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2007 in Portugal 
Summary
The year 2007 in Portugal.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
May edit
- May 3: Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, in Praia da Luz, Algarve.
- May 29: Prime Minister José Sócrates visits Russia.
- May 30: General strike.[1]
June edit
- June 25: Opening of the Berardo Museum in Lisbon.[2]
July edit
- July 1: Beginning of the Portuguese presidency of the European Union.
- July 4: The 1st EU-Brazil summit takes place in Lisbon.
- July 15: Local elections in Lisbon. António Costa is elected mayor.
September edit
- September 28: Luís Filipe Menezes wins the elections in PSD and become the leader of the main opposition party.
October edit
- October 25: Visit of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Portugal.
- October 26: EU-Russia summit in Mafra.[3][4]
November edit
- November 5: A road accident on Auto-estrada A23, in the municipality of Vila Velha de Ródão, killed 15 people and injured 22.[5]
December edit
- December 8 - December 9: Africa-EU Summit.
- December 13: Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon.
Arts & literature edit
New Books edit
Awards edit
Music edit
Television edit
Film edit
- October 25: Premiere of A Outra Margem.
Internet edit
Sport edit
- May 20: F.C. Porto wins the football championship.
- May 26: Ovarense wins the basketball championship.
- May 27: Sporting C.P. wins the football cup final against C.F. Os Belenenses.
Deaths edit
- January 19: Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão
- January 23: A. H. de Oliveira Marques
- March 1: Manuel Bento
- March 26: João Soares Louro (pt)
- May 21: Alberto Vilaça[6]
- July 4: Henrique Viana
- July 15: Alberto Romão Dias
- August 25: Eduardo Prado Coelho
- August 27: Alberto de Lacerda
- October 9: Fausto Correia
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Portugal faces 'general strike', BBC News, 30 May 2007.
- ^ Berardo Museum website
- ^ Disputes loom at EU-Russia talks BBC News, 26 October 2007.
- ^ "EU-Russia Summit - Mafra, 26 October 2007". Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
- ^ Acidente na A23: Número de mortos sobe para 15 Archived 2008-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Jornalismo Porto Net, 6 November 2007. Accessed 6 November 2007. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Morreu o advogado antifascista Alberto Vilaça Archived 2008-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, Público, 21 May 2007. (in Portuguese)