Lisbon, Aug. 19, 2026 (Lusa) - The wildfires in the centre and north of the country that are being fought by about 1,000 firefighters, a working group's findings into social security and the bids for flag carrier TAP Air Portugal are featured on many front pages this Wednesday.
Sábado:
- «Protecting the brain at every stage of life»
- «Joana Marques. The comedian's ‘victims' club' continues to grow»
- «Enough is enough with the Roma. Public Prosecutor accuses mayor of inciting hatred and violence»
Correio da Manhã:
- «Communities at risk. Wildfires threaten villages in the north»
- «Pension system faces a €1.9 billion shortfall. Working group's findings»
- «From Torres Novas to Alcoitão. Woman abducted and raped during a mugging»
- «Santo Tirso. Survivor with rare disease needs ‘miracle gel'»
- «Central. Circati on his way to Benfica»
- «Sporting. Ioannidis suffers another injury"
- «FC Porto. Farioli pushes for Mora's departure»
- «São José Hospital. Head of department resigns over chaos in A&E»
- «Tourist in Albania. Young Portuguese murdered»
- «Laura Cardoso 1927–2026. Soap opera star dies»
Público:
- «Working group proposes individual pension management»
- «In 11-year period. Authorities order over 1,800 illegal online gambling operators to shut down»
- «US. Trump imposes sanctions on South Korea and Oman over Iran»
- «After 14 years. Stateless people will be able to apply for status, and Jasmin Ahmetovic wants to be ‘the first'»
- «Montenegro was the target. When a secret hotel stay caused headaches but prevented an attack»
- «Iberian Peninsula. Water temperature was five degrees above normal»
- «Energy. Regulator must assess the state's stake in REN»
Jornal de Notícias:
- «A third of police officers need mental health support»
- «Report highlights a 1.9 billion fiscal deficit in Social Security»
- «Five days of festival steeped in history»
- «Cycling. Cycling from the slopes of the Douro to Foz»
- «FC Porto. Mora deal gives the Dragons breathing space to hit the transfer market»
- «Viana. The Mordomas procession is a million-euro showcase of gold and costumes»
- «Gaia. Without access controls, cars are flooding the waterfront»
- «Fires. Over a thousand firefighters are battling the three largest blazes»
- «Health. Hospital chairpersons' terms of office have expired»
Diário de Notícias:
- «Need a company straight away? Commercial Registry is more than two thousand days behind»
- «University students. Supply of rooms to rent falls by 25 per cent»
- «Partnerships. Brisa pushes up PPP risk by 60 per cent.
- "Taxpayers could lose three billion euros"
- «Belém. President enacts ‘Burqa Law'"
- «Health. Ministry says solution adopted by Garcia de Orta for abortion is provided for by law"
- «Middle East. Trump rules out dialogue with Iran despite threat over ‘new US territory': Hormuz"
- «Study. Government maintains current social security framework in this parliamentary term»
- «Obituary. Laura Cardoso, icon of Brazilian drama, dies aged 98»
- «Pedro Martins: ‘Football in the Gulf is now a destination for new career opportunities'»
- «Wildfires. Over 600,000 hectares have already burned in Europe this year»
Negócios:
- «Social Security. Experts call for individual accounts for pensions»
- «Grid access tariffs are 13% lower than in 2014»
- «Bidders for TAP put the country on the ‘low-cost' route»
- «German debt takes a beating and hits 2011 high»
- «Sustainability. From cities to factories: the potential of digital twins»
O Jornal Económico:
- «State pays 17% premium to return to REN»
- «Pension debate resumes with focus on the supplementary scheme»
- «[Paulo Prada, of the Pestana Group:] ‘If a good opportunity arises in Madeira, we will seize it'»
- «Is summer shrinking product sizes, but not prices?»
- «Europe. Debt interest rates rise amid expectations of further rate hikes"
- «Ana Maria Lopes is the new head of Microsoft Portugal»
- «Three trillion dollars' worth of debt remains off the balance sheets»
- «Spanish firm Renfe prepares to enter the Portuguese market»
- «Regulators revoked the licence for the bank Rauva sought to buy» ADB // ADB.
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