Lisbon, Sept. 5, 2025 (Lusa) - All the papers are focusing on the funicular disaster, with experts and police looking into the cable and maintenance. It's now known that five of the dead were Portuguese and the other eleven were foreigners.
Expresso:
- "Tragedy on the Glória funicular. Maintenance costs have not risen despite the large increase in passengers. Carris says that all inspections have been carried out".
- "Five victims are Portuguese and 11 foreign. Serious injuries cause concern"
- "This tragedy only happens in the face of the failure of several systems"
- "Lisbon hospitals only had one orthopaedic surgeon"
- "Farid Shovro, the unlikely “hero” who kept calling for God"
- "Rector denounces pressure to facilitate entry to Medicine"
- "Traffickers increase threats against Porto inspectors"
- "Carneiro forces mayors into anti-Chega pact"
- "Solar power plant fells 464 holm oaks"
- "Forests only used 44 per cent of PRR funds"
- "Legislative elections: 1 in 4 young people changed their vote"
- "The best meat is the fish that dies happy"
- "Kings at the António Pargana Foundation"
- "Fewer students at universities"
- "Miguel Oliveira out of Moto GP"
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Correio da Manhã:
- "Tragedy cable bursts after inspection. Technicians approved lift hours before derailment"
- Lisbon in mourning. Brakeman. Fatal homecoming for Santa Casa workers"
- "Compensation could reach 100,000 euros per passenger"
- "Chega representative arrested for setting fires"
- "Benfica. António Silva renews and doubles his salary"
- "Controversy. Sporting in open war with St Juste"
- "China. Putin reveals secret of eternal life to Xi"
- "Algarve. Traffickers hijack ship on the high seas"
- "Alarm. Suspect in Maddie's murder released on the 17th"
- "1934-2025. Giorgio Armani. Fashion revolutionary dies aged 91"
Diário de Notícias:
- "Disaster. Portugal's criminal investigation police, PJ targets lift maintenance"
- "Carris risks paying millions in compensation. There are 16 confirmed deaths of various nationalities"
- "Local elections. Integrity counts more than parties"
- "Impact of the fires. Tourism with bookings cancelled until the end of the year asks the government for support"
- "From tariffs to vaccines. The fronts of Trump's policy that are being challenged in court"
- "Budget. Medical emergency and defence on the PS agenda"
- "Porto. 'I will never accept a governance agreement with Chega', says Pedro Duarte"
- "Football. Portugal begins qualification for the World Cup in Armenia"
- "Giorgio Armani. The fashion designer who was synonymous with independence has died"
Público:
- "Carris has reduced inspections from 24 hours a day to 30 minutes"
- "Glória funicular accident. The part that caused the disaster was not visible during routine inspections. Polícia Judiciária found no evidence of sabotage in the derailment"
- "Annual report 2024. INEM operated with 709 fewer workers"
- "Barometer. In local councils, the party that counts least when it comes to voting"
- "Companies. Women only occupy 20 per cent of leadership positions in insurance companies"
- "Spectacle. Ghosts in the dance of Mariene Monteiro de Freitas"
- "Bruno Lage. At Benfica for a year, it's time to look ahead"
- "Giorgio Armani (1934-2025) The “king of Italian fashion” worked until the end of his life, just as he wanted"
- "Interview with Paul Insect: “Today it's much harder to stand up to something when everything is criminalised”
Jornal de Notícias:
- "Chega leader arrested for setting fire"
- "Glória funicular. MP investigates possible negligence in maintenance"
- "Autárquicas. Half don't know the mayor's name"
- "Matosinhos. Perafita hosts first public building made with a printer"
- "JN Grand Prix. Boavisteiro Raul Rota strongest on arrival in Águeda"
- "Giorgio Armani. 1934-2025. Master of fashion dies in Milan aged 91"
Nascer do Sol:
- "It's very strange! Everything failed. Professor Fernando Nunes da Silva can't find an explanation for the fact that - with a fault in the cable of the Glória funicular- none of the three brake systems worked: automatic, dynamic and manual"
- "Presidential elections. Luís Marques Mendes won't give up the PSD's databases"
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- "Tom Gallagher writes about José António Saraiva's latest book, D. João VI e a Desgraçada Família"
Negócios:
- "Fusion Fuel in insolvency leaves 24 million in debt"
- "Funiculars/elevators with 27 per cent more passengers in a decade"
- "Weekend. Interview with Juliana Linhares. The future is ancient"
- "Defence. NATO target forces government to find another 855 million"
Jornal Económico:
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- "Angola negotiates purchase of 25 per cent of De Beers"
- "Uría, Caixa BI and Bank of America chosen to advise on TAP sale"
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- "World. China asserts power and makes itself visible as an alternative"
- "Report [Elevador da Glória]. Tourists demand safety, commerce fears impacts"
- "Transfers. Portuguese clubs sold 230 million less"
- "João Espanha: The State is like an addict, it's got used to taxes and doesn't want anything else"
- "Slow luxury - travelling on the coast of England and Wales"
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