LUSA 08/01/2026

Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Friday, 31 July

Lisbon, July 31, 2026 (Lusa) - Thousands of migrants invade Ceuta by swimming there, FIFA and UEFA are at loggerheads, and the controversy surrounding the minister of internal affairs drags on as the country gets ready to head to the beaches in August.

 

Correio da Manhã:

- «Chega initiative: Inquiry into Luís Neves targets Costa and Montenegro»

- «Minister announces changes to secondary education: Lessons to start later and mobile phones banned»

- «In Trás-os-Montes, wildfires threaten communities»

- «Benfica 5 / St Gallen 0: European rout with a ‘Pavlidis hat-trick'»

- «Sporting: Maxi Araújo linked with Arsenal and Liverpool»

- «FC Porto: João Souza in defence at the Dragão»

- «UEFA at loggerheads with FIFA: Portugal aims to secure participation in the 2030 World Cup»

- «Authorities release thieves posing as doctors»

- «Caixa's profits exceeded five million euros a day»

- «Lisbon: Tenant suspected of killing flatmate»

 

Expresso:

- «Personal details of the president, the government, the secret services and judges exposed online»

- «Bids for TAP are so close that price will be the deciding factor»

- «Teachers mark over 20,000 exams against the clock»

- «One hundred children targeted by human traffickers via Portugal»

- «‘Centralisation of rights will be the biggest deal ever in television'. Interview with Reinaldo Teixeira, president of Liga Portugal»

- «Restrictions on social media access for under-16s to be introduced by October»

- «Graça Morais. ‘I hope I can still paint a lot'»

- «Karyna, the woman set to inherit millions from Epstein»

- «António, the Portuguese fugitive whom the justice system will not forgive»

- «Where do our politicians go on holiday?»

- «UEFA threatens to boycott the World Cup»

- «Suspension of deadlines by the higher court»

- «Former director of Portugal's criminal investigation police agency attacks Luís Neves»

- «Caixa makes a profit of €913 million»

 

Público:

- «Government is closer to reaching its 2% GDP growth target»

- «Army mobilised. Sánchez visits Ceuta today, after hundreds of migrants swam ashore»

- «Social support. Base amount for the Single Social Benefit set at €268.60»

- «Higher education. Lawyers call for immediate suspension of university admissions»

- «Football. Benfica secures a convincing victory»

- «Transparency. The Constitutional Court did not notify Neves to submit his income tax return due to a lack of resources»

- «Until 4 October. In Arles, we see how photography today is capable of causing short circuits»

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- «Care homes and nurseries must complete building works earlier to receive millions from the RRP»

- «Challenges in the north»

- «Support. Base value of one-off payment set at 268.60 euros»

- «Schools have until January to implement mobile-phone-free policy for Years 7 to 9»

- «Spain. Thousands swim into Ceuta, Madrid deploys the Armed Forces»

- «Benfica 5 – St. Gallen 0. Braga 4 – Zeleznicar 0. Bright red»

 

Diário de Notícias:

- «Half of foreign investment in Portugal is in property»

- «Spain. Migration crisis: thousands cross illegally from Morocco into Ceuta»

- «Landmark ruling. Lisbon court condemns rapist of 16-year-old girl and the judiciary that acquitted him"

- «Luís Mendes Cabral. ‘I can say there will be no reduction in resources, teams or response capacity,' says Portugal's National Medical Emergency Institute (INEM) president»

- «Fires. Portugal has recorded its third-highest figure for area burnt since 2016»

- «Europa League. Benfica through to the next round after a 5–0 victory over St. Gallen»

- «Cinema. When rebellion goes hand in hand with a love of film»

 

Nascer do Sol:

- «Seguro forced to break silence»

- «Major construction firm with contracts for Portugal's criminal investigation police agency pays nearly half a million to a contractor who is a friend of Neves»

- «João Carvalho. ‘There are no papers whatsoever.' ‘It was me who decided to build the swimming pool'"

- «Inquiries into other threats and intrusions in Chega's chambers in the National Assembly came to nothing"

- «Pinto Luz has a 30-year earthquake-proofing plan"

- «Pedro Dominguinhos. Chair of the RRP Monitoring Committee. ‘If we have to pay money back to Brussels, we'll face a social catastrophe'»

- «Police. Promoted inspector on trial for a serious offence»

- «Suzana Garcia. ‘I was already here before Chega was founded'»

- «Water. Municipal management leads to more wastage»

- «Paulo Rezzutti. ‘Portugal owes Brazil nothing'»

- «Rui Santos. Not mincing his words»

- «Anacoreta Correia. ‘The more I travel, the more I like Portugal'»

 

Negócios:

- «Government pushes ahead with 33% tax on the oil sector»

- «Domingos de Matos. The man who went to Timor for military service and discovered a world of business"

- «GDP withstands shocks, making the overnment's target likely»

- «Banking. CGD posts record profit and hits housing highs»

- «Oil. OPEC considers curbing production growth as early as September»

 

O Jornal Económico:

- «Summer edition. Where is tourism heading?"

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