Yesterday, a car accident between two vehicles in Calheta, Madeira, left six injured, four of them German and two Spanish, according to Civil Protection sources. According to Commander Pedro AraĂşjo, of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), among the injured were four adults and two children. According to…
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The Funchal Cable Car, operated by Madeira Cable Car, will reopen on the 2nd of April, with more capacity and a new tourist attraction. After a three-month break for modernisation, expansion, and refurbishment, the cable car now has 44 cabins, up from 39, and can carry 900 people per hour,…
It was a busy late afternoon yesterday in the seafront bar and restaurant area in Paul do Mar. It all started with a disagreement between a Madeiran couple and a foreign citizen, which quickly evolved into physical, intense, and repeated aggressions, despite the attempts of several witnesses to put an…
A majority of passengers of the three aircraft diverted to Porto Santo this afternoon, due to winds affecting the operationality of the Madeira International Airport, will travel to Madeira using the Porto Santo ferry. It is not the first time that the Porto Santo Ferry has been used as a…
The parish of Seixal has announced the creation of a new viewpoint in the natural pools, designed to enhance one of the most emblematic landscapes of the north coast of Madeira. In a publication released on social networks, the Parish Council, led by Xavier Castro, highlights the “enormous potential of…
According to ANA – Madeira Airports, strong winds are affecting the operationality of the island’s International Airport, with flights being diverted or cancelled. Later this afternoon, the official ANA – Madeira Airports website reported that as of 17:15, the last plane to land on the island had arrived at 13:48,…
A 30-year-old tourist was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash this afternoon on the Via Rápida, in the Caminho do Trem area, in Funchal. The tourist suffered multiple serious injuries, including an open fracture to one of his legs and trauma to his knees. The victim was evaluated by EMIR…
The draft Municipal Regulation for the Management of Accommodation Establishments in the Municipality of Funchal, which was recently approved in a meeting of the Chamber, enters this Thursday, the 26th of March, into a Public Consultation phase that will run until the 11th of May. A total of 30 working…
Public transport tickets in Madeira will increase by 50 cents, while individual tickets will cost 5 cents more. Regional public transport routes will now comprise three digits, in a measure to unify the bus numbering system and avoid different operators using the same numbers, confirms a statement by TIIM –…
A Croatian citizen who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon in the Ribeiro Frio area has been found dead. The tourist was part of a group of 45 Croatian citizens and was accompanied by his wife. The group arrived at Ribeiro Frio even before lunchtime, intending to walk along some of…
The Government of Madeira has decided to extend for another year the preventive measures for the areas of the municipality of Câmara de Lobos affected by the construction of the Curral das Freiras cable car system, as published today in the Official Gazette. According to the publication in the Official…
The Social Mobility Allowance (SSM) platform is temporarily down for maintenance, according to the relevant authorities. This downtime is already causing numerous complaints from both operators and users. This is expected to last for the next couple of days, but as yet, no operational date has been confirmed. The situation…
Horários do Funchal confirms that due to adverse weather conditions, the bus service to and from Pico do Areeiro will be suspended until Friday, the 20th of March. In a brief statement, the company thanks all travellers for their understanding and asks all those wishing to use the service to…
Through a publication on social networks, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) informs that, following a landslide, the PR 5 Vereda das Funduras pedestrian route (Portela – Maroços) is temporarily closed for safety reasons. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 62
Images shared on social media, captured at Cais da Sardinha, are sparking heated debate and quickly going viral. In the videos and photos obtained by JM, several nude women can be seen being filmed and photographed. From what can be gathered, it appears to be an amateur production with no…