2007 in Portugal explained

The year 2007 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

• Prime Minister

José Sócrates

Events

May

• 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

• June 25: Opening of the Berardo Museum in Lisbon.^[2]

July

• 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

• September 28: Luís Filipe Menezes wins the elections in PSD and become the leader of the main opposition party.

October

• October 25: Visit of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Portugal.
• October 26: EU-Russia summit in Mafra.^{[3] [4]}

November

• 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

• December 8 - December 9: Africa-EU Summit.
• December 13: Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon.

Arts & literature

Film

• October 25: Premiere of A Outra Margem.

Internet

Sport

• 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

• 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

• List of Portuguese films of 2007

Notes and References

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6703631.stm Portugal faces 'general strike'
2. http://www.museuberardo.com/ Berardo Museum website
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7063169.stm Disputes loom at EU-Russia talks
4. Web site: EU-Russia Summit - Mafra, 26 October 2007 . 2007-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080119101346/http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/russia/summit_10_07/index.htm . 2008-01-19 . dead .
5. http://jpn.icicom.up.pt/2007/11/06/acidente_na_a23_numero_de_mortos_sobe_para_15.html Acidente na A23: Número de mortos sobe para 15
6. http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1294649 Morreu o advogado antifascista Alberto Vilaça