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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Tuesday, 3 February

Lisbon, Feb. 3, 2026 (Lusa) - Campaigning for Sunday’s second round of presidential elections in Portugal, FC Porto lose their first league match of the season 2-1 to Casa Pia and the controversial Grammy Awards are the most frequently reported stories this Tuesday morning.

 

  Público:

- ‘Experts criticise delayed activation of national emergency plan’

- ‘Venezuela. A month that shook Chavismo but did not kill it’

- 'Transport. Social Democrats (PSD) wants taxis to act as TVDE ride hailing app and evaluate passengers‘

- ’Interview [with the leader of the doctors' union, FNAM]. “Public service will fall” if the government is hostile to doctors‘

- 'Football. FC Porto loses to Casa Pia and reduces league lead ahead of the classic against Sporting'

- 'Grammys. Bad Bunny stands out on a pro-immigration and anti-ICE night'

- 'Presidential elections. Early voting in prisons up 55% compared to 2021: “I don't like them deciding for me”‘

- ’Young people who support Seguro and Ventura, between the “most beautiful” of democracy and dissatisfaction‘

 

 

Correio da Manhã:

- ’Murdered by ex-boyfriend. Public transport company, Carris, driver shot dead in ambush‘

- ’Almost a week after the tragedy. Thousands of people without water and electricity‘

- ’New storm “Leonardo” arrives today‘

- ’Finance. Public debt falls and is below 90% of GDP‘

- ’New calculation. Convergence takes almost 30% out of National Republican Guard (GNR) reforms‘

- 'National Statistics Institute reveals. House prices rise 16% and reach new record high'

- 'Casa Pia 2 FC Porto 1. Dragão loses first league match of the season before the classic against Sporting'

- 'Sporting. Spanish harassment leaves sports management, SAD, irritated with Hjulmand'

- 'Market. Benfica has faith in Rafa and the recovered players'

 

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- ‘Salaries unpaid and precarious workers unemployed because of the storm’

- ‘Casa Pia 2 - FC Porto 1. Dragão loses break for the classic’

- ‘Braga. Authoritative performance crowned by a rout (0-4) of AVS’

- ‘Market. FC Porto signed the most players and Sporting invested the most’

- ‘Woman shot four times by ex-boyfriend as she left home’

- ‘Maia. Factory lays off 600 employees for six months’

- ‘Braga. Price reduction on passes and free transport until 2029’

- 'Presidential election poll. Seguro continues to fall, but Ventura fails to gain ground‘

- ’Grammys. Nuno Bettencourt wins award at gala marked by criticism of Trump‘

 

 

Diário de Notícias:

- ’Insurers ask the Government for compulsory storm insurance‘

- ’Report. Like in the films, but without the fiction. How the National Civil Protection Command works‘

- ’Budget. Spending on medicines for elderly people on CSI (Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly) increases by 100%‘

- ’European Union. Seguro reinforces the weight of the left, Ventura would be an unprecedented case if he wins the presidential election‘

- ’Justice. Epstein case takes its toll in the UK, but in the US there are no plans for charges‘

- ’New President. Laura Fernández promises a third republic in Costa Rica‘

- ’Grammys. Ceremony marked by criticism of ICE and retaliation from Trump, who sees these awards as unpalatable‘

- ’Comedy. The contagious chaos of Mel Brooks‘

 

 

Negócios:

- ’SOS Depression. 100 million in non-repayable grants for storm-affected companies'

- ‘Square metre in Lisbon now costs five thousand euros’

- ‘Energy. Solar panels supported by vouchers will have batteries’

- ‘Radar Africa. Standard Bank Angola to go public in the second quarter’

- ‘Raw materials. EU unable to cut dependence on China’

 

 

O Jornal Económico:

- ‘Business confederation, CIP, wants the Recovery and Resilience Programme (PRR) changed in storm-affected regions’

- ‘BPI bank profits fall and CEO considers selling BCI (Mozambique) and BFA (Angola)’

- ‘Major oil companies prepare dividend cuts’

- ‘Car market soars 17.8%, electric cars now account for 25% of sales’

- ‘Tariffs could cost the region 300 million per year’

- ‘Industry. What will be the impact of humanoid robots on business?’

- ‘Lisbon-based Gulbenkian Foundation funds training for vulnerable young people’

- ‘Go.Charge reaches turnover of 3.6 million’

- ‘Iran insists on diplomacy to avert attack’

 

 

 

 

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