Madeira. So Sustainable' is the name of the new campaign promoted by the Madeira Promotion Association (APM), in order to praise the work done by the archipelago in recent decades with regard to the protection of its nature.
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Two Madeiran university students were kidnapped for more than an hour, threatened with a knife and pistol, and robbed by a pair of criminals, according to Jornal de Notícias.
The Government will return the additional VAT revenue through a discount on the Petroleum Products Tax (ISP), which will translate into an additional reduction of two cents per litre on diesel and one cent on petrol.
For all those interested, here are the election results. With the PSD coalition not grabbing the majority of the votes as expected, other parties are now jostling to find out who will be the preferred partner(s) for the next four years.
According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), two earthquakes were recorded within two hours of each other.
Fuel prices will remain unchanged this week.
How do I say this…Madeira-Weekly is a Tourist/Resident information blog; we love our island and want to portray our home in a positive way. But once in a while, we receive a report that tourists are not being treated fairly in the popular “Mercado dos Lavradores” when paying for the…
The regional executive, Miguel Albuquerque has authorised the payment of extraordinary support to cherry and sour cherry producers (companies and farmers).
At 05:18 this morning, the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) recorded a 2.4 magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of Porto Santo.
Yesterday afternoon five sailboats arrived in Machico. They are part of a scientific and humanitarian expedition to the Bijagos archipelago in Guinea-Bissau that will leave Madeira this weekend.
The new Canhas reservoir will benefit 358 farmers, irrigating an area of about 36 hectares. Susana Prada, Regional Secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, made it known during her visit to the site that the new reservoir represents an investment of 3 million euros, co-financed by PRODERAM,…
Until the 1st of October, MadeiraShopping will host the Guarda-Mar exhibition along the central corridor of floor 0. This initiative aims at providing visitors with a better understanding of why we need to protect our oceans.
The body of a 47-year-old man was, this morning, detected floating off the fishing port of Caniçal. The cause of the incident is unknown, and the Funchal Maritime Police attended the incident.
Women, people with low incomes and low education unfortunately become easily addicted to scratch cards, an addiction that affects about 100,30 adults in Portugal, with many diagnosed with having a pathological gambling disorder.
The Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, who visited the newly renovated Achadas da Cruz Health Centre today, said that Madeira has made a series of commitments that allow us to have a vision of what the regional health system should be.
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