Lisbon, July 7, 2025 (Lusa) - The recent hot weather and associated wildfires are featured in the Portuguese papers on Monday, along with some of the candidates in the upcoming October local elections.

Correio da Manhã:

- “Excessive heat claims 227 lives in 4 days”

- “Authorities record data between 30 June and 3 July”

- “Five million secures Gyokeres’ departure”

- “Benfica set 45 million price tag to secure Félix”

- “Scrutiny examines Luís Montenegro’s exclusivity”

- “Air traffic in the Lisbon area. More than a thousand night flights in 14 days”

Diário de Notícias:

- “Equality commission highlights Attorney General’s Office practices that hinder women”

- “Euro 2025. Women’s national team plays for its life against Italy and tries to break a 25-year taboo”

- “5% of gross domestic product on defence. Sovereignty podcast”

- “A democracy can advance commitments of this magnitude only through national mobilisation”

- “Prevention. Deaths of young drivers rise 48% in two years”

- “Gaza Strip. Netanyahu doesn't give in and trusts Trump’s support”

- “Spain. Feijoo rules out cordon sanitaire against Vox”

- “Media. DN website breaks record with 2.8 million voters”

Public:

- “Number of parishes going to the polls in elections shoots up 68%. All are municipalities with 150 or fewer voters, and those newly included are located in the interior.”

- “Association. Muslim women join forces to promote inclusion.”

- “United States. Floods in Texas cause at least 70 deaths"

- “Opinion. Investing in nature is an opportunity the EU must seize. Text by Ursula von der Leyen and Jessika Roswall”

- “Timothée Parrique. ‘In decades, we will forget the obsession with growth’”

- “FC Porto. Francesco Farioli, a coach in search of harmony”

- “Parliament. Twenty-eight MPs elected two months ago are standing for local elections: 21 are from Chega”

- “Clinical research. Minho researchers are developing a vaccine against candidiasis”

Jornal de Notícias:

- “Number of legal domestic workers rises, and reforms generate concern”

- “FC Porto. Farioli with a 15 million euro clause”

- “Viseu. Police arrest man for filming and abusing his two-year-old cousin”

- “GNR. Papal amnesty spares drunk soldier from suspension”

- “Health. Employers and State restrict time off work for women with endometriosis”

- “Porto. Helping regardless of colour or nationality”

- “Local elections. Political veteran and researcher set for duel in Bragança”

- “Feira. Fire in Arrifana leaves four people needing new homes”

Negócios:

- “Immigration alone has increased the workforce”

- “After blackout, Vodafone plans to invest in batteries and generators”

- “Nova steps aside from PRR project because of conflict of interest, and the plan continues unchanged”

- “Trump’s elected officials, tantrums and pet hates”

- “Aviation wants justice to recover loan granted to TAP”

- “Real estate. House price rises outpace increases in Eastern Europe”

- “Private investor. Stock market still has room to dance, but at a slower pace”

- “José Santos. President of Tourism for Alentejo and Ribatejo. ‘I adopt a constructive attitude towards projects’ such as the Lagoa Salgada mine”

Jornal Económico:

- “China invests against European ‘brandy’”

- “Lula da Silva tries to consolidate BRICS as an alternative to the G7 and the West”

- “Musk challenges Trump again and creates the America Party”

- “Easyjet’s managing director for Portugal. José Lopes. ‘Aviation taxes should go back into decarbonising the sector’”

- “David Carvalho. ‘We have regenerative agriculture practices to achieve balance’”

- “Mello RDC and Iberis invest 30 million in natural gas distribution”

- “4% of large companies meet deadlines in Portugal”

- “Portugal aims for 2% growth this year”

- “Marcelo considers cooperation between Portugal and Cabo Verde ‘unstoppable’”

ADB // ADB.

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