Lisbon, April 18, 2025 (Lusa) - The investigation into the Socialist Party leader’s house purchases, the ECB lowers interest rates due to the consequences of Trump’s tariff war and the death of singer Nuno Guerreiro are the most frequent headlines this Good Friday bank holiday morning.
Expresso:
- ‘Traffickers use Portugal to sell children in Europe. African minors detected at airports en route to France, Belgium and Switzerland. Families adopt them to receive state benefits. Shelters for trafficked children are full’
- ‘Poll. The Democratic Alliance maintains its lead. Chega rises and the number of undecided voters falls'
- ‘The Porto criminal investigation and action department had already shelved the complaint against Socialist Party leader Pedro Nuno Santos’
- ‘Owner of ABB accepts agreement in Espinho with PSD mayor’
- ‘A third of short term rental accommodation facilities are inactive. Those who break the rules will have to close’
- ‘Socialists and Jonet try to reach agreement for Cascais’
- ‘Owner of Douro Azul tourist river liners, Mário Ferreira, accused of tax fraud’
- ‘Former Socialist minister Joao Cravinho's wake in Belém’
- ‘Coastal zones have receded 25 metres in three months’
- ‘’Reducing speed in cities must be a priority'. President of the Institute of Mobility and Transport, IMT, talks about the ‘too high’ number of road accidents’
- ‘Almost 3,000 women went to Spain for abortions’
- ‘Former Communist Party leader and political prisoner Álvaro Cunhal's long years in prison’
- 40% of fortunes are inherited. Experts call for new rules’
Público:
- ‘Video surveillance failures and unwarranted detentions at Lisbon airport’
- State broadcaster RTP Memória channel. António Barreto premieres new documentary on 25 April’
- ‘Credit. Euribor rates could fall below 2% soon"
- ‘Murder in Braga. PJ police investigates link to violent US gang’
- ‘Middle East. Without a strategy in Gaza, Israel could prepare for total occupation’
- ‘Francisco Assis. ‘The intrusion of the judiciary into the democratic process is serious’’
- ‘Literature. Hope in the Trump era: the paths of Ece Temelkuran, Rebecca Solnit and Ezra Klein’
- ‘Singer Nuno Guerreiro (1972-2025). From Carlos Paredes to Ala dos Namorados, a voice with a unique timbre’
Jornal de Notícias:
- ‘Government opened the door to 120,000 immigrants without checking criminal records’
- ‘Almost 300 million a day are spent during Holy Week. Foreign tourists are leaving more money in Portugal. Braga with thousands of visitors over the Easter weekend’
- ‘Manu's murderer was about to be deported for armed robbery in the USA. PJ arrested Mateus Machado as he was preparing to flee the country’
- ‘Nuno Guerreiro (1972-2025). An unusual and eternal voice is silent’
- ‘Property. Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos agrees to lift bank secrecy. The Porto criminal investigation and action department had shelved a similar case’
- ‘Banking. ECB cuts interest rates because of Trump's tariffs. Monthly instalments will fall again’
- ‘Ovar. Public fears pine forest will be decimated’
- ‘Sporting. ‘One game at a time, without thinking about Benfica’. Team coach Rui Borges calls for focus on Moreirense’
- ‘FC Porto. 'Mora is doing beautiful things. Noise is inevitable'. Anselmi warns of Famalicão's attacking dynamics’
Correio da Manhã
- ‘Parents hold Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos’ debt. They were the guarantors in the purchase of the house under investigation by justice’
- ‘Suspect of killing “Manu” was imprisoned in the USA. Braga student's funeral took place yesterday’
- ‘Ala dos Namorados. Nuno Guerreiro singer dies aged 52’
- ‘Sporting-Moreirense. Sporting coach Rui Borges calls for giant green wave’
- ‘Turks threaten to “steal” Chelsea striker (currently on loan to AC Milan) João Félix’
- ‘FC Porto-Famalicão. Dragons seek another win’
- ‘Evidence of extraterrestrial life detected. Exoplanet K2-188’
- ‘There are fewer policemen and they're older’
- ‘Housing. New interest rate cut lowers mortgage instalments’
- ‘Sofia Ribeiro's mum lives on the street’
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