August.
Despite the reassuring words from the Health Secretary that compulsory mask wearing in all public spaces would not have an knock on effect for tourism, some companies have already reported client cancellations, due to the controversial mandatory mask wearing law being brought in this weekend.