Lisbon, July 14, 2026 (Lusa) - The situation in the Middle East, the number of drivers on Portugal's roads without car insurance, problems with the digitalisation of national exams and the death of actor Sam Neil dominate the headlines this Tuesday morning.

Correio da Manhã:

- “Increase in cases. Over 6,000 holiday home scams. Police issue warning and advise public to be wary of scams”

- “Sporting pockets 40 million from Trincão. Pote is next on Saudi Arabia’s radar”

- “Shone at the World Cup. Benfica coach Marco Silva wants to keep Schjelderup”

- “Court clears priest of sexual coercion”

- “Luís Neves. Son of internal affairs minister intimidates journalist”

- “Education. Ministry guarantees exam results on Friday”

- “Fuel. Galp boosts refining profit margins”

- “Danger on the roads. 121,000 drivers on the road without car insurance”

- “No Name members arrested. Torch attacks in supporters’ war”

- “Persian Gulf. Trump demands tolls in Hormuz”

Público:

- “Allocation of social security numbers to immigrants to be automatic”

- “Exams. As deadline approaches, schools still receiving requests for clarification on correction of exam papers”

- “Alentejo House. Internal affairs minister, Luís Neves, refuses, for now, to provide further information”

- “National Health Service. Incentives for obstetrics teams await ministerial decree”

- “2026 World Cup. France v Spain: the unstoppable v the immovable”

- “Sam Neill (1947–2026). Actor in Jurassic Park and The Piano”

- “Archaeology. Excavating one of the Atlantic’s earliest hospitals to tell the story of Cabo Verde‘

- “Fire in Bangkok. 27 people died in a bar: ‘It was impossible to tell where the exits were’”

Jornal de Notícias:

- “State pays €50,000 to Tancos official suspect who spent two and a half years in prison and was eventually acquitted”

- “Trams to return to the heart of Porto”

- “Education. Prime minister Montenegro keeps minister who apologises to teachers”

- “Paiva Castle. Thirty years on, the long-awaited link to the A32 goes ahead”

- “Filling up the petrol tank still costs €13 more than it did before the war”

- “FC Porto. South Korean midfielder top of the list”

- “Benfica. Juventus joins the race for João Palhinha”

Diário de Notícias:

- “Ceasefire over, putting pressure on the ECB to double the rate hike”

- “Trump announces 20% toll on the Strait of Hormuz”

- “14 July. Macron says France is ready to defend ‘freedom and the rule of law’”

- “MPs. ‘Noise’, the defeat of labour reform and ‘tactics’: this is how newcomers to parliament sum up the legislative session”

- “Immigrants. Court ‘task force’ clears a fifth of AIMA’s backlog of cases”

- “Study. Four in ten young people take on a second job to cover the cost of living”

- “Leader of the Medical Association. ‘If hospitals do not have the Stroke fast channel up and running by August, we will face an extremely serious situation’”

- “Sam Neil has died. 1947–2026. Actor in ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘The Piano’”

- “Literature. ‘In America, there is no cult of the writer’. The restlessness of three American authors in Lisbon”

- “World Cup. Spain and France go head-to-head in a semi-final with all the makings of an early final”

Negócios:

- “Sacyr and DST have submitted the lowest bid for the second section of the high-speed rail line”

- “Piero Cipollone. Member of the ECB’s Executive Board. MB Way will ‘be able to include the features of the digital euro’”

- “Government wants to review list of tax havens. Russia and Vietnam to be included"

- “Radar Africa. Unitel is a success, but nine privatisations remain in Angola”

- “Minister already has report on pension reform”

- “Low natural gas reserves cause concern”

- “Castro Almeida. Profits? ‘Bring them on. The more, the better’”

O Jornal Económico:

- “Merger between Galp and Moeve to be completed this year”

- “‘If Caixa weren’t state-owned, it wouldn’t be Portuguese’. State-owned bank celebrates 150 years”

- “There are 121,000 vehicles on the road in Portugal without compulsory insurance, and the situation is getting worse”

- “Volkswagen plans to lay off 100,000 people”

- “Dubai is planning a new port to bypass the Strait of Hormuz”

- “Portuguese league revenues rise, whilst France’s fall”

- “Analysts predict crude oil prices will jump above $100”

- “Stop the machines. ‘We must act now,’ says global manifesto on the risks of AI”

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