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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Friday, 18 July

Lisbon, July 18, 2025 (Lusa) - TAP compensation to crew and Azul, the foreigners' law and the state of the nation speech are all featuring on the front pages of Portugal's newspapers on Friday.

 

 Expresso:

- “Portuguese people spend the most on food”

- “Speed cameras are preventing dozens of deaths”

- “Marcelo opts against Equatorial Guinea for the presidency of the CPLP…”

- "... and is willing to block new Foreigners Law"

- "Air Force helicopters fail 65% of INEM emergency calls"

- "Government has clear path for budget, for now with Chega"

- "Public prosecutor wants to strip British driver of national championship title"

- “European extremists plan violence in Murcia”

- “Four percent of carehomes have vacancies, and applicants secure a place within three years of waiting”

- “Neo-Nazis instruct followers on evading the law to buy weapons”

- “Revenge: portrait of Portuguese arsonists”

- “Minister defends Foreigners’ Law”

- “Manifesto for social housing”

- “Labour legislation under consultation”

- “Gaspar already has a successor at the IMF”

 

Nascer do Sol:

- “TAP must pay millions in compensation to crew members”

- “Lisbon. Carlos Moedas announces coalition with CDS and IL, with agreement still to be finalised”

- “Interview with Mariana Leitão, candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Initiative. ‘Citizens gain nothing from Caixa Geral de Depósitos being public’”

- “Alexandre Guerreiro. Casa da Moeda suspends former spy close to Moscow for practising law without authorisation”

- “Suicides in the PSP. Movimento Zero promises new demonstrations"

- "Comporta. Population seeks reassurance on government measures to guarantee access to beaches"

- "Summer 1995. Power and finance gather at the wedding of Ilídio Pinho’s daughter"

- "João Paulo André. ‘Science tries to understand music, and the mystery endures'"

- “The cult of porcelain. A journey through the history and secrets of ‘white gold’”

 

Correio da Manhã:

- “At the Guimarães Registry Office. ‘I married my father to keep his pension’. 68-year-old woman who married her 95-year-old father confesses to CM the reason for the unusual marriage”

- “In Alcácer do Sal. Eanes escapes accident unharmed”

- “Pensions with extra up to £200 until September. 2.3 million pensioners to benefit”

- “Gaza. Israel attacks parish of priest who is friend of Pope Francis”

- “Sporting. Hjulmand wants to go to Juventus”

- “FC Porto. Villas-Boas acknowledges spending 100 million"

- “Barrenechea. New Argentine Enzo already at Benfica”

- “Electric models. State subsidises replacement of household appliances”

- “Porto Alto. Collision after overtaking kills two men”

- “Challenges in healthcare. Patients ‘die’ from heat at Porto’s IPO”

 

Diário de Notícias:

- “State will have to return 200 million that banks paid under Centeno law”

- “Loures. Neighbourhood residents choose to live among the rubble while seeking an alternative”

- “Government hides PGR opinion on Municipal Police that contradicts Moedas”

- “Health. Five Air Force missions in medical emergencies cost at least €450,000”

- “TAP. Pinto Luz says he has known since 2024 about the PS Government’s letter to Azul”

- “Mariana Leitão. Change will come from neither the AD side nor the Chega side”

 

Público:

- “State of the nation. Government to give pensioners up to 200 euros bonus in September”

- “Portugal adjusts CPLP declaration on hunger, omitting reference to Gaza”

- “Loures. Who lives in Talude? The stories behind the demolitions”

- “Photography. The borders that divide us (and four other exhibitions to discover at PHotoEspaña 2025)"

- “History. A hundred years later, wielding Hitler’s Mein Kampf fails to mobilise politically”

- “Aggravated fraud’: Public Prosecutor accuses Berardo of trying to deceive CGD, BCP and BES”

- “Europe. Transparency and additional funding sought for new EU budget”

- “Poverty. Ombudsman highlights successes, urges further State support for the most vulnerable”

- “Right of reply. Mayor clarifies lack of association with Operation Tutti-Frutti”

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- “Prosecutors accuse Berardo of fraud involving billion-euro loans for the purchase of BCP”

- “Montenegro pays bonuses to pensioners on eve of elections”

- “Unseasonal heat in the Douro and Trás-os-Montes reduces wine and olive oil production”

- “Market. Sporting resists Juventus and holds on to Hjulmand"

- “Insolvency. Boavista fails to appeal and will play in the district league”

- “Subsidy. Long-term unemployment has been growing since 2023”

- “Construction. New maternity ward at S. João Hospital to have only private rooms”

- “Local elections. Most candidates for Porto want to limit local accommodation”

- “Marés Vivas Festival kicks off today in Gaia with sold-out crowds”

 

 Business:

- “Via Verde doubles business with Brisa purchase in France”

- “Half of pensioners to receive cheque with 200 euros bonus”

- “Going on holiday is an affordable pleasure”

- “Courts now decide TAP’s debt to Azul”

- “Half-year results test PSI highs”

- “Shares. BCP now worth more than Renault on the stock market”

 

Jornal Económico:

- “Companies react with surprise to new European tax”

- “US cuts to healthcare support require attention. Durão Barroso, leader of the Global Alliance for Vaccines, president of the Euro-Africa Forum"

- “Tax authorities have 16 billion to collect, with courts and bankruptcies suspending half of that amount”

- “Corto Maltese. Map of Venice where unbelievable things happen”

- “Report. A million reasons to love the Lusitano horse”

- “Waldorf Astoria, once home to Marilyn and Sinatra, is reborn”

- “Navigator invests 100 million to advance beyond digitisation”

- “Regalado tidies up at Banco de Fomento”

- “Europe stands firm on tariffs while promoting economic resilience”

- “Insurance companies call for priority for risk literacy”

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