Tragedy at sea: 75-year-old dies attempting new world rowing record — UPDATED
A 75-year-old French adventurer who set out to row across the Atlantic single-handed by way of a “laugh at old age” is missing presumed dead after his upturned craft was
Operation “Tempestade” ends with almost a ton of cocaine at bottom of sea
PJ judicial police “Operation Tempestade” (Tempest) ended on Thursday with almost a ton of cocaine at the bottom of the ocean, 150 miles south of Madeira. The plan had been
Golden Visa programme: 2021 saw €60 million pour into Madeira – projections for 2022 ‘even better’
Changes in Portugal’s Golden Visa programme have seen investors – particularly young tech-types – turning their attention towards Madeira. Since the purchase of property in and around Lisbon and Porto
Covid outbreak on cruise ship scuttles New Year plans for 4,000 passengers
The massive AIDAnova cruise ship, en route to Madeira to watch the fireworks, saw its itinerary go up in smoke after 52 purportedly fully-vaccinated crew members tested positive for Covid-19.
Only 8% of children in Madeira take up Covid vaccines: “inconceivable”, rails regional government
Only 8% of children in Madeira have come forward to take up the offer of mRNA vaccinations against Covid-19. The regional government has dubbed the situation “inconceivable, after two years
Father butchers 10-year-old son and ex-partner before throwing himself off cliff in Madeira
A 48-year-old man butchered his 10-year-old son and estranged partner in an apartment in Madeira yesterday before driving 40kms to commit suicide by leaping off the cliffside at Ponta de
Semi-naked bodies of mother, daughter found in Funchal
Police are investigating the death of a 79-year-old woman and her 37-year-old daughter whose “semi-naked” bodies were found inside the house they lived in together in Funchal (Madeira). Neighbours alerted
Child pornography: PJ police arrest 15 men in countrywide crackdown on online paedophiles
PJ police have announced 15 arrests in a countrywide crackdown on online paedophiles. The detained men – all due to face magistrates for the application of bail terms – fall
Third foreign tourist goes missing on Madeira hiking trail
A third foreign tourist has been reported missing on a hiking trail in Madeira. This latest mystery comes less than two months since the last ‘disappearance’ (click here) and almost
Judge in charge of one of Portugal’s largest corruption cases “forced to take bus” on arrival in Madeira
Judge Ivo Rosa, the controversial judge ‘in charge’ of the Marquês corruption case involving former prime minister José Sócrates, had an ignominious arrival in Madeira for his summer holidays on