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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Tuesday, 24 February

Lisbon, Feb. 24, 2026 (Lusa) - The fourth anniversary of the "four-day war" in Ukraine and Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs are on many front pages on Tuesday.

 

Correio da Manhã:

- "Chinese make a fortune with business in Portugal"

- "They paid a billion for 80% of the insurance company 12 years ago and now the company is valued at 4.9 billion euros"

- "Benfica in a standoff with UEFA"

- "Prestianni punished for racism"

- "Four years of war [in Ukraine]. Child visits father in cemetery with no room for more dead"

- "Luis Neves says he did not investigate Montenegro"

- "English lord arrested for links to Epstein"

- "Girl forced to have sex with “mother's” boyfriend because she paid the bills"

 

Público:

- "Ukraine resists Russian attacks and pressure from Trump"

- "Trump's tariffs. Supreme Court shakes up world trade"

- "Business. Digital influencers profit from illegal casinos"

- "Parliament. 100% paid layoffs will violate the law, warns government"

- "Crimes. Government wants special PGR team for illegal immigration"

- "Restitutions. Coimbra reinforces work on sensitive assets"

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- "Ophthalmologist bypasses SNS waiting list with 1,600 private patients"

- "Demand from young people pushes mortgage lending to historic high"

- "UEFA punishes Prestianni and removes him from the Madrid volcano"

- "F. C. Porto. Moffi speeds up integration to earn a place in the front line"

- "Fashion. Portuguese duo shines in the British capital"

- "Hundreds of plots of land expropriated on the road between Aveiro and Águeda"

- "Porto. Cuts to Flores out-door cafes meet with protest"

- "Mexico. Death of drug trafficker leaves country in turmoil"

 

Diário de Notícias:

- "War in Ukraine. Four-day Russian operation takes four years, with no end in sight"

- "How to support the elderly in Kyiv in freezing homes, as told by Jochen Ganter of Médecins Sans Frontières"

- "DGS wants to reassess the model of reference centres in cardiology to ensure better treatment for patients"

- "Luís Neves. New minister dodges protocol, addresses Spinumviva and rejects proposals that violate his conscience"

- "Opinion. Narendra Modi. Shaping a human-centred future for AI: AI Impact Summit 2026"

- "History. Kenneth Maxwell. “This is always my recommendation: never underestimate the Portuguese”"

- "Sport. Francisco Simões Rodrigues: If we have surfers in the world elite, we will have a World Champion"

- "Labour law. Social agreement is a very difficult marriage, but no one has asked for a divorce yet"

- "Mexico. 25 soldiers died in the violence generated by the death of El Mencho"

 

Negócios:

- "Portugal risks being one of the hardest hit by Trump in the EU"

- "Four years of war in Ukraine. Conflict almost triples defence spending on European stock markets. National industry in the sector estimates 10% growth this year. Plans presented by eight countries get the green light from Brussels"

- "Investment in Portugal puts Digi's accounts in the red"

- "Brazil. Mota-Engil in the final stages of buying megaproject"

- "Radar Africa. Entry into De Beers could cost Angola up to 500 million"

- "Stock market. CMVM justifies silence on takeover bid for Impresa with secrecy"

 

O Jornal Económico:

- "Employers and UGT still far from agreement, despite points of consensus"

- "Luís Neves has no reservations about moving from Portugal's criminal investigation police agency, PJ, to MAI: I felt this calling"

- "Europe must “change fund regulation” to invest more in start-ups. Thijs Povel, CEO of Dealflow.eu"

- "Four years of war. Still no prospects for peace in Ukraine, despite attempts"

- "Gold reaches February high with tariff cancellation"

- "Homes for sale down 13%. Porto sees biggest drop"

- "Mota-Engil negotiates with Brazilian government on railway, port and mine in Bahia"

- "Companies must maintain focus on US market. Government says on tariffs"

- "China overtakes US as Germany's main partner"

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