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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Tuesday, 18 August

Lisbon, Aug. 18, 2026 (Lusa) - The state buys a stake in the electricity and gas grid managing firm, REN, Benfica thrash Casa Pia 0-7 in the league, state debt or budget cuts are set to rise due to the increase in defence spending are some of the frequent headlines this Tuesday morning.

 

Público:

- «Outstanding debt collection cases have fallen by more than 50% in ten years»

- «Summer businesses. For love, Claúdia came from Switzerland to the Algarve and set up a business with her feet in the sand»

- «Gonçalo Paciência. The son of a fisherman who now swims in the Atlantic"

- «Real estate. Residents complain to justice and the EU about a mega-development on Artilharia Um [road], Lisbon»

- «Building in a state of disrepair. At the Afonso Lopes Vieira House-Museum, the storm was followed by the threat of collapse»

- «Crime in Algés. Santa Casa charity was supporting the family before the murder»

- «Interview. ‘Governments change, the status quo remains'. Manuel Monteiro on carrying out reforms in Portugal»

- «US mid-term elections. Economy worsens the electoral outlook for Republicans»

 

Correio da Manhã:

- «Teacher kills mother in fire. Woman in her nineties with Alzheimer's survives tragedy in Minho»

- «Depressed teacher set fire to the house where he lived with his mother and grandmother»

- «Casa Pia 0 Benfica 7. Historic thrashing in Rio Maior»

- «FC Porto. Rodrigo Mora transferred to Roma»

- «Sporting. Luis Suárez fuels discontent at Alvalade»

- «Vila Flor. Couple lose their lives in a horrific accident»

- «Crime in Dafundo. Boy buys present for his sister after the murder»

- «State buys shares. Chinese investors and the owner of Zara rake in millions from electricity grid managing firm REN»

- «Albufeira. Mayor accused of inciting hatred against gypsies"

- «Cantanhede. Sentence increased for elderly man who hanged dogs»

- «One year in custody. Delays in the justice system lead to the release of the owner of Elefante Branco»

- «Immigration mafias. Government cracks down on front companies»

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- «Car industry crisis threatens over a thousand jobs in Portugal»

- «Only a third of beaches are accessible to people with reduced mobility»

- «Chega Party. Man acquitted of police officer's death files new complaint against party leader Ventura»

- «Solidarity. Amputee girls from Gaza treated in Cascais and Porto»

- «Fires. Twelve injured whilst fighting the blaze in the Northern Region»

- «Gaia. Fencing and enhanced security at Jardim do Morro»

- «Vilar de Mouros. A festival where the past opens the door to the future»

- «Cycling. ‘The Volta is like the Tour. I feel as if I'm in a dream'. Interview with Alexis Guérin, winner of the race"

- «FC Porto. Roma have already paid 25 million for half of Rodrigo Mora's registration rights»

- «Casa Pia 0 – Benfica 7. A hat-trick in seven minutes»

 

Diário de Notícias:

- «The State's return to REN is only on the agendas of parties to the left of the PS»

- «Debate. Criminal law experts confirm: ‘There is no legal loophole in the sale of fake drugs. It is a crime of fraud'»

- «Defence. NATO costs force a further €4 billion in debt or budget cuts»

- «Spain. Mourning the death of Federico García Lorca»

- «Norberto Mourão: ‘I train to win, but we must be realistic'»

- «Housing. Portugal has accumulated a deficit equivalent to 300,000 homes in four years"

- «Tension. Iran and Israel refuse to bow to Trump's pressure to end the crisis in the Middle East»

- «Spain. Ceuta's leader issues an ultimatum to Sánchez and threatens legal action»

- «Documentary. José Mourinho: to be or not to be special»

 

Negócios:

- «Fees for cargo at the Panama Canal are now 16 times higher»

- «Montenegro prepared the purchase of REN shares several months in advance»

- «Paula Amorim to rebuild 25-million hotel from the ashes this autumn»

- «Importing and raising taxes to fund defence limits return on investment»

- «Orion takes control of Corinthia for 100 million»

 

O Jornal Económico:

- «Sales of IT services have quadrupled»

- «Trump, sidelined, steps up threats from the sidelines»

- «Electric Ferrari shines in Silicon Valley and China»

- «Brazilian companies are very concerned about EU restrictions»

- «Exchange rates. Euro rises to $1.16, a two-month high»

- «Sandra Brito Pereira, director of Securitas Portugal: ‘Security has become strategic for organisations'»

- «Jerónimo Martins, Visabeira and Carlos Martins go on a shopping spree»

- «The pace of decline in mergers and acquisitions has slowed»

- «Angola announces new oil and gas discovery»

 

 

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