Lisbon, Feb. 16, 2026 (Lusa) - The bad weather, the thousands without electricity or telephone and the results of the late presidential election polling are on the front pages on Monday.

Diário de Notícias:

- ‘Bad weather. Navy mobilises more than 500 military personnel to respond to post-storm conditions’

- ‘Medicine and Education break record for places in higher education’

- ‘Telecoms. Meo and 22 European operators unite against proposal to ban Chinese technology’

- "Presidency of the Republic. Council of State should also stop putting all its eggs in one basket‘

- ’Interview with Wang Suoying: Those born in the Year of the Horse have a fiery passion, being courageous, self-confident and decisive‘.

- ’Higher education: Four out of five students at Lisbon MBA Católica/Nova SBE are foreign"

- ‘Munich Conference: "EU responds to Rubio: We know who we are and what we stand for’

- ‘Art: Miró in dialogue with fifty works from the Serralves collection’

- ‘Interview with Pedro Sousa: In Formula 1, when the car goes on the track, the risk has to be zero’

Correio da Manhã:

- ‘Country in ruins without disaster status. Victims' bill rises if it is not extended’

- ‘Thousands still without power’

- ‘Dozens of roads remain unrepaired’

- ‘Toll exemption ends’

- ‘Sporting 1 Famalicão 0. Bragança fuels dream of triple’

- ‘Nacional 0 FC Porto 1. Effective FC Porto returns to winning ways in Madeira’

- ‘Benfica. Tomás Araújo on standby to stop Vinicius Júnior’

- "Public Procurement. Government pays €20,000 to watch football in S. Bento‘

- ’Epstein. All the “monster's” connections to Portugal‘

- ’Final result. Seguro surpasses the 3.5 million vote mark‘

- ’Public Prosecutor's Office. Deputy Attorney General's order causes revolt at DCIAP"

Público:

- ‘Cannabis consumption falls but becomes more intensive and problematic’

- "Presidential elections. Seguro wins in Arruda, as in the other parishes‘

- ’First Division. FC Porto and Sporting suffer, win and maintain their lead‘

- ’Tourism. Hotel that took over Quartel da Graça leaves it abandoned‘

- ’Access to higher education. More places in Medicine and Education and reinforcement of special competitions‘

- ’Film festival. At the Berlinale, stop, listen and look (a tree can hide capitalism)‘

- ’United States. Media decline relaxes scrutiny of Donald Trump‘

- ’Interview. The idea of the superblock is to urbanise the car. Salvador Rueda was a pioneer of urban ecology and developed the concept of superblocks in Barcelona"

Jornal de Notícias:

- ‘Online job offers scam skyrockets’

- ‘Minimal difference, maximum benefit. Nacional 0-1 F. C. Porto. Sporting 1-0 Famalicão’

- ‘Storm at sea, fishermen on land and no money in their pockets’

- ‘Carnivals are “vitamins of joy” on grey days’

- ‘Education. Hospitality and tourism lead the increase in higher education places’

- ‘Matosinhos. Passengers protest about the lack of shelters at bus stops’

- ‘Águeda. Parts stolen from floodgates that protect the city in case of flooding’

- ‘Presidential elections. Seguro reinforces victory on a day of high abstention’

Negócios:

- ‘Restaurants and hotels gain weight in families' monthly budgets’

- ‘Capital Conversation. Pedro Leitão [CEO of Montepio]. Direct support for companies should be on the table’

- ‘Private investor. Chinese New Year is a bad omen for the stock markets’

- "Bad weather. A1 puts pressure on logistics with more costs and delays‘

- ’Citizens consider a referendum on parental leave‘

- ’Portuguese funds stay out of the “sell America” wave‘

O Jornal Económico:

- ’Portugal has two MBAs in the top 100 for the first time‘

- ’Election concluded. Seguro arrives in Belém on 9 March"

- ‘Carlos Barroca [candidate for president of the Portuguese Basketball Federation]: We have to get more resources to the clubs, which are the ones that work the hardest’

- ‘Angola manages to attract private investment in the mining sector’

- ‘The division between the US and Europe remains, even with less inflammatory rhetoric’

- "Telecommunications. Industrialists warn that Brussels' impositions could bring down networks‘

- ’DS grows 27% and reaches 120 million in turnover in 2025‘

- ’Bitcoin has lost 45% of its value. Is this the “death spiral?‘

- ’It is the Americans who are paying for Trump's tariff increases"

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