Headlines: 13 February 2022
What’s making the news in Portugal on the eve of Valentine’s Day
Lusa
- CHILD ABUSE: Archbishop of Braga says Church wants to ‘heal the wounds’ of sexual abuse
- COVID: More than 50,000 people vaccinated against coronavirus and influenza on Friday
- COVID: Pandemic status reduced from critical to alarm
- POLITICS: Greens blame political bipolarisation and opinion polls for CDU’s results
RTP
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Faculty attack plan. Suspect’s conversation on Discord led to report
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Student detained in prison hospital ‘is act of prevention’, says expert
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Terror suspect has Asperger’s syndrome and was transferred to prison hospital
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: ‘Psychotic Nerd’ was the nickname of the young man suspected of planning attack at FCUL
Expresso
- POLITICS: How do people the people in the shadows influencing Costa work?
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Biden warns Putin: US is ‘prepared’ for scenarios beyond diplomacy
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Exams at FCUL. Students will have access to extraordinary term because assessments ‘took place in an abnormal environment’
- CHILD ABUSE: Sexual abuse in the Church. It is time to ‘heal all wounds’ by investigating the truth, says new archbishop of Braga
Público
- MINING: Mayors and business owners in central region do not want to trade agriculture and tourism for lithium
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Biden warns Putin there will be a ‘swift and severe’ response to invasion of Ukraine
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Portugal advises against non-essential travel to Ukraine and advises those in the country to consider ‘leaving temporarily’
- EDUCATION: Once more there are not enough teachers in schools. ‘It gets complicated like this’
CNN Portugal
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Ransomware: How to negotiate with computer hackers?
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Waiting for the Russian invasion: Foreign Office advises against travelling and suggests that Portuguese consider ‘temporarily leaving’ the country
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: His secret network, the woman who caught him and a phrase: ‘I hate this world’. The whole story of the plan to kill at Lisbon University
- SPORT: FC Porto denies Varandas’ accusations and promises ‘internal enquiry’
Diário de Notícias
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: ‘What might explain this young man’s reaction is grief, not Asperger’s Syndrome’
- SPORT: FC Porto denies attacks and criticises ‘victimisation’ of Frederico Varandas
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Police prepare mock attacks to test response capability
- PANDEMIC: Doctors’ group calls for review of children’s vaccination programme
Jornal de Notícias
- DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Experts identify symptoms of autism in João
- EDUCATION: Children receiving cancer treatment have not had classes since September
- LEIRIA: Two injured and 20 homeless after explosion in building in Batalha
- BRAZIL: Palmeiras supporter shot dead in clash after defeat
Sol
- POLITICS: Costa backs the six PS ‘aces’ for the core of his government
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Tension mounts as days go by: Several countries, including Portugal, advise citizens to leave Ukraine
- BUSINESS: Novo Banco’s deal with Vieira: No denunciation from the Resolution Fund
- POLITICS: Zita Seabra: ‘We look like a museum, we still have a communist party’
Jornal i
- PANDEMIC: North records more than half the number of deaths and continues to diagnose more cases
- PANDEMIC: Covid-19 diagnoses fall by 38%
- POLITICS: Costa backs the PS’s ‘aces’
- ECONOMY: Brussels is optimistic but there are still challenges
TSF
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Biden warns Putin: invasion of Ukraine will have ‘swift and severe’ response
- SPORT: Darwin’s double in two minutes secures Benfica win over Santa Clara
- UKRAINE CRISIS: KLM first airline to suspend flights to Ukraine
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Government advises against travel to Ukraine and suggests those in the country consider ‘leaving temporarily’
Dinheiro Vivo
- ECONOMY: From four-day week to hybrid working: The (not so) wonderful new world of work
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Foreign Office advises against travel to Ukraine and suggests Portuguese already there leave
- BUSINESS: Sonae Hotels ‘will need to recruit 300 people this year’
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Putin and Biden’s phone conversation lasted one hour