2007 in Portugal

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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.

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 3: Madeleine McCann, murder victim (born 2003)
• 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

References

1. Portugal faces 'general strike', BBC News, 30 May 2007.
2. Berardo Museum website
3. Disputes loom at EU-Russia talks BBC News, 26 October 2007.
4. EU-Russia Summit - Mafra, 26 October 2007
5. Acidente na A23: Número de mortos sobe para 15 Jornalismo Porto Net, 6 November 2007. Accessed 6 November 2007. (Portuguese)
6. Morreu o advogado antifascista Alberto Vilaça, Público, 21 May 2007. (Portuguese)