2007 in Portugal
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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
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.
