Ireneu Barreto, the Republic’s representative for the Autonomous Region of Madeira, received in audience the rector of the University of Madeira (UMa), Sílvio Fernandes, who expressed several concerns about the financing of the institution he directs. During this meeting, the head of the Madeiran university centre informed the Republic representative of its seizure of the financial situation of the University and the need to find urgently an alternative to strengthening its financing, which will allow it to continue to make a contribution to the development of the Region and to the construction of Autonomy.

The International Seminar on Physical Education, Leisure and Health (SIEFLAS) will be back for its 16th edition from November 11 to 13. This edition, organized by the University of Madeira (UMa) under the theme “Comprehens, Intervir, Transformar”, will take place in online format and is organized in partnership with the University of Minho, University of the Azores, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná and Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. The seminar program includes four conferences, three roundtables and four oral communications sessions, each developed in several rooms simultaneously.

The PSD Parliamentary Group will require an urgent parliamentary hearing, the person responsible for the working group for the study of the problems of the air operation in the Madeira archipelago, which is affected by the Office of the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, the President of NAV and the Regional Secretary of Tourism. In an initiative at Madeira International Airport, Mr Carlos Rodrigues said that, with the report completed and pointed out the solutions, it is important to know why they are not the funds entered in the State Budget for the acquisition of the recommended equipment.