O Public brings this Friday, December 19th, a survey according to which more than 31% would like Portugal to still have colonies. “Despite being more proud of the colonialist past, over 40% of Portuguese people think that the colonial regime was racist. And 44.5% say that school textbooks give a partial view of colonization”, he says.
This newspaper also states that the courts are keeping Luís Montenegro under investigation for a 12 million dollar project in Espinho. He explains that the Prime Minister does not benefit from special jurisdiction, as the facts investigated occurred when he was not yet head of Government. Under suspicion are the burial of the train line and relations with the construction company ABB.
O Express says that the State does not know how many immigrants there are and where they live: According to the weekly, the National Statistics Institute suspends publications and admits to reevaluating several indicators about the population residing in Portugal. The decision was made so that AIMA numbers could be validated and created a ‘statistical void’. Local authorities refute values for resident immigrants advanced by the Migration Agency.
O News Journal says that medical costs and going to private companies will make health insurance more expensive next year. According to the newspaper, in five years, the average price of policies per person rose by almost 41%. With an estimated 10% price increase, the annual value of a prize could become 40 euros more expensive in 2026.
O Morning Mail says that “Porsche’s priest and lover are effectively arrested” for embezzling 800 thousand euros that were destined for solidarity institutions.
In Diário de Notícias, we advance that, according toaries studies, carried out in different countries and years, point in the same direction: the F1 Grand Prix are a bad public investment.