The National Association of Car Rental Providers (ARAC) has asked the Legislative Assembly of Madeira for an urgent hearing on the proposal to revise the regional decree that regulates rent-a-car companies. For the association, “the proposal under discussion introduces disproportionate and economically penalising measures, unparalleled in any other Member State…
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A power cut interrupted operations at the Madeira International Airport this morning. As far as reporters were able to ascertain, the origin was an alleged power failure, which forced the entire airport infrastructure to resort to using its back-up generators. Although the incident only lasted a couple of minutes, the…
A Russian businessman, Ruslan Borisovich Rostovtsev, is using Madeira to “hide millions of euros”. According to ‘SIC Investigation,’ there is a company registered in the Madeira Free Trade Zone – Boslova – which moves millions of euros every year, but is headquartered “in a modest second-floor office at 15 Rua…
Today, the Judiciary Police arrested an endocrinologist suspected of involvement in a fraudulent scheme to prescribe medicines covered by the National Health Service (SNS), in an operation that had a major focus in Funchal. The investigation, conducted by the PJ’s Northern Directorate, included several searches in different cities of the…
In an area of about 20 thousand square meters in SĂŁo Martinho, the Sá Group’s dream of owning a coffee farm is coming to life. On half of Fazenda Sá, young coffee trees are already producing, despite their age. “This idea grew out of the excitement my father and I…
The Union of Workers in Public and Social Functions of the South and Autonomous Regions (STFPSSRA) warned today of the lack of nurses and employees in a home managed by the Living Care Association, in Câmara de Lobos, Madeira. “The home operates with minimal services all year,” said the union’s…
Santo da Serra’s farmers have been hit with a double blow. Not only are they about to lose essential subsidies the farmers’ market has also been closed. The CDU has issued a press statement denouncing the position taken by the Municipality of Santa Cruz by not “guaranteeing the tent that…
The Director of the Judiciary Police today confirmed that searches were carried out at Portuguese airline TAP as part of an investigation led by the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP). ““We are providing full support to the investigation conducted by the Institution, following a request from the…
A man identified as the author of several robberies at hotels and residences in Funchal is still free to continue his nefarious ways. The homeless man has even entered hotel rooms while the guests were sleeping, raising alarm among tourists and businessmen. Two people at the English Church were recently…
The CHEGA parliamentary group of the Assembly of the Republic has submitted a draft resolution recommending to the Government of the Republic the extension to the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores of the extraordinary support for the agricultural sector created in 2023. The decision of the executive to…
Christmas arrives at Forum Madeira at 19:00 on the 21st of November, with a very special concert marking the beginning of the Christmas season during the centre’s 20th anniversary. Led by musical director Ricardo Dias, the show “Francisco Lopes Trio invites Vânia Fernandes” promises a lively night of music, entertainment,…
Yesterday at 05:26, seismographs from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) detected a 2.0 magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of Porto Santo. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 0
Access to Fanal will now be capped at 3,000 visitors per day. The IFCN has set the pedestrian capacity for one of the most iconic spots in the Laurissilva, following a scientific study conducted in collaboration with UMa. The new plans feature an organized, sustainable, and creative concept, with a…
The Christmas lights in Funchal have been up since early October and, as always, they’ll be switched on the first day of December, according to the Regional Secretariat for Tourism, Environment and Culture of Madeira. Government officials say the illuminations, running until the early hours of the 8th of January,…