Good morning! It’s time to check out the front pages of this Friday’s newspapers, as well as the weekend editions of the economic newspapers.
The weekly Expresso highlights that “isolation and poverty are causing mortality rates to soar” and reveals that “Cotrim de Figueiredo reports pressure from Marques Mendes to withdraw.” Meanwhile, Nascer do Sol notes that “António Costa offered million-dollar profits to Grupo Pestana.”
The Correio da Manhã‘s headline states “Government facilitates dismissals. UGT issues strike pre-notice but admits cancellation,” while the Jornal de Notícias reports that “children and adolescents dominate flu cases in emergencies.”
Público highlights: “Caixa loses more than 160 million in failed Algarve development.”
In economic news, Negócios mentions that “EU pension funds will include money from the company, state, and employee,” and Jornal Económico reveals “UGT issues ultimatum: will only back down from the strike if labor reform starts from scratch.”
In sports, Record states that “Rui Borges launches the lion of the future,” while A Bola highlights that “Mourinho suggests ending VAR.”
Check the complete covers in the gallery above and the full list of titles below:
Expresso
– “Isolation and poverty are causing mortality rates to soar”
– “Presidential elections. Cotrim de Figueiredo reports pressure from Marques Mendes to withdraw”
– “Montenegro takes charge of negotiations and calls UGT to São Bento”
– “Illegal network charged 20,000 euros to Bangladeshi immigrants”
– “Sócrates’ life turned into a musical debuting on April 1”
– “Not enough pilots for the Black Hawks purchased by Nuno Melo”
– “Passos Coelho warns PSD to distance from the Socialist Party”
– “Sousa e Castro accuses the right of ‘late attempt to rewrite history'”
– “Command forces took up arms on November 25th”
– “50 years later, Franco’s wounds remain unhealed”
– “PS celebrates November 25th”
– “CDS leadership supports Mendes”
– “Ozempic doctor released”
– “Elections for TC and Ombudsman on the 19th”
Correio da Manhã
– “New labor laws. Government facilitates dismissals. UGT issues strike pre-notice but admits cancellation”
– “Israel and Hamas breach ceasefire, threatening peace in Gaza”
– “Intercampus/CM Poll. Five candidates in the Belém race. 16.4% [Marques Mendes], 15.9% [André Ventura], 15.5% [Gouveia e Melo], 11.5% [Cotrim de Figueiredo]”
– “Hospitalized. Nuno Markl in hospital with a stroke”
– “Atlético-Benfica. Mourinho attacks VAR”
– “In January. Turks want to take Morita”
– “Scams millions by reselling the same house to different victims”
– “Privatization. TAP in the sights of aviation giants”
– “Budget. Warning for deficit danger”
– “Viseu. Hires violent death of ‘ex'”
Público
– “Caixa loses more than 160 million in failed Algarve development”
– “Health. Flu arriving earlier with a strain causing concern”
– “Jorge Pinto. ‘My candidacy is distinctive, it’s the left that’s growing'”
– “Interview. Orhan Pamuk: ‘Turkey and oppression made me a political man'”
– “Books. Capitalism ‘is dead’, but Varoufakis is not happy: we’ve entered technofeudalism”
– “SNS fraud. Ozempic doctor linked to black market sales”
– “Spinumviva case. Lawyers clear the company, but don’t rule out potential crimes”
Jornal de Notícias
– “Children and adolescents dominate flu cases in emergencies”
– “Special team helps cancer patients at Braga Hospital”
– “Beauty. Portuguese Camila Vitorino stuns at Miss Universe”
– “Fake diabetics. Consultations had to be paid in cash”
– “Christmas. Alto Minho and Vila do Conde with enchanted forests”
– “Integration. Association finds work for immigrants”
– “Presidential elections. JN/TSF Interview. ‘It’s wrong to think the Left is starting defeated’. António Filipe criticizes neoliberal consensus”
Diário de Notícias
– “DCIAP withheld court wiretaps with António Costa in Operation Influencer”
– “Health. SNS hospitals admit ‘serious failures’ due to lack of medicines”
– “Lisbon. Alexandra Leitão demands clarifications on lethal power poles: ‘Public space safety cannot fail'”
– “Interview. Diogo Infante: ‘I don’t feel a strong presence of D. Maria II in the theatrical scene'”
– “Sports. Athletes representing Portugal may have career opportunities in the Armed Forces, GNR, and PSP”
– “Geopolitics. Peter Frankopan: ‘The global reach of the Belt and Road Initiative was Xi’s idea'”
– “Diplomacy. Europe against the U.S. plan forcing Kiev to make concessions”
