An entrepreneur accuses rival rental car companies of vandalizing each other’s fleets in Funchal, with scratched cars and slashed tires. The rapidly growing sector appears to have become a hornets’ nest, where everyone fights for survival.
The IFCN and Madeira University are partnering to explore solutions for limiting mass tourism and safeguarding the island's vulnerable natural environment.
With Russia's war and hybrid attacks among the threats, the EU's Preparedness Union Strategy asks people to keep essential supplies for at least 72 hours.
American photographer Quin Schrock fell about 60 metres on the Lapas Pretas trail in São Vicente. A small bush stopped his fall until a helicopter rescued him.
Madeira and Porto Santo airports handled 534,600 passengers in September, 2.3% more than a year earlier, with fewer flights but fuller planes, DREM says.
Tourist accommodation in Madeira earned 95.8 million euros in September, up 7.2%, while room occupancy fell to 84.4%, preliminary DREM data shows.
A Madeira-mainland ferry would cost 20 million euros a year at best, the government says. There is no money for it in the 2027 State Budget.
Fully electric cars took 30.3% of the 205,507 new passenger cars registered in Portugal from January to October, and 44.9% in October alone, ACAP says.
Only 31% of consumers in Madeira and the Azores would keep their savings rather than clear their debts, the lowest share in Portugal, an Intrum report finds.
APRAM is taking part in the 'Ports and Innovation' forum in Barcelona with about 30 ports, with a focus on shore power for ships at berth.
Construction of the 48.5 million euro Madeira SkyPark began today. Two cable cars and a 2,300-metre zipline will link Curral das Freiras and Jardim da Serra.