LUSA 08/02/2025

Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Friday 1 August

Lisbon, Aug. 1, 2025 (Lusa) - The hot temperatures have arrived, causing tens of thousands of hectares destroyed by wildfires, arsonists in prison and a spike in the number of deaths.

 

Expresso:

- “Employers ask Montenegro for easier dismissal rules”

- “Even in Israel, there is talk of genocide. Portugal follows France and will recognise Palestine”

- “Poll. Carlos Moedas 30%. Alexandra Leitão 28%. Moedas ahead, but Lisbon remains up for grabs. The matoris doing well, while the city shows room for improvement. Alexandra Leitão performs less strongly in the qualities test”

- “Inspectors found half of care homes illegal”

- “37 summer books for all tastes and styles”

- “Proença opposes Benfica in television rights negotiations”

- “Authorities reinforce Lisbon airport to ensure smooth August operations”

- “Amadora-Sintra Hospital recruits 56 doctors and 229 nurses”

- “Politicians on holiday line up for grilled fish”

- “Portuguese prisons house 65 arsonists”

- “Government approves state reform”

- “Stiglitz defends Lula against Trump”

- “Pessoa breaks auction record”

 

Público:

- “Portugal falls to 5th in the list of countries with the highest proportion of emigrants”

- “Interview with Mário Ferreira. ‘I paid 105,000 euros a month for the last six years’”

- “Middle East. Palestine on the UN agenda with Portuguese support"

- “César Aira. ‘Contemporary literature now seeks distinction through mediocrity’”

- “Cancer. Lung screening moves forward for heavy smokers”

- “State reform. Government abolishes FCT and streamlines education bodies to seven”

- “For two years. Centeno’s new work requires ECB approval”

- “Fires. Area burned skyrocketed to 30,000 hectares in five days”

- “Bob Wilson. The great abstract poet who reinvented theatre has died”

- “Football. The Super Cup is red: Benfica beats Sporting with a solitary goal from Pavlidis”

- “Operation Pretoriano. Fernando Madureira, the leader who worked ‘for a dictatorship’, ended up defeated in prison”

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- “Portugal records 88 more deaths in just two days. High temperatures cause mortality to skyrocket, especially in the north of the country”

- “Sporting 0-1 Benfica. Greek sauce on the chicken of victory”

- “UEFA. Braga advances by bicycle in Europe”

- “Praetorian. Only Madureira remains in jail”

- “Fires. Burned as much in one week as in the seven months of this year”

- “Government. State reform cuts senior officials”

- “Matosinhos. Housing and businesses in the rehabilitation of S. Gens”

- “Summer. João Baião savours delicacies from Istanbul”

- “Today. Evasions. With one foot in the sand”

 

Diário de Notícias:

- “Algarve reinforces health and policing to serve one million people in August”

- “War. Portugal will recognise the Palestinian State, proceeding with the support of the President and political parties”

- “Ambassador Hamad Ali Alhazeem. ‘I am trying to attract companies from Kuwait to Portugal, from both the private and public sectors’”

- “Football. Benfica wins first trophy of the season by defeating Sporting in the Super Cup (1-0)”

- “Mobi Summit. Ribeira de Algés: 40 million euros redevelopment project kicks off this year”

- “Cinema. Skin, with or without sunburn, in a major cycle at the Cinemateca”

- “Concert. Jazz returns to Gulbenkian with ‘the best and most original’ in the world”

 

Correio da Manhã:

- “Gunman kills businessman in front of his children”

- “Benfica starts the season in style”

- “Operation Pretoriano. ‘Macaco’ stays in jail for another year”

- “Sp.Braga 1 - Levski Sofia 0. After extra time. Warriors advance in the Europa League”

- “Santa Clara 2 - Varazdin 0. Azoreans advance in the Conference League”

- “Summer lives. Controversial Chega candidate energizes Alentejo”

- “Firefighting plane damaged in the River Douro. Populations unite as flames advance”

- “Lisbon. Murderer delivers head to hospital and confesses”

- “Income. Greece’s minimum wage exceeds Portugal’s”

 

Negócios:

- “Food inflation reaches two-year high”

- “Weekend. Interview with Jeferson Tenório. Changes in immigration? ‘The law could become more welcoming’”

- “Civil service. ‘We are going to shake up the state like never before’. Gonçalo Saraiva Matias presented the first reform measures”

- “Greenvolt considers entering battery auction with backing from KKR”

- “And that makes two... Microsoft joins Nvidia as a ‘4 trillion dollar baby’”

 

Jornal Económico:

- “Government launches major investment support package”

- “Banks profit 2.6 billion euros”

- “Esporão acquires stake in Musa beer”

- “Tariffs hit 70 per cent of exports, including wine”

- “AHRESP anticipates ‘wave of closures’”

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