– “Immigrants. Chega’s approach to the Reconquest group leads to Remigration in Parliament”
– “OE2026. PS and Chega say they will not approve each other’s proposals”
Nascer do Sol
– “António Costa offered million-dollar profits to Grupo Pestana”
– “Express trains are ticking time bombs on highways”
– “November 25th. Freedom passed through here”
– “Interview. Adolfo Mesquita Nunes. ‘Soares, Thatcher, Passos, the great leaders made many decisions against the people’s sentiment'”
– “TAP. Qatar supports IAG (British Airways and Iberia) bid”
– “Paulo Santos, ASPP. ‘There are places where the Police no longer have operational capacity'”
– “Lisbon. Carlos Moedas presents strategy for the Metropolitan Area”
– “João Póvoa Marinheiro. On CNN Portugal’s 4th anniversary: ‘It was a significant moment in my career'”
– “Operation Picoas. French seize luxury houses”
– “Hernâni Antunes. Judge and Public Prosecutor halt appeal for Relation”
– “Operation Marquês. Key witness reopens trial”
– “Gulbenkian. ‘Brazil Complex’ devastates Portugal”
Negócios
– “EU pension funds will include money from the company, state, and employee”
– “Interview with Shain Shapiro. Music has a much greater impact than money”
– “State Budget to account for mysterious revenue of 590 million”
– “Survey. Cotrim surpasses Seguro in the race for Belém”
– “Nvidia’s accounts help ease concerns over AI bubble”
Jornal Económico
– “UGT issues ultimatum: will only back down from the strike if labor reform starts from scratch”
– “Mines & traps. Grândola rejects Lagoa Salgada mine project and demands government halt it. It is 10 kilometers from Grândola and less than 35 kilometers from Comporta. APA to analyze environmental impact study. The first one was rejected”
– “Small textile companies face wave of insolvencies”
– “UBS and Barclays seek buyers for Logoplaste”
– “TAP has been profitable for three years but hasn’t returned a single cent”
– “Portuguese export 145 million through Amazon”
– “Horizon buys Portuguese Energie for over 20 million”
O Jogo
– “FC Porto. ‘We want to demonstrate our DNA.’ Diogo Costa shifts focus from the National Team to the club and is ready for the battles ahead”
– “Maduro, former Dutch international, praises the coach: ‘Farioli likes people desperate for success'”
– “Portista from Sintrense with a divided heart. Romário, central defender of the Campeonato de Portugal team, does not hide his preference”
– “Portuguese Cup. Atlético-Benfica. ‘This way it’s better to end VAR’. José Mourinho questions the protocol’s limitation”
– “Lukebakio’s bad luck doesn’t scare the coach”
– “Sporting. Besiktas wants Morita. The midfielder is targeted by the Turks in the January market”
– “Football. Big clubs gather. Pedro Proença calls the presidents of the four largest clubs”
– “U-17 World Cup. Portugal-Switzerland. All-out attack for the ‘semis'”
– “Interview. ‘I had to respect my body’. Forward André Pereira ended his career”
A Bola
– “Atlético-Benfica. Mourinho suggests ending VAR. ‘If it can’t intervene when there’s an error of that magnitude [penalty by António Silva against Casa Pia]'”
– “‘Lukebakio will be operated on today'”
– “Eagles with a renewed attack”
– “‘We want to be competitive,’ assured Atlético’s coach, Pedro Basto d’Oliveira”
– “Sporting. Rui Borges launches the lion of the future. Plenty of new blood in tomorrow’s game against Marinhense for the Portuguese Cup”
– “With the contract ending, Morita interests Besiktas, and SAD admits evaluating potential offer”
– “FC Porto. Diogo Costa wants to ‘demonstrate the club’s DNA well in the upcoming rich battles'”
– “FPF. Pedro Proença receives Villas-Boas, Varandas, Rui Costa, and Salvador today”
– “A Bola ao Centro. José Condessa, star with a heart divided between eagles and alcantarans”
Record
– Holy Alliance. Presidents of the big clubs suspend headbutts to pressure Proença”
– “Varandas, Rui Costa, Villas-Boas, and Salvador will demand promises from the federative leader”
– “Clubs demand 30 million euros for bets in foreign leagues”
– “Atlético-Benfica. Three center-backs to stay. New tactics advance today”
– “Leão attacks on several fronts. Borges seeks central, midfielder, and left winger”
– “FC Porto. Home advantage to boost. 7 of the last 9 matches of the year to be played at Dragão”
– “Interview. Estoril’s sports director Helena Costa. ‘Coach is a thing of the past'”
– “Until 2036. Government invests 130 million euros in sport”
