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Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Top newspaper headlines on Friday, 26 December

Lisbon, Dec. 26, 2025 (Lusa) - The presidential election campaign, prime minister Luis Montenegro’s Christmas message to the nation in which he asks people to adopt Cristiano Ronaldo’s mentality and Jose Mourinho’s first 100 days as coach of Benfica dominate the headlines this Friday, Boxing Day morning.

 

Expresso:

- ‘Prime minister Luis Montenegro's appeal halts scrutiny of politicians’

- ‘Government breaks promise and postpones casino concession tender’

- ‘Public prosecutor investigated 98 people who spoke to Judge Ivo Rosa’

- ‘Events and figures 2025. From immigrants to the outcome of the legislative elections, from Trump to Gaza’

- ‘“If machines gain autonomy, the future is terrifying”. Conversation between António Damásio and Clara Ferreira Alves on consciousness, feelings and artificial intelligence’

- ‘Far-right Chega Party demands more positions in companies from Lisbon mayor, Carlos Moedas’

- ‘With Social Democrat presidential election candidate Marques Mendes, there may be a “temptation of absolute power”’

- ‘Egyptologists from Lisbon study Coptic civilisation on the Nile’

- ‘Politics leads one in seven Spaniards to cut ties’

- ‘Crypto assets shrink by €260 billion’

- ‘Portuguese murderer in the US lived in the shadows’

- ‘Gold prices skyrocket and rings become thinner’

- ‘Good match for Belém’

- ‘Portugal's outgoing president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa speaks, but “neutrally”’

- ‘A light on Christmas Eve’

- ‘Patriarch speaks from the heart’

- ‘Ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro operated on at Christmas’

 

 

Público:

- ‘Balance sheets and forecasts 2025|2026. Democracy under attack in 2025 and conspiracy theories’

- ‘Plan to revitalise company operating three state helicopters rejected’

- ‘Christmas message. Prime minister Luis Montenegro wants Portugal to have Ronaldo's spirit’

- ‘Tourism. Strategy moves forward with growth slowing’

- ‘Analysis. After 100 days, Benfica has already learned to speak “Mourinhês”, the language of coach Jose Mourinho’

- "Aires Mateus. The beauty of architecture is the most democratic thing‘

- ’Newborn. Portuguese memories at the Museu das Marcas‘

 

 

Jornal de Notícias:

- ’Family of national guard (GNR) officer killed by drug traffickers receives support in record time‘

- ’Extended-hour nurseries now available in all regions‘

- ’Foreign football stars who stayed in Portugal"

- ‘Benfica. Jose Mourinho's 100 days at the helm of a changing eagle’

- ‘Report. Companies push their workers physically’

- ‘Montenegro asks the country to adopt Ronaldo's mentality: “Things don't fall from the sky”’

- ‘Accident rate. Twelve deaths on the road during the Christmas season’

- ‘Porto. Reading clubs are gaining more and more followers’

 

 

Diário de Notícias:

- ‘Interview with Left Bloc leader, José Manuel Pureza. “It's not the work of one man. I would agree with the statement that the bloc has been reborn”’

- ‘Canadian group to double its presence in Portugal with 15 new hotels’

- "Christmas message. Montenegro uses Ronaldo to emphasise reformism‘

- ’Manuel Eduardo Vieira. Interview with the Portuguese man who is the “king of sweet potatoes” in California‘

- ’Federation elections. Carlos Barroca, the NBA man who wants to change basketball in Portugal‘

- ’From Ukraine to Haiti, Pope calls for peace on a world tour of conflicts'

- ‘Anniversary. DN celebrates 161 years on the 29th with a special edition’

- ‘Music. Miguel Araújo: 'I feel a kind of obligation to music to never stop working’

 

 

Nascer do Sol:

- ‘Solar panels in Alqueva reservoir pit social democrat (PSD) and socialist (PS) local councils against the Government’

- ‘Interview. Cardinal Américo Aguiar. “You have to be crazy or a martyr to run for public office”/ “Marques Mendes, António José Seguro and the Admiral have already been here”/ “I'm going to the Avante! party and I'll take it on the chin, I'm going to the Chega district Christmas dinner in Setúbal and I'll take it on the chin”’

- ‘Presidential elections. Everything open in the presidential election race’

- ‘Presidential election candidate, Gouveia e Melo. “Life is a constant struggle between good and evil”’

- ‘Christmas message. Prime minister Luís Montenegro gives CR7 as an example’

- ‘Toponymy. The history written in the names of our streets’

- ‘Montepio savings bank. Virgílio Lima bets on housing‘

- ’The year in pictures. The events of 2025 through the most striking photographs‘

 

 

Correio da Manhã:

- ’Paedophile lawyer met with Church commission‘

- ’Deputy [to the minister for justice] listened with minister to group investigating sexual abuse by clergy"

- ‘Girl born in ambulance on night of Christmas Eve’

- ‘Montenegro wants Portugal to imitate Cristiano Ronaldo’

- ‘Club coach Jose Mourinho prevents Otamendi from leaving Benfica’

- ‘Portuguese man shot by Trump's immigration police’

- ‘Defunct BES bank victim demands 10.6 million from ex-boss Salgado’

 

 

Negócios:

- ‘Everything that will affect your wallet in 2026’

- ‘Interview with Enric Sala. “Deep-sea mining is the new gold rush”’

- ‘Multinationals have less weight in exports in five years’

- ‘Politics. Prime minister Luis Montenegro does not see elections until the end of his term of office’

- "Stock markets. Proverbs only hit the mark at the start of the year‘

 

 

O Jornal Económico:

- ’Galp gains strength through Namibia asset deal with Total‘

- ’Board game market now worth €30 million‘

- ’Arab Bank Switzerland buys two historic palaces in Lisbon‘

- ’What will 2026 be like for the economy and businesses?"

- ‘Angola. Aipex and Everwood join forces in agri-food investment’

- ‘Time to take stock: who controls the world's largest gold reserve?’

- ‘Domestic company creates platform to “tokenise” Lisbon real estate’

- ‘Trump bans US entry visas for European political leaders’

- ‘New Agency for Research and Innovation’

 

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