2007 in Portugal

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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6703631.stm Portugal faces 'general strike'] , "BBC News", 30 May 2007.]

June

*June 25: Opening of the Berardo Museum in Lisbon [ [http://www.museuberardo.com/ Berardo Museum website] ] .

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.

eptember

*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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7063169.stm Disputes loom at EU-Russia talks] "BBC News", 26 October 2007.] [ [http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/russia/summit_10_07/index.htm EU-Russia Summit - Mafra, 26 October 2007] ]

November

*November 5: A road accident on Auto-estrada A23, in the municipality of Vila Velha de Ródão, killed 15 people and injured 22. [ [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] "Jornalismo Porto Net", 6 November 2007. Accessed 6 November, 2007. pt icon]

December

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

Arts & literature

New Books

Awards

Music

Television

Film

* October 25: Premiere of A Outra Margem.

Internet

port

*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 [ [http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1294649 Morreu o advogado antifascista Alberto Vilaça] , "Público", 21 May 2007. pt icon]
*July 4: Henrique Viana
*July 15: Alberto Romão Dias
*August 25: Eduardo Prado Coelho
*August 27: Alberto de Lacerda
*October 9: Fausto Correia

References