2014_in_Portugal Knowpia

The following lists events in the year 2014 in Portugal.

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2 January – The government announces that Chinese conglomerate Fosun International will be the new majority owner of Caixa Seguros, the country's biggest insurance group, taking over from the public bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos. The sale comes as part of Portugal's obligations to divest state-owned companies under the bailout programme agreed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2011.^[1]
5 January – The government declares three days of official mourning following the death of association football player Eusébio at the age of 71. The Mozambique-born footballer, who was awarded the Golden Boot as the highest-scoring player at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, was regarded as one of the sport's foremost and popular players in the 1960s.^[2]
31 January - The political party LIVRE is established.^{[citation needed]}

4 February – Plans by the government to auction a series of 85 artworks by Spanish painter Joan Miró are cancelled by Christie's auction house following court action by critics of the proposed sale. The artworks, which came into possession of the Portuguese government following a buyout of Banco Português de Negócios in 2008, are estimated to be worth at least €36 million.^[3]

5 March – Palaeontologists from NOVA University Lisbon publish findings suggesting that Torvosaurus gurneyi, a 10-metre (33 ft) long dinosaur of the late Jurassic whose fossils were discovered in the Lourinhã Formation, constitutes the largest known European carnivore.^[4]

25 April – The 40th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which peacefully ended the Estado Novo authoritarian regime in 1974, is commemorated by both a series of celebratory events held across the country,^[5] and protests in Lisbon against the government's continuing austerity measures.^[6]

9 November - Portugal reports to have 180 cases of Legionella with five deaths.
10 November - Isabel dos Santos, a billionaire and the eldest daughter of the President of Angola, has entered an auction for Portugal Telecom, bidding against a French-based company, Altice.
25 November - Portuguese police arrest the ex-prime minister of Portugal, José Socrates. They accuse him of corruption, fiscal fraud, and money laundering.

5 January – Eusébio, 71, footballer.^[7]
30 September - Victor Crespo, 81, politician, President of the Assembly of the Republic (1987–1991).^[8]

^ Wise, Peter (4 January 2014). "China's Fosun buys Portuguese insurer Caixa Seguros". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ Steinberg, Jacob (5 January 2014). "Portugal leads tributes to trailblazing football legend Eusébio". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ Wise, Peter (4 February 2008). "Christie's pulls Miró auction after Portuguese protests". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ Amos, Jonathan (5 March 2014). "Ferocious dino was European giant". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ "Portugal Honors April 25 Revolution, the World's Coolest Coup". NBC News. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ "Anger as Portugal marks 40 years of democracy". BBC News. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^ João Manuel Rocha; Marco Vaza; Paulo Curado (5 January 2014). "Morreu Eusébio". publico.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ Vítor Crespo (1932 - 2014) (in Portuguese)