Lisbon, Aug. 8, 2025 (Lusa) - The prime minister is relying on far-right Chega in the vote to pass the new labour bill in parliament, Trump to meet Putin without Zelenski, the situation in Gaza, the president enacts the new law on smartphone use in schools, the government keeps the country on alert status as the wildfires continue and the privatization of TAP dominate the headlines this Friday morning.

Expresso:

- ‘Universities want access system with fewer exams’

- ‘PM Luis Montenegro relies on far-right Chega Party to pass labour laws’

- ‘Gonçalo Matias is super-minister with increased powers’

- ‘Escaping death in Cabo Delgado. Report from northern Mozambique: families tell how they got lost in the bush to escape jihadists and other bandits’

- ‘Local elections. Everything up in the air in Faro, with a slight socialist advantage’

- ‘American investment hits record highs’

- ‘Netanyahu advances on Gaza. Will Israel survive this occupation?’

- ‘Iberian secret services exchange daily data on extremists’

- ‘Meat is back and it's also a political issue’

- ‘Sudan, the cruelest and most ignored of wars’

- ‘How to get government support to replace your old gas stove, gas water heater and gas oven’

- ‘Bragança and Vila Real on red wildfire alert’

- ‘Vitorino appointed representative of Alexandra Leitão’

- ‘Ozempic only for certain doctors’

- ‘Spain ready to abandon nuclear power’

- ‘President Marcelo enacts law on use of smartphones in schools’

- ‘FlixBus out of Sete Rios’

Correio da Manhã:

- ‘Zero complaints against breastfeeding mothers’

- ‘Minister without evidence of alleged abuse’

- ‘Pavlidis and Ivanovic. Duel spurs Benfica attack’

- ‘Coach Rui Borges reinvents Sporting without Gyokeres’

- ‘Ex-F.C.Porto captain Jorge Costa's funeral. Tears and applause in the final farewell’

- ‘In a village in Guarda. Man sets fire to stage after being rejected by dancer’

Diário de Notícias:

- ‘Tourism adjusts rates and prices for short-term rental accommodation fall 30%’

- ‘Report. From the “Trieste”. The largest Italian military ship is sighted off Lisbon’

- ‘Football. I Liga kicks off with 43 Spanish players, three times as many as five years ago’

- ‘Security. Public Prosecutor sees evidence of crime in Lisbon Municipal Police operations’

- "Presidential elections. Internal voices in the Left Bloc accept António Filipe, but Sampaio da Nóvoa is the favourite‘

- ’War. Trump meets Putin: West sceptical, Moscow claims victory‘

Público:

- ’President Marcelo gives government until the end of summer to resolve accident and emergency department crisis‘

- ’The superpower of Cabo Verde. The triumph of the sound of the islands‘

- ’IGF audit. Former ambulance service (INEM) president promises to speak in Parliament‘

- ’Fires. With the area burned tripling in 14 days, the government keeps country on alert‘

- ’I Liga. FC Porto and Benfica spend like never before to prevent Sporting from winning the treble‘

- ’Fátima Lopes. “I no longer have the eccentricity I had 20 years ago. Nor do I want it”‘

- ’Activism. Is culture in Portugal responding to what is happening in Palestine?‘

Jornal de Notícias:

- ’Low-cost petrol stations continue to grow despite the increase in electric cars. Two Spanish companies alone will open 86 stations by the end of next year. Low-cost brands account for a third of the national market‘

- ’Fires. No one knows how many civil protection units there are in the country‘

- ’Ukraine. Trump and Putin sit down at the table but exclude Zelensky‘

- ’Porto. Works at the São João Theatre “evict” homeless people‘

- ’Holidays. Butlers for four-legged friends"

- ‘Attack on the title. League kicks off today with record investment. Two-time champions Sporting face Casa Pia’

- ‘Europa League. Cluj 1 - 2 Braga. Triumph in Romania with a brace from Gorby opens the door to the play-offs’

Nascer do Sol:

- ‘Democratic Alliance and Chega waste no time. Foreigners' law’

- ‘Alliance and Chega believe that the Constitutional Court will allow the Foreigners' Law to pass, but if the judges declare any of the doubts raised by the country's president to be unconstitutional, they have everything in place to ensure that a response is given as quickly as possible. If the law passes the Constitutional Court, Marcelo has already said that he will enact it despite all the reservations.’

- ‘Interview with Armindo Monteiro. “Bosses already know when workers will take sick leave next year”’

- ‘Faculty of Law strengthens influence in Socialist Party’

- ‘Luís Figo and Paulo China sell Bar 7 in Vilamoura’

- ‘Ombudsman orders two paintings from Graça Morais for €120,000’

- ‘Lisbon city council. Pedro Siza Vieira refused and Mário Centeno couldn't’

- ‘Hiroshima. The first atomic bomb was dropped 80 years ago’

- ‘Increase in illegal rental of back yards in Lisbon raises alarm bells’

- ‘Fátima Bonifácio. “Why waste time with the illusion of two states? ”’

- ‘Rui Moreira. “A food plan for Gaza is urgently needed”’

- ‘Helena Roseta. “We have houses in Portugal: in the last census there were 700,000 empty houses”’

Negócios:

- ‘Young people “neither-nor” at lowest figure in 14 years’

- ‘Privatisation of TAP moves forward with president’s approval for decree’

- ‘Investment. Record stock market gains attract 1.7 billion to funds’

- ‘Income. Real household earnings lose momentum without extra measures’

- ‘Interview with Mariana Duarte Silva. 'It's a different Lisbon. You can't live in the city, there's no housing’

Jornal Económico:

- ‘President Marcelo gives green light to TAP privatisation amid doubts and tension’

- ‘Interviews. Pires de Lima: new motorways beat Spanish ones’

- ‘Carlos Monjardino: “We are already living in the Chinese century”’

- ‘A new iPhone moment is coming, and it won't be from Apple’

- ‘Labour reform provides for 72 repeals’

- ‘Tax burden of 15 billion since 2010’

- ‘China orders: make babies at festivals’

- ‘More nature and some (a lot of) poncha’

- ‘Digital nomads tell how they live with Lisbon prices... The big house where the government lives... The wave factory has an address: the land of Óbidos... Bankers also go on holiday... Six Senses in the Douro is a luxury embrace... How much is a Danish striker worth... The Japanese complain about immigration and have no one to work’

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