Lisbon, Oct. 2, 2024 (Lusa) - Portugal's leading newspapers on Wednesday offer headlines on the crisis in the Middle East but also on the right-of-centre minority government's ongoing efforts to reach a deal with the main opposition Socialist Party on a state budget for next year.

Correio da Manhã:

- "Iran attacks Israel. Escalation in the Middle East war"

- "Rain of missiles on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities"

- "PSV-Sporting (1-1). Lion [nickname of Lisbon football club Sporting] slips up, but Bragança saves" match 

- "A year of mystery. Suffering and revolt mark Mónica's family"

- "Social dialogue. Minimum wage to rise to 1000 [euros per month] in 2028"

- "Aveiro. Young student loses his life on a railway line"

- "Viana do Castelo. Workshop fire kills woman and injures husband"

- "Benfica-Atl. Madrid. [Coach Bruno] Lage: "Ambition to win can never be lacking""

- "Audiences. CMTV [news channel] records best September ever"

- "Veiga Trigo 1951-2024. The fearless referee is dead"

Público:

- "Iran attacks Israel"

- "More than 180 missiles fired. US supports Israeli defence"

- "Lebanon opens another war front with no exit plan"

- "OE2025 [state budget]. Social dialogue inspires proposal 'it can't refuse' to PS" - main opposition Socialist Party

- "Mark Rutte on NATO. "Now we have to focus on the war effort""

- "Teacher shortage. Scholarship holders receive 450 euros to teach"

- "Out.Fest turns 20. Music as discovery in a city under construction"

- "Champions League. Sporting salvage a point in Eindhoven in the last few minutes"

- "Denmark. Portuguese wins eight million [euros] to study black holes"

Jornal de Notícias:

- "Poor students in higher education almost halve"

- "Israel. Iron dome stops rain of missiles from Iran"

- "PSV 1-1 Sporting. Bragança on the goal map"

- "Benfica. Lage dreams of an old-fashioned European night against Atlético de Madrid"

- "Budget. Montenegro announces 'an offer the Socialists can't refuse'"

- "Famalicão. Abuser of niece in swimming pool"

- "Transport. Andante blocked and Navegante hacked" - Lisbon and Porto's public transport apps targeted

- "Viana. Fire kills workshop owner"

- "Roberto Carlos. King of music takes to the stage at 83"

Diário de Notícias:

- "High tension in the Middle East. Israel vows to retaliate 'wherever, whenever and however' it wants after Iran missile attack"

- "'It took too long to reprivatise Efacec' [Pedro Siza Vieira, former Minister of Economy]" after move to sell off nationalised engineering company fails

- "The last tango according to Maria Schneider"

- "OE 2025. 'Proposal it can't refuse'. [PM Luís] Montenegro forces PS to wait until the end of the fortnightly debate" in parliament

- "Telecoms. Only 537 families use the social internet tariff"

- "Ana Ferreira. "Music and seismology have many similarities""

- "Douro. Quinta do Vallado invests 8 million in vineyards and wine tourism"

- "New general secretary. Rutte says Kyiv is a NATO priority and de-dramatises Trump"

- "Champions League. Sporting draw with PSV thanks to Bragança's 84th minute goal"

Negócios: 

- "Partners unsure whether measures will go ahead" after employer organisations and trade unions agree package with government

- "Conversations in the newsroom. Rogério Fernandes Ferreira [former secretary of state for tax affairs]: 'In corporate income tax, the focus should be on a gradual reduction in rates'"

- "Iran's attack on Israel leaves markets in suspense"

- "Digi signs deal to boost mobile coverage in Portugal"

- "Bank shows no signs of 'unavailability' for public guarantee"

- "Sustainability 20/30. Luís Mergulhão. Omnicom Media Group. 'Some people need to invest in the media to gain credibility'"

Jornal Económico: 

- "Property owners ask the government to 'urgently abolish' the Mortágua tax" named after Left Bloc politician whose pressure on the previous, Socialist government saw the property surcharge brought in

- "Portugal has fuel reserves for three months"

- "Montenegro to deliver counter-proposal to PS"

- "Falling inflation gives impetus to new ECB interest rate cut"

- "BRP [Business Roundtable Portugal] Association wants Portugal in the EU's top 15 in GDP per capita"

- "'The percentage of spending devoted to vaccinating adults is very low'. Luís Filipe Pereira, former minister of health"

- "Employers sign income agreement with messages to the government"

- "Portugal is Europe's fifth largest coffee producer"

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