Portugal’s New Immigration Rules: What Changes
Portugal substantially changes its immigration and citizenship laws. See what’s new and how to prepare if you want to live, work, or bring family.
Black Gold, Black Friday: How Venezuelans Returned to Madeira
At the start of the 20th century, Madeirans crossed the ocean in search of a better life in Venezuela. With Black Friday in 1983 that dream started to collapse. What followed was a long journey - from exile to homecoming.
Mega Bolo-Rei Event in Câmara de Lobos Moves Indoors
The 180-meter Mega Bolo-Rei moves indoors tomorrow due to the weather! Officials invite all residents to join the celebration in Câmara de Lobos.
João Jardim Condemns Hiking Restrictions for Residents
Alberto João Jardim strongly condemns Madeira’s new trail access rules, calling mandatory time slots an attack on residents’ freedom of movement and warning they create conditions for legitimate civil resistance.
Madeira Home Prices Up 14.6% in 2025
According to Idealista, Madeira recorded a 14.6% increase in property prices over the past year, proving robust market activity and tight housing conditions.
Drunk Driving: CDS Councillor Injures Man and Loses Mandate
It is a familiar story in Madeira: driving under the influence. This time, a severely intoxicated public official struck a man who was taken to the hospital. He has requested to suspend his mandate and faces potential criminal charges.
Supreme Court Returns Passport to Former Major of Funchal
Barely any developments have taken place in the major corruption investigation that shocked Madeira and Portugal in early 2024, but it is now being reported that the Supreme Court has overruled earlier rulings and returned the passports of two defendants.
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of Madeira’s Hotel Atlantis
Rising in 1972, Hotel Atlantis was Madeira’s modernist masterpiece. Once a symbol of luxury, this concrete colossus collapsed within 22 years under the weight of a changing world.
Madeira Lights Up the Sky to Welcome 2026
Madeira welcomed 2026 with eight minutes of fireworks, firing 202 shots per second over Funchal. Watch the most breathtaking shots from the New Year festivities.
Fireworks Leave Animals Terrified, as Clinics Brace for New Year
As New Year fireworks light the sky, animals panic and flee homes, clinics face rising emergencies, and many pets suffer injuries, seizures, stress, or go missing.
Weather Warning Moved 3 Hours, New Year Fireworks Will Take Place
Madeiras president explained that the orange weather alert only takes places from 03:00 and not from 00:00 as previously forecasted, which is why the celebrations will take place.