Lisbon, May 15, 2026 (Lusa) - The China Summit with Trump, with Xi Jinping drawing a red line on Taiwan, the final draft labour bill submission amid defiance, and new rules and punishments on locum doctors, dominate the headlines this Friday morning.

Expresso:

- "Bank of Portugal tightens access to mortgage loans"

- "RAP on the train to Portugal’s biggest stages"

- "A PSD (Social Democratic Party) deputy mayor and MP have voted against draft labour bill"

- "Officer who exposed torture in Rato acted on his own initiative"

- "New rules limit locum doctors to 35%"

- "A resignation and a string of problems at the start of the fire season"

- "Irene Fonseca. From a mediocre student to one of the world’s greatest mathematicians"

- "Algarve families find it hardest to buy a home"

- "Biographer of the British Royal Family: Charles should abdicate"

- "Trump went to China and returned with a warning from Xi"

- "Miles Davis’s controversial concerts in Portugal"

- "Iran authorises Chinese ships"

- "Madonna and Shakira at the World Cup final"

- "The Algarve may be able to recruit doctors"

Nascer do Sol:

- "Health minister is shaking up INEM (the ambulance service)"

- "The government, Chega (far-right populist party) and the PS (Socialist Party) are working on a scenario for elections in May 202"

- "The Interior ministry orders the closure of the Rato police station and a dozen others"

- "Interview/Álvaro Beleza. 'There is a section of the PS that has been infected by the 'Geringonça' coalition virus"

- "Super Bock slams president of the Constitutional Court"

- "Ju Martins (people's movement campaign representative) is JLo’s (the president of Angola) trump card to halt electoral adventures"

- "Maria de Jesus Ferreira diplomat. ‘The president was crucial in developing relations between Portugal and Angola’"

- "Freemasonry won’t forgive doctor Eurico Castro Alves's debts"

- "A round table for sharing and reflection: Versa networking company celebrates 4 years"

- "Álvaro Covões. 'The arts liberate people'"

- "CDS-PP (People's Party) Congress. The veneer cracked with JP (People's Youth) delegates"

- "National election commission. Open war with president escalates"

- "M2. Best regeneration projects on the 18th"

Diário de Notícias:

- "Priority dermatology patients may have to wait up to four years for an appointment at public hospitals"

- "National defence minister. 'We don’t need anyone helping our opponents to fight the AD (ruling Democratic Alliance)"

- "Government wants the Court of Auditors to turn a blind eye to over 90% of public contracts"

- "From the ambitious former minister to the 'Red Queen' or the 'King of the North': Who will unseat Starmer (UK prime minister)?’"

- "Trump in China. Xi proposes strategic stability with Taiwan at the centre of the chessboard"

- "New deportation law to be voted on Friday. Reports highlight harm to immigrant children"

- "Court chronicle. The iron-willed man who fled his in-laws"

- "Katie Kitamura (writer). 'I read a lot of Steinbeck when I was a child’"

Correio da Manhã:

- "Minister’s brother-in-law has three tax residences. He has had addresses in the UK, Dubai and Portugal"

- "Ricardo Leitão Machado (Gesticopter owner) and his father named as suspects"

- "Police carry out house searches on relative of Leitão Amaro’s (minister of cabinet affairs) home"

- "China Summit. Xi warns Trump over Taiwan"

- "Government hints at holidays in draft labour bill"

- "Man kills and injures after seeing brother being abused in Lisbon"

- "Battle for Champions League spot worth over €60M"

- "Benfica. Mourinho (coach) has agreed terms with Real Madrid"

- "Leão (Sporting footballer) wants to finalise signings in June"

- "Registrar who married father and daughter fined in Minho"

- "Football league suffers default by Conta Lá channel"

Público:

- "Trump in Beijing. Xi says Taiwan could lead to conflict between China and the US"

- "Over 2,000 doctors who left the National Health Service (SNS) risk being barred from working as locums"

- "Court of Auditors. Government’s proposal for prior authorisation is unacceptable"

- "Draft labour bill. What has changed and what has stayed the same after nine months of negotiations"

- "Book. In the age of hyperpolitics, everyone shouts and nothing happens"

- "Banking sector. Not a single woman features among the ten highest salary earners"

Jornal de Notícias:

- "Managers earn 53 times more than their employees"

- "China designates Taiwan as a red line to maintain world peace"

- "Two million visitors and a drone fire show in Senhor de Matosinhos"

- "Minister’s brother-in-law targeted in searches over corruption suspicions"

- "Alba Baptista confirmed for vampire film"

- "Environment. Nurses in Guimarães have created an innovative project"

- "Government refuses to abandon flexitime and outsourcing"

- "José Sócrates (former prime minister) says the public prosecutor’s office is not above the law"

- "Sporting. Pedro Gonçalves (footballer) may leave Alvalade in the summer"

Negócios:

- "What populist leaders give (or take away) from the economy"

- "Draft labour bill. Government reverts to July version with concessions on TOIL (Time Off In Lieu)"

- "Taiwan is the key to a successful US-China relationship"

- "Azores airlines. Portuguese investor offers 500M"

- "Kevin Warsh’s recipe for changing the Federal Reserve"

- "Mota-Engil doubles debt offering to 110M"

- "Court of Auditors slams government for seeking to limit its powers"

O Jornal Económico:

- "Investors are building in Sines to accommodate 11,000 workers"

- "A paradise for tourists, hell for rangers. There are insufficient resources to protect the Nature Reserve in the Berlengas"

- "The health sector has collected 1.2B in taxes over 11 years"

- "Companies call for a responsible approach to the labour reform debate. New proposal contains 50 amendments"

- "Indaqua is valued at 1.3B. Igneo and Manila Water in the running"

- "Lockheed Martin wants to supply anti-Ayatollah fighter jets and give Portugal air supremacy"

- "António Brochado Correia [Territory Senior Partner, PwC Portugal]: 'In a few years, we will be in the top 3 or top 5 in the legal sector'"

- "Gabriel Bernardino (EIOPA's Chairperson): 'I would like the insurance sector to be able to contribute more'"

- "Non-payment cancels construction of the Soho House luxury hotel"

VQ/MYAL // ADB.

Lusa