LUSA 08/08/2025

Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper, news magazine headlines on Thursday, 7 August

Lisbon, Aug. 7, 2025 (Lusa) - Benfica beat Nice 0-2 in the Champions League play-offs, the situation in Gaza, Trump’s tariff war, the public prosecutor has launched an investigation into the far-right Chega Party leader for revealing names of children in Parliament and Visabeira launches a takeover bid for Martifer are the most frequent headlines this Thursday morning.

 

Correio da Manhã:

- ‘Pensions with IRS bonuses paid from tomorrow’

- ‘Benfica closer to the Champions League after last night's 0-2 victory in Nice’

- ‘New labour reform risks increasing precarious work’

- ‘Final farewell to ex-F.C.Porto captain Jorge Costa’

- ‘Ana Rita murdered by “ex” who couldn't bear to see her with another man’

 

 

Visão:

- ‘Aljubarrota. The battle that defined Portugal’

- ‘Cars. The new boost for electric vehicles’

- ‘Food. The secrets of the Bola de Berlim’

- ‘Atomic bomb. 80 years fearing the end of the world’

- ‘27 books for long summer days’

 

 

Público:

- ‘Government pushes municipal finance reform to after local elections’

- ‘À la carte tariffs. Trump rewards allies and punishes rivals with protectionism’

- ‘Health. Ambulance service INEM continues to operate with chronic shortage of staff’

- ‘Middle East. Total occupation of Gaza: Netanyahu's bluff or real possibility?‘

- ’Privatisation. 5% offer to TAP workers receives cold response‘

- ’War in Ukraine. Russia destroyed Mariupol and is selling it as a luxury destination"

- ‘Rescue help. Emergency medical helicopter grounded for six days’

- ‘António Cluny. “I never wrote on social media. So I never regretted it”. Former public prosecutor criticises Western inconsistency on Gaza’

- ‘Champions League. Benfica close to play-off with goals from Ivanovic and Florentino’

- "Music. This opera is a party, it's a tragedy, it has everything we love: “La Traviata” at Operafest‘

- ’Investigation. Scientific fraud is on the rise: discredited studies double every year and a half‘

 

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- ’Heel prick test detects serious diseases in almost three thousand babies"

- ‘Farewell to ex-F.C.Porto captain Jorge Costa united the world of football’

- ‘Benfica. Ivanovic arrived, saw and scored. Florentino did the rest and sealed victory with a bomb. The Eagles beat Nice (2-0) and enter the Luz with the Champions League doors open’

- ‘Viana do Castelo. Women without a place declare war on the Mordomia Parade’

- "Gondomar. Patients faint from heat in health centre‘

- ’Cristina Ferreira. In Menorca in the arms of her boyfriend‘

- ’Inquiry. Public Prosecutor investigates Chega Party leader Andre Ventura for revealing names of children in Parliament‘

- ’Investigation. National guard (GNR) captain imported cocaine between animal skins"

 

 

Diário de Noticias:

- ‘PS forms 13 coalitions, but falls short of what it wanted’

- ‘Commitment. Defence minister to DN: “Chronology down to the last minute. 2% target will be met without creative accounting”’

- ‘Israel. Netanyahu's seven personal battle fronts’

- "Talks. Trump plans three-way meeting with Putin and Zelensky‘

- ’Industry. Martifer will leave the stock market if the takeover bid launched by Visabeira goes ahead‘

- ’Employment. Tourism and security jobs set new national record‘

- ’Champions League. Benfica beats Nice and takes the lead in the tie‘

 

 

Negócios:

- ‘Martins brothers are leaving Martifer’

- ‘Government rules out return of reduced VAT on air conditioning’

- ‘Trump administration injects dose of pessimism into global pharmaceutical companies’

- ‘Public prosecutor's office points to flaws in the fight against fraud involving European funds’

- "Employment. Three quarters of temporary workers wanted to be on the permanent staff of their companies‘

- ’#The most powerful in 2025. #42 [Ricardo Pires] Semapa has already invested 1.4 billion since 2011. The CEO aims to achieve EBITDA of 1 billion. #41 [Rui Miguel Nabeiro] Heir to the Delta empire has one ambition: to become one of the top 10 coffee brands in the world"

 

 

Jornal Económico:

- ‘Labour law “unprotects those who don't work”’

- ‘No TACO for anyone: tariffs rise today’

- ‘Swiss luxury watches are a double symbol: first of money and now of trade war’

- ‘Biggest jump since 2022: house prices rise 17.7%’

- ‘Martifer. Visabeira and Mota-Engil with 37.5% each, Martins brothers with 25%’

- ‘Altice cuts 1,000 jobs in Portugal because of AI’

- ‘Pfizer profits rise 86% to 5.6 billion’

- ‘Former TAP SGPS declared insolvent by court’

 

 

 

 

 

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