Lisbon, Feb. 27, 2026 (Lusa) - The finance minister is discharged from hospital after a possible stroke scare, fallout from the continuing Espstein scandal, banks see record profits in 2025 and the ex-prime minister, Passos Coelho, slams his own party, the PSD, as well as the new interior minister, are the most frequent headlines this Friday morning.

Expresso:

- ‘Secret police monitor businessmen working for Putin’

- ‘Storms cause damage to 237,000 homes’

- ‘Ex-PM Socrates must accept lawyer to avoid trial being halted’

- ‘Lisbon prison cells described as “rotten” and “cramped”’

- ‘VW Autoeuropa car factory enjoys its second best year ever’

- ‘Social media: time to settle scores’

- ‘Bacelar Gouveia at the root of Nova’ University's “Englishgate” scandal’

- ‘Business confederation, CIP, takes a tougher stance on labour law’

- ‘Secret history of an unlikely portrait. Preparatory charcoal drawing by Vhils used to produce the official image of outgoing president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa that will be displayed in the Presidency Museum’

- ‘How Marcelo expanded presidential powers and how president-elect Seguro understands them’

- ‘Ex-PM Passos Coelho unnerves his party, the PSD, but will keep up the pressure’

- ‘Outgoing president Marcelo has lunch with EU Council chief Antonio Costa’

- ‘Elections in the AR postponed again’

- ‘Finance minister Miranda Sarmento is discharged from hospital’

- ‘Even Texas has turned its back on Trump’

- ‘Interview with Zelensky. “Trump is the only person capable of ending the war”’

- ‘Essay. How can Europe survive in today's high-risk world’

Correio da Manhã:

- State cancels medicine for Rodrigo. Eight-year-old boy suffers from degenerative disease‘

- ’Medicine slowed progression of disease‘

- ’Benfica. Locker room at war after Prestianni's confession‘

- ’Sporting-Estoril. Focused Lion forgets Dragon"

- ‘FC Porto-Arouca. “We are a team of monsters” [Farioli]’

- ‘Tabuaço. Francisca murdered and left 100 metres from home’

- ‘Epstein scandal. Trump accused of covering up rape allegations’

- ‘Health. Minister favours hospital where she worked’

- 'Scams in Alcanena. Businessman in court for fraud‘

- ’Record results. State-owned Caixa bank profits 5.2 million per day‘

- ’Paedophilia in Lisbon. Justice hears from victims abused by teacher'

Público:

- ‘US-Iran crisis. Diplomacy advances but the shadow of a new war looms over the Middle East’

- ‘Law does not put a stop to successive changes of lawyers in ex-PM Jose Socrates' trial’

- ‘Parties. PS leader Carneiro bets on dialogue with ruling AD coalition and relaunches regionalisation’

- "Government. Marcelo chairs the Cabinet before leaving Belém‘

- ’Cinema. In “Balane 3”, Ico Costa films the lights and shadows of Mozambique‘

- ’Social networks. Minors without networks? Telecomms regulator, Anacom, lacks the means to enforce the law‘

- ’Banking. State-owned Caixa bank's historic profit yields 1.25 billion to the State'

Jornal de Notícias:

- ‘Exports to the US fall by 700 million due to Trump's tariffs’

- ‘Number of children between six and nine years old with type I diabetes increases’

- ‘TRansport. Valongo wants metro lines to the city centre and in Alfena’

- ‘Trás-os-Montes. Almond trees in bloom boost trade and restaurants’

- ‘Viana do Castelo. Enercon lays off 51 workers in Lanheses’

- ‘Setúbal. Hairdresser convicted of stealing from elderly clients who live alone’

- ‘Keys found next to body opened the home of missing Brazilian woman’

- ‘FC Porto. Farioli says the Dragons have “their destiny in their own hands” in the title race’

Diário de Notícias:

- ‘Violence. The 14 far-right groups on the authorities' radar’

- ‘General Health Inspectorate asks for explanations about cardiology waiting list and possible deaths’

- ‘Legislative elections. Danish Prime Minister takes advantage of duel with Trump over Greenland to call early elections’

- 'Government. New interior minister, Luís Neves, dismisses ex-PM Passos Coelho's criticism: “I am completely immune”‘

- ’Industry. Footwear sector invests 50 million to position itself as a supplier to European Defence‘

- ’Problem. PSD hands over Ombudsman to PS, Constitutional Court is a thorn in its side‘

- ’Interview. Sören Urbansky and Martin Wagner [historians]. “The relationship between Xi and Putin is pragmatic, built on common interests and strategic calculations”‘

- ’Communities. Marvila has samba‘

- ’Champions League. Sporting between Real Madrid's millions and the dangerous Arctic ice‘

Nascer do Sol:

- ’Operation Brazil. Ex-PM Jose Socrates' cousin has a mansion and a casino‘

- ’Entre-os-Rios. 25 years later‘

- ’New interior minister Luís Neves. “It is generating shock waves in the police forces,” says former PSP police director‘

- ’Ana Abrunhosa. “The incident with the Minister of Agriculture is a closed matter”"

- ‘Health. The five big mistakes of science’

- ‘There are many more drugs, much more consumption’

- ‘TVI Gala. Life is a stage’

- ‘Positive country. 50 years of local power/ Construction product regulations/ International Cochlear Implant Day’

- ‘State reform. EX-PM Pedro Passos Coelho with Manuel Monteiro’

- ‘Fires 2025. Commission still on paper’

Negócios:

- ‘One month after the Kristin depression’

- ‘Caixa bank gives 1.25 billion to the State’

- ‘Business confederation, CIP, makes new proposals to limit trade unions’

- ‘Social Security. Restructuring of Institute leads to the loss of almost 900 managers’

- ‘Tourism. Travel agencies swap Cuba for Punta Cana’

- ‘Interview with Carlo Masala [German political scientist]. “We have a US President who is willing to let Russia win”’

O Jornal Económico:

- ‘Novobanco already has a date to become French: 28 April’

- ‘Almost half of the new labour law already has tripartite approval’

- ‘Four of the big banks made €4.4 billion in profits in 2025’

- ‘Hello, Xiaomi? Chinese bring car brand next year’

- ‘Aquaculture is a global fraud, but the Atlantic creates conditions that compensate’

- "Female strength. The change is radical: women now build buildings. There are 33,440 working in this area. That's 12,400 more than in 2020. Technicians, architects, engineers: houses are now assembled in factories. The construction site used to be sexist."

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