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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Friday, 27 June

Lisbon, June 27, 2025 (Lusa) - The new nationality law is one of the leading subjects on the front pages on Friday, along with the approaching heat wave and the never-ending saga of former PM Socrates' court case.

 

- “Montenegro declines to provide evidence of family company's work”

- “Transparency body seeks information on prime minister’s family business”

- “Head of government maintains innocence and appeals to the Constitutional Court”

- “Marquês case: Judges confirm Sócrates’ money continued to flow”

- “Lisbon: Drug dealer channels steroid profits through restaurant”

- “Next month: Savings certificates lower interest rates to 2.011 per cent”

- “Local authorities: Portugal’s criminal investigation police agency, PJ, searches Oeiras and Grândola town halls”

- “Heatwave: More than 4 days with temperatures above 40 degrees”

- “Today in Restelo: Metal festival with legendary bands”

- “FC Porto: Martim Fernandes suffers accident”

- “Benfica puts Bruma and Kokçu on the market”

- “Sporting: Gyokeres only wants to play for Arsenal”

 

Expresso:

- “Government cuts income tax in August to revive the economy”

- “Immigrants face challenges to reunite their families”

- “‘Peace through force’ may lead to further conflict”

- “Gaza garners little attention in the ‘new’ Middle East.”

- “Portugal seeks three hundred million euros in existing spending.”

- “INEM failure leads to death: everyone remained silent on strike day.”

- “Socrates trial risks new statutes of limitations.”

- “José Luís Carneiro: who is the new PS leader and where is he going?”

- “A dozen police officers and soldiers join neo-Nazi group”

- “RTP president affirms independence from government influence”

- “Canudo ’plots’ against Social Security official”

- “Dating websites recruit ’owners’ in Portugal”

- “PSD lets PS choose Ombudsman”

- “Gouveia and Melo with the Freemasons”

- “Protests in 13 cities”

- “Constitutional Court rejects TAP”

- “Pedrógão: court acquits defendants”

 

Público:

- “Thirty percent of students finish master’s degrees on time, while fifty percent complete bachelor’s degrees”

- “Olga Roriz. A solo to discover what the body can do today”

- “José Luís Carneiro. The eight challenges facing the new leader of the PS”

- “Justice. Courts order 1,118 expulsions of foreigners in nine years”

- “Auction. State opts not to buy letter from King Manuel I to Vasco da Gama”

- “Reservoirs. Water levels at their highest since the 1990s”

- “Dividends. Galp earned 251 million for the state in eight years”

 

Nascer do Sol:

- “Portuguese nationality becomes one of the most challenging to obtain in Europe”

- “New Foreigners and Borders Unit sparks conflict between the PSP and the Judicial Police”

- “Government is working to determine how many naturalised citizens have been convicted”

- “Interview with Vítor Sereno. Secretary-General of the Portuguese Republic’s Information System. ‘Gathering information in the 21st century requires tools from the 21st century’”

- “Defendant in Operation Picoas claims 430,000 euros from Altice. Public Prosecutor says the Group owes 40 million euros to a company owned by Hernâni Vaz Antunes”

- “Interview with Alexandra Leitão. ‘Carlos Moedas’s Lisbon is a Lisbon that has been put on hold’”

- “Portugal Tomorrow. Elections at Mutualista do Montepio: Virgílio Lima secures uncontested candidacy”

- “Real estate. Owners say government programme does not address the sector”

- “Energy Special. Government moves forward with 100 million to combat energy poverty”

- “PS. Carneiro becomes leader of party that needs financial support”

- “Santa Casa. David Lopes leaves board at the end of the month”

- “Middle East. How Trump has forced Iran to fight for survival”

- “José Avilez. ‘I’ve had to expel customers from restaurants because of harassment’”

- “Eduardo Paz Ferreira. From health to immigration: analysis and reflections on Portugal’s main problems”

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- “Technician and doctor take half an hour to call VMER that could have saved a man”

- “More than half of students complete their degree in three years. Courses with zero unemployment rate have doubled”

- “Mother and children attacked at home to silence allegations of drug trafficking in prison”

- “F. C. Porto. Martín Anselmi’s departure reaches an impasse”

- “Saudi Arabia. Ronaldo signs €400 million contract with Al Nassr until 2027”

- “Tax relief leads to more modest refunds in 2026”

- “PS. Carneiro hopes to transform party into a ‘beacon for the Portuguese’”

- “Local elections. Voters in Amarante, Resende, Melgaço and Alcácer elect fewer councillors”

- “Maia. Municipality plans to invest millions in sanitation”

 

Negócios:

- “Income tax relief is greater for 17% of families”

- “Visabeira enters Martifer without obligation of a takeover bid”

- “Country consumes nuclear power, but power plants remain a sensitive subject”

- “Contribution of the stock market to the economy falls since 2020”

- “Civil service. Governments change, leaders change, but policies endure”

- “Exchange rates. Dollar hits more than three-year low against the euro”

 

Jornal Económico:

- “Errors and poor planning cause chaos at the airport”

- “The poker game of governors. Bank of Portugal. Ricardo Reis, Vítor Gaspar, Vítor Bento and Álvaro Santos Pereira in the race to replace Centeno”

- “Germany has already proven that it can turn things around”

- “Congress. Business Roundtable sets goal to boost Portugal’s growth”

- “Avenue wants to invest between 50 and 100 million per year until 2030”

- “Madeira beats government interest rates on 310 million credit operation”

- “Bridgewhat wants to grow and go global”

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