Lisbon, Feb. 5, 2026 (Lusa) - Campaigning for Sunday’s second round in the presidential elections, the bad weather which has affected the centre region of the country worst, with thousands still with no electricity and many districts flooded as the government is to  create a relief fund for disasters and earthquakes, dominate the headlines this Thursday morning.

 Visão:

- ‘Order or disorder. What will the Presidency be like with António José Seguro or André Ventura? The plans, styles and areas of intervention. A guide to understanding what is really at stake for the country’

- 'Special dossier. Storm “Kristin”. The voices of a country that felt abandoned. The mistakes and lessons for the future. Stories from the cyclone of 1941‘

Correio da Manhã:

- ’Minister campaigns for his party on the day of the tragedy‘

- ’Deputy secretary of state for internal administration announces his candidacy for district office on the afternoon when the country was suffering most from the storm'

- ‘Waters sweep man to his death in the Alentejo region of Serpa’

- ‘Thousands of homes without electricity a week after the disaster’

- ‘Male victims. They pay €20,000 in sexual extortion’

- ‘Sporting-AVS. “Luck takes a lot of work,” says Rui Borges’

- ‘Benfica. Rui Costa believes in the title’

- ‘FC Porto. Thiago at risk’

- ‘The Liberal Party (IL) shelves two harassment complaints’

- ‘Con artists. Young people lured into laundering money for network’

- ‘Banks. Interest rates fall and deposits rise’

- ‘Amadora. Sets fire to wrong house to avenge insult’

Público:

- ‘Government moves forward this year with creation of fund for disasters and earthquakes’

- ‘Bad weather. More difficult days ahead and villages may need to be evacuated’

- ‘UGT trade union confederation wants 35-hour week, 25 days of holiday and higher compensation for redundancies’

- 'Nuclear weapons. End of New Start heightens fears of new nuclear arms race‘

- ’Omnium. Iúri Leitão is European track cycling champion‘

- ’Presidential elections. Seguro attacks his opponent and Ventura bets on self-praise'

- ‘Ellipse and MAC/CCB collection. New protocol between “nonsense”, “absurdity” and “a shame”’

- ‘Algarve Barrocal nature area. Vale Telheiro Cave in Loulé classified as a Local Natural Monument’

Jornal de Notícias:

- ‘Used car sales break records on the back of imports’

- ‘After the storm, the threat of flooding’

- ‘Feira. Factory to repair 30 tonnes of aircraft parts per day’

- ‘Daily Pitagórica poll for JN/TSF and TVI/CNN. Seguro beats Ventura in the way he handled the reaction to bad weather’

- ‘Festival. Da Weasel to open Marés' debut in Matosinhos’

- ‘Ronaldo. Birthday amid tension with Al Nassr’

- ‘Sporting. Trincão's doors open in Alvalade until 2030’

- ‘FC Porto. Kiwior returns to the starting eleven for the classic game against Sporting’

- ‘Drugs. Surveillance of drug dealer in Porto breaks up network operating across the country’

Diário de Notícias:

- ‘Bad weather. And suddenly they were living on an island’

- ‘More than a thousand national health service doctors and nurses retired in 2025’

- "DN/Aximage poll. António José Seguro has victory guaranteed and André Ventura may have a percentage on a par with the ruling Democratic Alliance coalition AD. 65.4% - António José Seguro. 30.3% - André Ventura‘

- ’Mark Lilla [American political scientist]. “In America, everyone believes in the pursuit of happiness, but in a frenetic way, which makes it very difficult to enjoy”'

- ‘Employment. The country only destroys jobs among young people and there have never been so many elderly people working.’

- ‘Proliferation. Looking at China, the US rejects Putin's nuclear proposal.’

- ‘Rodrigo Leão. “I feel that if I had learned music, I certainly wouldn't have written the songs I did.”’

- 'Track cyclist Iúri Leitão. “It's not difficult to reach the top. The difficult thing is to maintain that level for a long time.”‘

Negócios:

- ’Bad weather. Insurance companies estimate costs of up to €500 million.‘

- ’Government does not say where Barroso's lithium will be processed.‘

- ’European Central Bank meets again today and is under more pressure with the euro on the rise."

- ‘Labour law. UGT trade union confederation opposes government on working hours’

- ‘The 8 main messages left in six months by Álvaro Santos Pereira’

- “Accessible” governor has already reduced tension at the Bank of Portugal‘

- ’Economic situation. Good employment phase does not reach young people

Jornal Económico:

- ‘Marcelo calls for immigrants to respond to the crisis’

- ‘Business leaders praise support measures, but fear they will be insufficient’

- ‘EDP suspends billing in affected areas’

- ‘Local authorities want to postpone PRR deadlines’

- "Tax expert. Serena Neto. State must pay companies within 30 days‘

- ’The Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM) proposes a Savings and Investment Account‘

- ’Rise in value of the euro is the ECB's biggest headache‘

- ’University of Aveiro welcomes semiconductor school'

- ‘UGT trade union confederation wants four-day week and rejects compensatory time off work: it's the anti-government package’

- ‘Brisa steady. Pires de Lima remains as CEO at motorway operator’

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