Lisbon, Aug. 14, 2026 (Lusa) - Last night's football results saw Benfica and Braga secure UEFA play-off spots, political party conferences ahead of the restart of parliament and the ambulance service strike in September are widely reported stories this Friday morning. 

Expresso:

- «Portugal pays 25% more for its new frigates than Italy»

- «Men's battle against infertility»

- «The Noah's Ark of Portuguese wine»

- «The film that, in 1976, opened the door to pornography in Portugal»

- «Surgery: Government backs down on cuts to doctors' pay»

- «PSD awaits measures from Montenegro to tackle the crises»

- «‘Matcha'. The green craze that has taken Portugal by storm»

- «Neighbours who want to help improve Lisbon's streets»

- «The alcohol-free generation is changing the drinks industry»

- «Social Security already has a buffer for two years' worth of pensions»

- «Group of conservative women has Chega's blessing»

- «Nurses to sit exams»

- «Portuguese man still missing»

- «Ambulance service (INEM) strike in September»

- «Government calls for investigation by the Attorney General's Office»

Correio da Manhã:

- «Boy kills mother and sleeps with her body at home»

- «15-year-old boy kills his mother with a headlock»

- «Four-year-old girl, the victim's daughter and the suspect's sister, was in the house»

- «Hearts 1 Benfica 1. Benfica showed plenty of nerves but little heart»

- «Borges plays down the incident with Suárez»

- «Political manoeuvring. Internal affairs minister, Luis Neves left out of prime minister Montenegro's squad"

- «Government wants to make it easier to evict tenants»

- «Ceuta forced to take in 5,000 migrants»

Público:

- «More than a quarter of new ambulance vehicles won't arrive until 2027»

- «Kelela and R&B in 2026: ‘I'd rather be interesting than easy to digest'»

- «Football. Lacking sparkle, Sp. Braga and Benfica secure UEFA play-off spots»

- «Interview. Manuela de Melo: ‘I detest party machines. They're stifling; they're anti-ideas'»

- «Lobbying law. Regulations move forward: all contacts with ministers and offices will be recorded"

- "Immigration. Family reunification accelerates; the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) handled 55,000 cases"

- «Banking. BCP's institutional shareholders have doubled in a year and a half»

- «Pontal Festival. In rough seas, Montenegro wants to show he's at the helm"

Jornal de Notícias:

- «He was acquitted of domestic violence before killing his ex-wife»

- «Eagle without a flame. Hearts 1–1 Benfica»

- «Braga's Conference League dreams live on after a goalless draw against Dinamo Minsk»

- «Oeiras. 15-year-old suspected of suffocating his mother and keeping her body at home for hours"

- «Registration. Four witnesses and separation of assets in Giorgina and Ronaldo's marriage»

- «Escapes. The new world of custard-filled doughnuts [bolas de Berlim]»

- «Proposal. PSD seeks to exclude single-parent families from extended leave paid at 100%»

- «Transport. Over 23,000 free journeys in Porto in the first month»

- «Ílhavo. Council wants to invest 41 million in housing»

Diário de Notícias:

- «Odair's death: ‘secret' PSP police rule allows shooting at unarmed people»

- «Insecurity. The ‘regulars' of Rua Augusta and ‘impunity' on this iconic Lisbon thoroughfare"

- «Portuguese have never spent so much on trips abroad»

- «Interview. Adrian Bridge, CEO of The Fladgate Partnership: ‘People need to be paid to uproot the vines'»

- «Map of the ‘rentrée'. In Pontal, the PSD tries to turn the page on controversies; in Olhão, the PS attacks the government's ‘failings'»

- «Afghanistan. Five years after returning to power, the Taliban maintain a firm grip and women are the main victims»

- «Spain. Ceuta on alert to prevent a repeat of the migration crisis that shook the European Union»

- «Soprano Aida Pascu: ‘Turandot is one of my favourite operas. And when I was 12, I knew it off by heart'»

- «Classic. When Hannibal Lecter ‘came to life' on the big screen»

Nascer do Sol:

- «Witch-hunt at the Judicial Police»

- "Interview. António Costa Silva: ‘The country has become addicted to European Union funds''

- «Luis Neves is a stone in the shoe in relations between the president and prime minister»

- «Airport. Italian study warns of flood risks»

- «Crime on Lisbon's Rua Augusta. PJ and PSP police point to two different suspects»

- «Political parties. Hot topics dominate the return to parliament"

- «António Monteiro: ‘The night has always been a space of freedom'»

- «Economy growth in the second quarter encourages the Government»

- «Henrique M. Oliveira. Warming seas threaten sardines»

- «Jason Arday. A prodigy with a professorship in quackery»

- «Odyssey. A song that has endured for three thousand years"

- «Positive Country. Advanced materials – Visible technologies of the future»

- «Our biggest neighbour – The sea!»

- «Summer holiday album. Afonso Reis Cabral: ‘If I lose track of time, it means I'm really on holiday'»

Business:

- "Tenants face fewer safeguards when renewing leases"

- "Hypermarkets see a 10% rise in transport costs"

- "The business of celebrities after death"

- "Washington. Government appoints Miguel Cruz to the World Bank"

- "Technology. Data centres in Europe demand more energy"

- «Social Security. Single Social Benefit (PSU) limits unemployment top-up to six months»

- «#The Most Powerful 2026. #22 [French President, Emmanuel Macron] He is one of the most influential European leaders, but the political crisis in France has weakened his image and his power»

- «#21 [Leonor Beleza] She is once again making her mark on national politics as Montenegro's second-in-command in the PSD and heads the Champalimaud Foundation»

Jornal Económico:

- «Portuguese olive oil conquers Brazil with a 20% rise»

- «Trump earned 2.2 billion in 2025»

- «Football. How can clubs resist American investment funds?»

- «Brazil. Fraudulent membership blocks Flávio Bolsonaro's registration as a presidential candidate»

- «Cash payments are on the rise again after years of decline since the pandemic»

- «Start-ups have increased by 8% and now number over five thousand»

- «‘Superintelligence will be one of the most important technologies in history'. Mark Zuckerberg wrote to the world calling for a philosophy to deal with the new technology"

- «Lundbeck wants to establish Portugal as a hub for clinical innovation»

- «Investors expect Anthropic to enter the stock market with a valuation of $2 trillion»

- «Tekever drone manufacturer is seeking €500 million to fuel further growth»

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