Lisbon, Aug. 5, 2024 (Lusa) - Portugal's leading newspapers on Monday offer a wide range of headlines, and including on the latesst successes and failures at the Olympics, and fallout from the takeover by Romania's Digi of Nowo, Portugal's fourth- largest triple play telecommunications operator.

Correio da Manhã:

- "TVDE [unmarked passenger transport vehicle] driver arrested for sexual abuse"

- "Man arrested by PJ [Judicial Police] will await trial in jail"

- "Drunk young woman falls asleep in car and is attacked"

- "More than three thousand men victims of domestic violence in six months"

- "Emergencies: 10-hour waits in Amadora and Portimão" hospital A&E departments

- "Lions in shock" - Sporting's troubles

- Coach Rúben "Amorim tightens his grip on players"

- "FC Porto celebrate overtaking Benfica - 86 titles against 85"

- "He tells the fans to shut up - João Félix forces his way out"

- "Sentenced to pay €165,000 to employer's children"

- "Poll: Health minister worst in government"

- "Message: Pope blesses Caxinas fishermen"

- "Tragedy in the North: Mother sees neighbour shoot son to death"

Público: 

- "Government plans to train 1,000 immigrants with 2.5 million [euros] in tourism support"

- "United Kingdom. Prime Minister warns participants in racist riots"

- "ISCSP study. Young people want more information and political representation"

- "Interview. 'Macron refusing to recognise the reality of the vote'. Céline Hervieu, spokesperson for the French Socialist Party"

- "Lisbon City Council. Santa Maria Maior parish opposes 'social hotel'" - hostel for most vulnerable in historic neighbourhood

- "Cinemas. July stopped the bleeding, with 1.6 million returning to the cinema"

- "Olympic Games. In the final of the 100 metres, it took a photo finish to find out that Lyles had won gold"

- "In tennis, Djokovic won the gold that was missing from his career in Paris"

Jornal de Notícias: 

- "There are four dozen accidents a day on two wheels"

- "Volta de Portugal [cycle tour]. Nich smashes the crono and takes the biggest win of his career"

- "Paris 2024. 'It was well worth it. I realised my biggest dream'" - Patrícia Sampaio, wins bronze in judo

- "FC Porto. Hidden in pre-season, Galeno was an asset in the Super Cup"

- "Argument over land ends with one dead and one seriously injured"

- "Porto. Casa da Música will be the second largest metro station"

- "Maia. Ten years in jail for assaulting wife, son, stepdaughter and rival"

- "Guimarães. New rules to facilitate access to housing"

Diário de Notícias: 

- "Absenteeism in the SNS [National Health Service]. More than 9.2 million days lost until June, almost half due to illness"

- "Interview with António Telo and João Vieira Borges [authors of the book 'The Coming War - Ukraine in a Changing World']: 'I doubt that if Putin had known the war was going to go as it did, he would have started it at all'"

- "Electoral laws. PSD [prime minister's Social Democratic Party] and PS [main opposition Socialist Party] hold back 'changes' and prolong 'inequalities'"

- "Dennis Redmont, American journalist. 'I used to say that neither Biden nor Trump were going to make it to the finish line. And it's still possible'"

- "Budget. Finances cut the state deficit for this year"

- "ChatGPT's Proust quiz. Manuel Andrade, writer and editor. 'If I could, I'd invent a 'queselixometer' [to-hell-with-it meter] - sometimes it'd come in really handy!"

- "Paris2024. Djokovic reinforces his legend at the Games and Noah Lyles wins gold in the 100 metres"

- "Cinema. New season: Clooney, Pitt, gladiators and a 'Joker'..."

Negócios:

- "Experts propose higher corporate income tax for retirement plan costs"

- "Bica [Lisbon slang for espresso] is close to [being a] luxury. Coffee prices keep rising"

- "Digi changes the game for [mobile telecommunications] operators and Vodafone risks [facing] the biggest impact" after former takes over Nowo

- "Poll. Fernando Alexandre's score rises after agreement with teachers"

- "Monetary policy. Bigger cuts in Fed interest rates already anticipated"

- "The most powerful 2024 - #38 Horta Osório saved Lloyds and is now eyeing the owner of Meo. #37 Pinto Balsemão is one of democracy's most enduring senators. He's also the backbone of Impresa"

Jornal Económico: 

- "EasyJet strike and probable Groundforce strike threaten tourism in August"

- "'Lisbon is being talked about as a unicorn factory. That's communication fraud'" says Taguspark CEO Eduardo Batista Correia

- "13 years after the fall of Gaddafi, Libya is still in chaos. But Portugal's Resul is managing to grow in the country"

- "Top of the Agenda: macro data marks the week"

- "Oli to renew MotoGP sponsorship for the next two years to give the brand 'global visibility'"

- "Romanian group Digi reaches agreement to buy Nowo"

- "BCP [share] sinks 4.76% on Friday as stock markets fall"

ARO // ARO.

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