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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Friday, 6 June

Lisbon, June 6, 2025 (Lusa) - Politics is filling most of the front pages on Friday as PM Luis Montenegro presents his new government and the president promises there is no blank cheque.

 

 Expresso:

- "Carneiro offers five regime pacts to Montenegro"

- "Local elections bring PSD and IL together in Lisbon and Porto"

- "Videos show police “planting” knife next to Odair's body"

- "Government and Air Force disagree on US F-35s"

- "Marcelo raises the bar, Montenegro wants war on bureaucracy"

- "There are now 27 shanty towns in Greater Lisbon"

- "80% of Grândola's coast line with restricted access to beaches"

- "The Portuguese who walk to Gaza"

- "What if our future is like Hungary's? By Anne Applebaum"

- "Trump signs death sentence for the poor"

- "INEM helicopters at risk"

- "Mariana Leitão gives up on Belém"

- "Honoris causa" for Angela Merkel

 

Nascer do Sol:

- "Montenegro wants to privatise non-essential sectors and close observatories and foundations"

- "Luís Marques Mendes. More than fighting Chega, we need to fight the causes that fuel it"

- "Portugal's 40 years in the European Union. Exclusive opinion: Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Durão Barroso and Carlos Moedas"

- "Interview with João Vale de Almeida: Portugal's accession was the completion of the 25 April revolution"

- "Portugal Tomorrow. Uncertainty limits economic growth"

- "José Neves, president of AED Cluster Portugal. Portuguese companies already develop and operate satellites"

- "Energy Special. The weight of renewables in electricity supply"

- "Operation Picoas. Suspect dies buried in the Dominican Republic"

- "Euthanasia. Latest Constitutional Court ruling “kills” the law"

- "Operations in the National Health Service. Surgeries outside normal hours are being postponed"

 

Público:

- "Brussels recommends rent control and limits on AL in Portugal"

- "Government takes office. Montenegro calls for state reform and wants 2% for defence by 2025"

- "The complete list of 43 secretaries of state"

- "Health. More than half of NHS doctors also work in the private sector"

- "Music. Pulp have grown old and remain unique"

- "Bank of Portugal. Restrictions on bankers limit choice for governor"

 

Correio da Manhã:

- "[Maddie] Germans ignored clue about suspect couple. Evidence pointed to English alcoholic and German woman"

- "Government takes office. Montenegro promises lower taxes, more spending on defence and state reform"

- "Marcelo refuses blank cheque"

- "Braga. “Manu” took knife with which he was murdered"

- "Abortions in 2024. National Health Service pays for 17,807 terminations"

- "Eighth cut. ECB interest rates fall to 2% and ease repayments"

- "National team. Quarter final worth more than 10 million"

- "Defence goes to Madrid. Benfica gets 50 million with Carreras and gains breathing space for Félix"

- "Sporting. Amorim insists on taking Gyokeres"

- "FC Porto. Gabri Veiga eager to play at the Dragão"

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- "Prices of basic foodstuffs rise more than minimum wage"

- "State unable to reduce accidents at level crossings"

- "Nations League. Brilliance in Munich whets appetite for the showdown. Francisco Conceição's future uncertain. Portugal to play Spain in final"

- "Benfica. Noronha challenges Rui Costa to call early elections"

- "Montenegro promises war on bureaucracy"

- "Poll. Majority wants more than one candidate in the PS and Carneiro is the favourite"

- "Trafficking. Potent synthetic drugs gaining ground in Europe"

 

Diário de Notícias:

- "Government abolishes directorate-general that was at the centre of corruption allegations in the Defence Ministry"

- "Inauguration. Between Montenegro's integrated strategy and Marcelo's six lessons"

- "Musk criticises Trump and suggests creating a new party in the US"

- "TAP. Workers predict “risk of serious operational pressures” in the summer"

- "Letter. 103 Bloco members walk out with criticism of the “geringonça”"

- "João Henriques, executive president of the Islamic World Observatory. Islamophobia. “e have to clarify, build bridges, eliminate this poison that is being fed"

- "Event. From Seoul to Lisbon. Korean Culture Festival arrives with “K-pop” and “hanboks”"

- "Luísa Antunes Paolinelli. A kind of mythography has been built around Afonso Henriques, turning him from a rebel warrior into God's chosen one"

 

Negócios:

- "Five promises. Political stability. State reform. Fighting bureaucracy. Investment in defence. Budgetary rigour. Montenegro's government took office yesterday and the prime minister set out his priorities"

- "President of the Republic warns AD that it does not have unlimited credit"

- "Partners praise merger between Economy and Territorial Cohesion"

- "Interview with Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues. Science has not recovered from the financial crisis”

- "Investment. New “label” for savings forces investment in EU assets"

- "Stock market. Savers and share buybacks hold Wall Street steady"

- "Fewer renewables force use of 70% more expensive gas to produce electricity"

- "ECB predicts sharp slowdown in Eurozone in severe trade war"

 

Jornal Económico:

- "Companies negotiate residence for immigrants"

- "Pedro Reis wanted more power. Montenegro pulled the rug out from under him"

- "Cotrim Figueiredo. European defence cannot be held hostage to nationalist agendas"

- "Major conference. Doing Business Angola brings together decision-makers from Luanda and Lisbon"

- "Portuguese among Santander's global elite"

- "Taxes provide 1.7 billion cushion"

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