The President of the Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, will meet on Wednesday with a representative of Ryanair to try to minimise the effects of the withdrawal of one of the two aircraft based here in Madeira from January next year, due to the increase in airport charges by ANA/Vinci.
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A motorcycle crash in the Ribeira Grande tunnel left two tourists injured this afternoon.
Two Frenchmen who had been missing since Saturday night were found at around 06:00 this morning.
Italian, Gabriele Berardi, also known as Cassim Kiba is renowned for his radical extreme sports prowess, has shared a video on Instagram at the precise moment he was preparing to parachute from the Ribeira Funda bridge in Prazeres.
Wine Tours Madeira, a pioneer, and leader of organised wine tours in Madeira, is celebrating its eighth anniversary, and as such has created a new tour and immersive experience.
The Integrated Communications Centre of the Regional Command for Relief Operations (CROS) received an alert today, that a 24-year-old man from Italy had fallen approximately 4 meters from the Levada das 25 Fontes, in the municipality of Calheta.
Miguel Albuquerque promised today that before the end of his Presidency, "the works to connect Curral as Freiras and Jardim da Serra via cable car will take place."
The Integrated Communications Centre of the Regional Command for Relief Operations (CROS) undertook an emergency call out as a tourist had fallen while walking the Levada do Alecrim.
Close to half of the deaths that occurred in 2023 in the Maritime Zone of Madeira involved tourists, states the Commander of the Maritime Zone of Madeira, Rui Manuel Teixeira.
A tourist was at risk of losing her leg after being hit by a rock while seated inside her car in Ribeira da Janela.
A rescue operation was undertaken by SANAS this afternoon, despite rough seas hampering the operation.
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has confirmed that the following walking routes will be closed on Sunday, the 29th of October due to bad weather.
Today, the Forest Police Force identified up to a dozen tourists of different nationalities walking along the classified route – PR1 – Vereda do Areeiro (Areeiro – Pico Ruivo), which is closed for security reasons due to a landslide.
Madeira currently has 154 licensed rent-a-car companies, 62 of which emerged this year, creating a new record.
In a press release, Nuno Morna, deputy of the Liberal Initiative, expressed the party's "environmental concerns" regarding the Curral das Freiras cable car.