The president of the Regional Civil Protection Service of Madeira (Portugal), António Nunes, said on Tuesday that the Laurisilva forest, a UNESCO world heritage site, is not threatened by the fire that is ravaging parts of the Atlantic island. Speaking to reporters, Nunes said that “the laurel forest has not been affected” by the fire … Read more
A forest fire has consumed at least 5,000 hectares of vegetation on the Portuguese island of Madeira in five days, local authorities said, adding on Monday that two of the three fire fronts that were still active the day before had been brought under control. The fire started on Wednesday in the municipality of Ribeira … Read more
Already in mid-July, the widow of the Oscar-winning director Miloš Forman (†86) announced that six years after her husband’s death, she was looking into former classmate Jirka Košíček. “From fifth to eighth grade, we were madly in love with each other. After that we dated for a while and eventually parted ways,” she described recently. … Read more
Widow of the Oscar-winning director Jiří Menzel (†82) is a woman of action, known for her passion for movement, so it was clear that lying on the beach would not be enough for her. But few would have guessed that Anička will also dare to go on an adrenaline trip through a wild stream between … Read more
/nginx/o/2024/03/20/15956663t1h6f00.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1 "At the end of October, “airBaltic” will start direct flights to Madeira")
It is planned that flights on the Riga-Madeira route will take place three times a week. The flight will last five hours and 55 minutes. This will be airBaltic’s third destination in Portugal, adding to the existing routes to Lisbon and Porto. Also, “airBaltic” will increase the frequency of flights on routes from Riga to … Read more
