PRESS DIGEST - PORTUGAL - May 12

LISBON, May 12 (Reuters) - Following are some of the main Portuguese stories in newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

GENERAL NEWS

* Members of parliament from ruling Socialists fail to turn up for parliamentary sessions. (Correio de Manha).

ECONOMIC NEWS

* Government to give priority to civil servants on contracts with established time horizons in negotiations with unions. (Diario de Noticias)

* Portuguese civil servants see lower losses of purchasing power than other European workers. (Jornal de Negocios).

* Millennium bcp (BCP.LS: Quote, Profile, Research) reaches agreement with Sonangol on banking partnership in Angola. (Diario Economico).

(Reporting by Axel Bugge)