Lisbon, Oct. 1, 2026 (Lusa) - Cristiano Ronaldo bids farewell to the national football team by walking out, The Socialist Party will abstain on the state budget bill paving the way for it to pass through parliament, passengers and pilot manage to overcome the co-pilot to save a FlyDubai plane from crashing and the rising cost of living are some of the most widely reported stories this Thursday morning. 

Correio da Manhã:

- «Families penalised. Sharp rise in the cost of living. Mortgage interest rates have risen steeply this month»

- «Denmark v Portugal. Ronaldo leaves the national team following a falling-out with coach Jesus»

- «Socialist abstention paves the way for the state budget to pass in parliament»

- «Ericeira. Nepalese migrant stabbed to death»

- "Flight from Dubai to Israel. Co-pilot stabs pilot and attempts to crash the plane"

- "Algarve. ‘Rolex gang' stalked victims in upmarket areas"

- "For harassment. Health inspectorate has opened 224 cases"

- "Appointment. Minister's chief of staff becomes head of the public body responsible for land transport and driving licences (IMT)"

- "Nuno Homem de Sá convicted again of domestic violence"

Público:

- «Lower pensions are set to see an increase above inflation in 2027»

- «Clash with Jesus. Ronaldo leaves national team training camp. Is this the end of an era?»

- «Armed forces. Regulation allowing military personnel of 1.54m to serve has been on hold for a year"

- «Health. A GP for every patient will only be possible by 2029»

- «Football Leaks. Rui Pinto loses protected witness status»

- «Paulo Santiago. ‘Teachers must recognise the value of being evaluated'»

- «State budget. Carneiro proposes approval after the Government gave assurances regarding the conditions imposed by the PS"

- «Rent bill. With Chega abstaining, amendments to the law will be discussed by the end of the year»

Jornal de Notícias:

- «End of the story. Ronaldo bids farewell to the national team»

- «The decision is irreversible: he will not wear the national colours again. The striker left Copenhagen in a private jet. ‘In due course, I will tell the Portuguese people the truth'»

- «‘I'm in charge of the team'. Jorge Jesus tried to play down the controversy, but Cristiano Ronaldo didn't like what he heard from the manager»

- «Social unrest mounts with eight strikes scheduled by the end of the month»

- «Justice. F.C. Porto staff charged following a brawl with ‘casuals' in Guimarães"

- «Transport. Intermodal pass attracts 281,000 people a day to trains in Porto and Lisbon»

- «Terrorism. Co-pilot attacks pilot with a knife and forces plane to make an emergency landing»

- «Culture. São Bento da Vitória Monastery reopens today amid a festive atmosphere"

Diário de Notícias:

- «Fertility clinic goes bust. Dozens of patients demand their money back»

- «Crisis. Cristiano Ronaldo walks out of the national team's training camp and promises to ‘tell the Portuguese people the truth'»

- «Energy. Gas prices rise today on the regulated market and the situation ‘will only get worse', experts warn»

- «Rent bill. Chega's abstention triggers changes to tenancy agreements to committee stage debate»

- «Drama. Passengers take control of a plummeting aeroplane following a stabbing in the cockpit»

- «Santiano Gerchunoff. ‘The right today has what the left had in the 19th century: a diagnosis and a vision for the future'»

- «Cinema. Tom Cruise's masterpiece»

- «Controversy. Portugal Rally exclusion from the World Championship in 2027 leaves the ACP [automobile club] awaiting explanations»

Negócios:

- «Constitutional Court puts property tax on wind farms at risk»

- «Electricity and natural gas will weigh even more heavily on household budgets»

- «Mortgages. Euribor sees its biggest jump in three years. Mortgage repayments set to rise»

- «Motorways. Regulator proposes scrapping toll payments in cash»

- «Cathie Wood. CEO of Ark Invest. ‘SpaceX will have the greatest computing power in space at the lowest cost'»

- «Stock market. Fraud in the financial markets is on the rise»

- «Retail. Fnac Darty forecasts a 50% rise in sales»

O Jornal Económico:

- «Food sales fall for the first time in three years»

- «State budget set to be approved, with the PS abstaining»

- «OpenAI seeks to be valued at 1.4 trillion in a new funding round»

- «‘Mortgages will still take some time to reach Portugal'. Rúben Germano, managing director of Revolut in Portugal»

- «Lufthansa and Air France-KLM have improved their bids to take a stake in TAP»

- «More than 1.2 million households face higher electricity and gas bills because of the war»

- «Government and Chega reach agreement to pass new Tenancy Law»

- «Pig farmers want a 450 million plan to increase production by more than 20%» AL/AYLS // AYLS Lusa