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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Wednesday, 3 December

Lisbon, Dec. 3, 2025 (Lusa) - The president's recovery from a hernia operation, the wiretaps of former PM António Costa and the general strike scheduled for 11 December all feature on the front pages on Wednesday.

 

Sábado:

- "Investigation. All wiretaps of António Costa"

- "50 communications in three years"

- "20 targets listened to"

- "The connections of José Luís Carneiro and Manuel Pizarro"

- "Lacerda Machado on TAP and Isabel dos Santos"

- "Conversations about the country's government"

- "Divisions in the justice system over what to do"

- "Images show bloodied animal. Pedro Frazão performs illegal castration at Chega headquarters"

- "There are only 27 cases in the world. Daniel, the Portuguese child with an unnamed disease"

- "Behind the scenes of the Impressa deal. Angry minority shareholders"

- "Portuguese in Ukraine. Sesimbra native on the front line for a year"

 

Correio da Manhã:

- "New programme starting on 11 December. Another 60 million to replace household appliances"

- "Woman and children were in the car that was attacked. Terror in Lisbon with ambush by ex"

- "Public Prosecutor warns of danger of Sócrates fleeing"

- "Fundão. New victim accuses firefighter of rape"

- "President recovers. Hernia stops Marcelo for over a week"

- "Sporting. Matheus Reis ready to play at Luz"

- "Benfica. Aursnes is a wild card in Mourinho's strategy"

- "Addictions. Young people from Alentejo lead consumption"

- "Influencer. António Costa caught in 50 wiretaps"

- "Charred. Families confirm deaths of 6 Angolans"

- "Friend Olga” suffers stroke"

 

Público:

- "FPF signs agreement with financial brokerage firm that does not have a licence in Portugal"

- "Linhó. Guards have been on strike for a year and continue to receive full pay"

- "Some politicians want to mix legal and illegal immigration. Interview. Dubravisa Suica, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, talks about migration"

- "Those who invest in affordable housing will receive more tax exemptions"

- "Federica Mogherini. Former European Commission Vice-President arrested in Brussels"

- "Presidential elections. Debates were watched by eight million Portuguese"

- "Cinema. Ritwik Ghatak's The Mornings That (Don't) Sing at the Cinemateca"

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- "More than two million Portuguese are affected by hernias"

- "Deaths on the railways are not falling"

- "Petition. Thousands of signatures to ban Chega in parliament"

- "Congress. Travel agencies attack “scam” of tourist taxes"

- "Porto. Cables covering facades to be removed"

- "Brussels. Former Commission vice-president arrested on suspicion of fraud"

- "Golden Dragons. The women who score goals in the lives of star players"

- "Football. President accused of using illegal immigrants to get club promoted"

- "Pavlidis and Suárez on fire set their sights on the derby"

 

Diário de Notícias:

- "OECD wants Portugal to increase environmental and property taxes"

- "Interview. Catarina Martins. There could have been other solutions when Costa resigned: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa discredited institutions"

- "Lisbon budget. Carris leads investment with 250 million. Budget for urban hygiene grows 50%"

- "Culture. A digital art centre that wants to attract audiences and creators to the Algarve"

- "Report. Portugal leads in inequality: women live far fewer healthy years than men"

- "General strike. Tourism Confederation against it, predicts low turnout"

- "Negotiations. Putin threatens war against Europe ahead of meeting on peace in Ukraine"

- "Corruption. EU diplomacy under suspicion after Mogherini's arrest"

- "Heritage. Florence and the lesson for Portugal on how to manage tourism and AL"

- "Bino Maçães, coach of the under-17 champions. These two titles will mean nothing to them in the future if they don't keep working"

 

Negócios:

- "Government wants to solve housing crisis through taxation"

- "Inês Drumond, vice-president of the CMVM. Taxation of savings can be simplified"

- "When a fish's son can't swim, the sharks come in"

- "Savannah plans to join the Lisbon stock market next year"

- "Automotive. Never before have so many electric cars been sold in a single month"

- "Economic outlook. OECD wants more spending on training to create jobs"

- "Sustainability 20|30. Ricardo Pacheco, managing director of Iberdrola bp pulse. It has mainly been licensing that is holding us back"

- "Stock market. Black swans for 2026. Ozempic for dogs and Taylor Swift's baby boom"

 

O Jornal Económico:

- "Textile industry warns of tax evasion in cheap orders from China"

- "6% VAT on construction only for houses sold or rented for up to two years"

- "E-lar: Applications reopen next week"

- "Lisbon City Council reduces budget to 1.345 billion"

- "House prices rise 7.8% and reach historic high"

- "Electricity consumption in Portugal reaches record high"

- "It is essential to move forward with the union of capital markets. Interview [Stephan de Moraes]. Leader of the Portuguese Venture Capital Association advocates the creation of incentives for mergers and acquisitions"

- "Ukraine. Putin warns: Russia is ready if Europe wants a war"

- "French lead the race for Galp's business in Namibia"

- "Three arrested in searches of EU diplomatic premises"

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