LUSA 08/21/2025

Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Wednesday, 20 August

Lisbon, Au. 20, 2025 (Lusa) - The politicians are starting to get the heat from the devastating wildfire as calls for accountability grow, meanwhile, the good news is that the VW plant in Palmela has been chosen to make the new electric vehicle.

 

 Sábado:

- "King Manuel I. The king who surpassed Alexander the Great"

- "Extreme hobbies. Ultramarathons and skydiving to manage stress"

- "Crime. Two PSP officers accused of killing Moroccan"

 

Correio da Manhã:

- "Man shot dead in Sines market. Murderer caught by GNR"

- "People criticised. Montenegro challenged at firefighter's final farewell"

- "Fires. Flames surround inland villages"

- "Poll. André Ventura passes Seguro in the four-way race to Belém"

- "Fenerbahce-Benfica. Benfica ready for Turkish hell"

- "FC Porto. Samu out for derby with Sporting"

- "Autoeuropa. Electric car produced in Palmela"

- "Lisbon. Women have been stealing wallets for 11 years"

- "Dead immigrant. Family demands 1.6 million"

- “Teresa Caeiro victim of toxic relationship, Text by Armando Esteves Pereira"

 

Diário de Notícias:

- "António José Seguro. The state is opening up too many cracks, losing authority"

- "How to govern when everything was on fire: the worst years and their ministers"

- "Government. First leader of IL and former CDS MPs in ministerial offices"

- "Thousands of pupils will start school again without all their teachers"

- "Government and European Union subsidise 10% of Autoeuropa's new investment plan until 2028"

- "Ukraine. Without confirming Putin's meeting with Zelensky, the Kremlin is in no hurry"

- "Ceasefire. The agreement accepted by Hamas is similar to another approved by Israel. What's stopping the green light now?"

- "João Almeida. Podium in the Tour of Spain is a realistic goal"

- "Premiere. Luc Besson in the land of vampires"

 

Público:

- "CSI beneficiaries up by almost 58% on last year"

- "Fire management exposes Montenegro and weakens the government"

- "30 million for VW to maintain new electric car"

- "War in Ukraine. António Costa defends military reinforcement of the Ukrainians"

- "Cascais line. In 25 years, CP has reduced the number of trains by 40%"

- "Teachers. Second chance schools at risk"

- "Architecture. Alvar Aalto and his two wives in the Siza Wing at Serralves"

- "Life interview [Maria Leontina Fernandes]: As the first woman in Portugal's criminal investigation police agency, PJ, if I failed it was a whole opportunity lost”

- "Labour legislation. Government limits contracts to couriers who have 80% of their income on a single platform"

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- "Number of homicides up to August is almost the same as last year's total"

- "Eight out of ten applications managed to get an exam grade"

- "Fires. Marcelo says there are “lessons to be learnt” and supports a “regime pact”"

- "Ukraine. Trump backs down and acknowledges that Putin doesn't want peace"

- "Autoeuropa. 30 million incentive for the new electric model"

- "Gaia. Aguda and Granja with car restrictions"

- "[Luís Filipe] Vieira candidate because everything has been destroyed. Former president endeavours to return to the leadership of the eagles"

- "Benfica. Resist the Turkish fury and grab the millions"

- "FC Porto. Samu risks missing the Alvalade derby"

- "Vilar de Mouros. 60th anniversary festival for all the family"

 

Jornal Económico:

- "Housewives pushed into the informal economy"

- "New VW electric car made in Autoeuropa avoids Trump's tariffs"

- "Security in Ukraine will not have US military on the ground. And NATO uniforms?"

- "Industry. Xiomi enters the European electric car market"

- "JE Summer: The Chinese century according to Carlos Monjardim"

- "Sam Altman warns of a bubble in artificial intelligence"

- "Unemployment falls in Angola, but still at 28.8%"

- "More airport strikes from September to January"

 

Negócios:

- "Autoeuropa gains new life with electric car"

- "Gouveia e Melo, Marques Mendes and Seguro are losing ground. Poll. In the race for Belém, André Ventura has risen the most and has overtaken the former socialist leader"

- "From the harvest to the bottle. Wine is being drunk more and more sustainably"

- "Ukraine negotiations breathe new life after White House meetings"

- "Cost, risk and litigation. Changing savings plans in the US generates criticism"

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