PJ arrests 11 suspected of drug running between Lisbon and Madeira/ Azores
PJ police have arrested 11 people following searches in Lisbon and Madeira suspected of being associated with a criminal group that purchased, transported and sold drugs (namely heroin and MDMA)
PJ conduct over 70 searches in new mega operation targeting Madeira
Five people arrested; one in preventive custody PJ police have conducted a second mega operation on the island of Madeira – this time targeting a “gigantic” suspected fraud in social
Scandal in Madeira: Justice ‘freezes’ €170,000 from account of ceasing governor’s partner
Partner tried to transfer money three days after PJ searches that toppled PSD government Following weeks in which the corruption case that brought down the PSD government of Madeira seemed
Bodies discovered of French tourist couple reported missing on island of Madeira
Foreign resident found first body last night The bodies of the French couple, Laurent and Véronique Blond, who went missing while they were holidaying in Madeira last month, have been
Former governor of Madeira holds out for ‘status quo
With practically every political party in Madeira pushing for elections in the wake of the crisis prompted by a criminal probe, the newly-re-elected president of the island’s PSD (ruling party)
Search for missing French couple in Madeira on hold again
Possibility that search won’t be resumed “on table” The search for missing tourist couple Laurent and Véronique Blond on the north coast of the island of Madeira has been suspended
French police seize mobile phones and computers in search for missing couple on island of Madeira
French police have become involved in the latest mystery of missing holidaymakers on the island of Madeira. Laurent Blond, 58 and his wife Véronique, 56, have been missing since Saturday
President convenes Council of State on Madeira’s political crisis
President Marcelo is free now to dissolve the regional parliament of Madeira (six months have past since the government – recently brought down by a criminal probe – took office).
Former governor under suspicion of various crimes re-elected leader of PSD Madeira
Miguel Albuquerque who resigned his position as regional governor of Madeira in the wake of a corruption probe (that later appeared to have stalled) has now been voted back as
President Marcelo to dissolve Madeiran parliament next week
With so much going on on the national political scene, Madeira too is in a state of ‘flux’: President Marcelo is due to dissolve the regional assembly next week, which