- 2007 in Portugal
The year
2007 inPortugal .Incumbents
*President:
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
*Prime Minister:José Sócrates Events
May
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May 3 :Disappearance of Madeleine McCann , inPraia da Luz ,Algarve .
*May 29 : Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates visitsRussia .
*May 30 : General strike. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6703631.stm Portugal faces 'general strike'] , "BBC News ",30 May 2007 .]June
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June 25 : Opening of theBerardo Museum in Lisbon [ [http://www.museuberardo.com/ Berardo Museum website] ] .July
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July 1 : Beginning of the Portuguese presidency of theEuropean Union .
*July 4 : The1st EU-Brazil summit takes place in Lisbon.
*July 15 : Local elections inLisbon .António Costa is elected mayor.eptember
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September 28 :Luís Filipe Menezes wins the elections in PSD and become the leader of the main opposition party.October
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October 25 : Visit of thePresident of Russia Vladimir Putin to Portugal.
*October 26 : EU-Russia summit inMafra . [ [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
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November 5 : Aroad accident onAuto-estrada A23, in the municipality ofVila 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
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December 8 -December 9 : Africa-EU Summit.
*December 13 : Signing of theTreaty of Lisbon .Arts & literature
New Books
Awards
Music
Television
Film
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October 25 : Premiere ofA Outra Margem .Internet
port
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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 againstC.F. Os Belenenses .Deaths
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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
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