Luís Montenegro’s house in Espinho is the highlight of the Express this Friday, February 13th. According to the weekly, after having filed a first criminal case in 2024 regarding the Prime Minister’s house related to tax benefits, the Porto Regional DIAP opened a new investigation last year to investigate an alleged discrepancy between what the work cost and what was issued in invoices. The house’s contractors were interviewed by the Public Ministry in January, says the newspaper.
The Attorney General’s Office confirmed to Expresso “the existence of an investigation being carried out at the Porto Regional DIAP”. The Prime Minister did not respond in time for the publication to close.
The first criminal investigation into the house in Montenegro was archived in December 2024 and was aimed at suspicions that the PSD leader had also obtained tax benefits unduly, due to the fact that the work was classified as urban rehabilitation, which gave him the right to discounts on VAT and IMI. After a year of investigation, the Porto Regional DIAP concluded that the benefits had been granted legitimately.
No Public It is clear that experts doubt that LNEC will be able to carry out an infrastructure assessment in one year. They highlight the quality of professionals at the national engineering laboratory, but point out a lack of human resources and consider that it will only be possible to meet the deadline using external services.
O News Journal highlights that, in one year, there were seven thousand complaints against private hospitals, which represents a 14% increase in complaints received compared to 2024.
Diário de Notícias says that Montenegro is working with the minister on a milder version of the Labor Law. Also noteworthy is a report in the parishes of Colmeias and Memória, which have been without electricity or communications for more than two weeks. “It’s worse than the war in Angola”, they say.
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