Lisbon, March 21, 2025 (Lusa) - Portugal's leading newspapers on Friday offer headlines on the election campaign in the autonomous region of Madeira, where polls point to the main governing centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) falling short of a majority, as well as the national political context for May's snap legislative elections.

Expresso:

- "ICS/ISCTE poll. AD [right-of-centre Democratic Alliance] ahead, with record 39% undecided"

- "Marcelo [Rebelo de Sousa, Portugla's president] will only swear in a government guaranteed to pass parliament"

- "Church victims forced to relive abuse to calculate compensation"

- "More than a thousand council houses are illegally occupied"

- "EDP wants to cut up to 7% of staff in Portugal"

- "Social Security will allow payments by MB Way" online tool

- "Ukraine. Bernard-Henri Levy [French writer] on the front line"

- "Number of children at risk of homelessness rises"

- "Trump opens the door to Russian influence in the US"

- "Moedas spoke to Ventura in Belém" - Lisbon mayor, Carlos Moedas, and leader of far-right Chega, André Ventura, have words

- "Madeira to vote, but no dialogue" before regional elections on Sunday

- "Fugitive remains in Italy. Shergili Farjiani, one of the five men who escaped from the Vale de Judeus jail in September 2024 and who was arrested in Italy in December, is to remain in Italy to serve his sentence, as he is 'accountable to the Italian justice system,' said the PGR" - Portugal's attorney general

- "New wind production record" thanks to storm Martinho

Nascer do Sol:

- "Montenegro to hand over all documents to PGR" - Prime minister, Luís Montenegro, to provide details on family company

- "Madeira: Miguel Albuquerque [regional premier] will be removed if he doesn't have a majority" as Chega rules out deals with him

- "Interview with Eduardo Catroga [economist; former finance minister under Cavaco Silva]. 'The AR [Assembly of the Republic] cannot become a new PGR or a new Judicial Police'" - criticism of opposition grilling the prime minister on his business affairs

- "Camilo [Castelo Branco] 200 years old. Without remorse, without guilt, without asking for absolution" - 19th-century writer

- "Mobility. Former minister of the sea gives state jobs to dozens of Socialists"

- "André Ventura: 'Corruption is not coincidence, bad luck or bad fortune'"

- "TAP. Bad smells and fumes on board take crew to hospital" for national flag carrier

- "EMEL [Lisbon municipal company] starts to inspect Tuk Tuks and TVDEs" unmarked passenger vehicles using platforms such as Uber

- "Sandra Miranda. The price of sustainable flying. 'There's a risk that low-cost flights will end'"

- "Donatella Versace. Muse, businesswoman, Italian icon"

Correio da Manhã:

- "Construction work in Espinho. Bankrupt builder made Montenegro's house"

- "Company filed a Special Revitalisation Process (PER) while carrying out work on the home of the current leader of the government" - continued focus on prime minister's financial dealings

- "Denmark 1 Portugal 0. Stumble in Denmark increases pressure on Alvalade"

- "Benfica. Akturkoglu sacrifices himself and plays in pain"

- "Sporting. Gyokeres ready to make a strong comeback"

- "'Martinho'. Storm causes damage and injuries"

- "Villas Boas attacks 'Macaco' [Fernando Madureira, former leader of FC Porto Super Dragons claque] in court: 'Paid trips were an abuse'" on the part of former club bosses

- "Predator hunted. Young victims of blackmail after rape drug"

- "Forecasts. Economy growing but with a brake in sight"

Público:

- "Inquiries into racism at the PJ [Judicial Police] rise, but commission remains stalled"

- "Elections. Amid suspicions, Madeira goes to the polls with crossed agreements on the table"

- "Valorisation. Government wants 246 million [euros] a year by 2050 for the forest"

- "Bank of Portugal. Growth based on consumption won't be repeated this year"

- "Gaza Strip. The threat of famine hangs over Ramadan"

- "Booker 2024. Samantha Harvey looking at the Earth as if it were a painting"

- "Nations League. Portuguese team without art or ambition falls to Denmark"

- "In the North and Centre. Efanor and Gulbenkian rehearse the forest of the future on 15,000 hectares of wasteland"

Jornal de Notícias:

- "Fraudsters used [short-term rentals] to cheat immigrants looking for a home"

- "Denmark 1-0 Portugal. Diogo Costa isn't enough for everything"

- "Praetorian [criminal trial]. Villas-Boas talks about losing millions with Super Dragons"

- "Pack of dogs killed 68-year-old man in Feira"

- "Bad weather. Depression Martinho leaves trail of destruction"

- "Europe. Hungary breaks unanimity in pressurising Russia"

Diário de Notícias:

- "Average waiting times in emergency rooms are decreasing and so are patients"

- "Storm. Insurance 'against all risks'? It's not always clear"

- "Madeira. Undecided voters to determine the political future of Albuquerque and [Socialist leader Paulo] Cafôfo"

- "New directive. Companies have four months to comply with digital access rules"

- "Report. The network that looks after indigenous breeds of domestic animals"

- "Literature. Poets who should be talked about beyond when they die"

Negócios:

- "PSI [benchmark stock index] shares to pay out 2.9 billion in dividends"

- "'Investment is what we should be most concerned about.' Mário Centeno, governor of the Bank of Portugal, says the political crisis 'won't improve' the economy"

- "There are still 35,000 supports for efficient panels and windows to be validated"

- "Unemployment in the car industry rises 32% in one year"

- "Sonae with record sales and Jerónimo Martins wants to earn more by 2030"

- "Interview with Neil D. Lawrence [US computer scientist]: 'The digital oligarchs are too disconnected from society'"

Jornal Económico:

- "Special Report MBA"

- "'Portugal is very attractive to students who want to do postgraduate studies.' Maria José Amich, executive director of The Lisbon MBA Católica|Nova, believes that Portugal's image as a centre of excellence is being affirmed"

- "Artificial intelligence takes hold in all MBA programmes"

- "Foreigners guarantee increased demand"

- "Portuguese stars rise in the rankings"

- "Life-changing courses in Portuguese-speakingn world" University

ARO // ARO.

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