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Events in the year 2018 in Portugal.

Incumbents

Events

January to March
  • 14 January:
  • 15 January – An earthquake with a local magnitude of 4.9 occurs in Arraiolos in the Evora District. Although widely felt across central and southern Portugal, no damage or injuries are reported.[4]
  • 24 January – Prime Minister António Costa announces that Google will open a support centre for the European, African, and Middle Eastern regions in Oeiras later in the year, a move that is expected to create 500 high-skilled technology jobs.[5]
  • 29 January – A 67-year old man is shot and killed at a school in Nazaré following a dispute between the family members of two students.[6]
  • 1 February – The largest in a series of aftershocks following the earthquake of 15 January occurs in Arraiolos with a local magnitude of 3.1. Unlike the earlier earthquake, its effects are largely confined to Arraiolos area.[4]
  • 10 February — The Portugal national futsal team won the UEFA Futsal Euro 2018.
  • 25 March – Approximately 67,500 trees are planted by 3,000 volunteers in Leiria, marking the start of a reforestation project to repair a 13th century pine forest badly affected by wildfires in October 2017.[7]

April to June
  • 13 April – MPs approve a law allowing individuals to change their gender on legal documents from the age of sixteen without the need of a medical report.[8]
  • 5 May – F.C. Porto win the 2017–18 Primeira Liga after their title rivals S.L. Benfica and Sporting Lisbon draw 0–0, leaving Porto with an unassaible points lead with two games remaining. It is the club's first championship for five years.[9]
  • 10 May – President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vetoes the law passed by MPs on 13 April allowing individuals to change their gender from the age sixteen without a medical report.[10]
  • 12 May – The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lisbon with Israel's Netta Barzilai voted as the winner.[11]
  • 15 May – Approximately 50 masked intruders gain access the training centre of football club Sporting Lisbon, inflicting minor injuries to players and staff and causing minor damage to facilities.[12]
  • 20 May – Belgium's Thierry Neuville wins the 2018 Rally de Portugal.[13]
  • 29 May – MPs vote 115–110 against a bill legalising the voluntary use of euthanasia for consenting terminally-ill patients.[14]
  • 15 June – MPs pass a bill legalising the use of prescription drugs containing marijuana.[15]
  • 30 June – Portugal are eliminated from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the round of 16 following a 2–1 loss to Uruguay at Sochi's Fisht Olympic Stadium.[16]

July to December
  • 6 July – A bid by the People-Animals-Nature's sole MP to ban bullfighting is opposed in the Assembly by 178 votes to 31.[17]
  • 3–4 August – Warm air from the Sahara causes a heat wave in which temperatures rise above 40°C. Sixteen weather stations across the country see new local temperature records on 3 August, with a high of 45.9°C recorded at Alcácer do Sal near Setúbal.[18] The warm and dry conditions cause an outbreak of wildfires, with 700 firefighters attending a blaze close to Monchique in the Algarve affecting over 1,000 hectares (3.9 sq mi) of forest.[18][19]
  • 24 September – Archaeologists announce the discovery of a 400-year old shipwreck off the coast of Cascais thought to have been involved in the trading of spices between Europe and India. Artefacts recovered include a bronze cannon bearing the Portuguese coat of arms and Chinese porcelain dating to the time of the Wanli Emperor.[20]

October to December
  • 12 October – Minister of National Defence José Alberto Azeredo Lopes resigns amid a political scandal over the theft of military weapons from an arms depot in Tancos in June 2017.[21]
  • 13 October – Storm Leslie passes over north and central Portugal, injuring 27 people and leaving 300,000 homes without power. Hurricane-strength winds of up to 109 miles per hour (175 km/h) uproot trees and cause damage and disruption across Lisbon and the districts of Leiria and Coimbra, with Porto, Aveiro, and Viseu to the north also affected.[22]
  • 14 October – Prime Minister António Costa undertakes the largest major cabinet reshuffle of his premiership, moving Pedro Siza Vieira to the Ministry of Economy, appointing Graca Maria da Fonseca and Marta Temido as Ministers of Culture and Health respectively, and replacing the departing Azeredo Lopes in the Ministry of National Defence with Joao Gomes Cravinho.[23]
  • 14 December – Twenty-eight passengers and pedestrians are injured when a tram derails in Lisbon.[24]

Deaths

January to June
Madalena Iglésias

July to December
Celeste Rodrigues

References
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  2. Ames, Paul (14 January 2018). "Centrist elected to lead Portugal's opposition party". Politico. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. Wise, Peter (14 February 2018). "Portugal grows at fastest rate since 2000". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. Borges, José; Caldeira, Bento; Fontiela, João; Custódio, Susana; Dias, Nuno Afonso; Waschilala, Piedade; Oliveira, Rui; Vales, Dina; Bezzeghoud, Mourad; Araújo, Alexandre; Carrilho, Fernando; Corela, Carlos; Rio, Inês; Vaz, José; Matias, Luís (2018). The Arraiolos – Portugal – Moderate-Sized 2018 (M = 4.9) earthquake of January 15 and aftershocks: Preliminary results (PDF). 36th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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  6. Goncalves, Sergio; Bugge, Axel (29 January 2018). Susan Fenton (ed.). "Man dies in shooting at Portuguese school: police". Reuters. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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  26. "Morreu a cantora Madalena Iglésias, aos 78 anos". Observador (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  27. "Morreu dirigente histórico do PS Edmundo Pedro". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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  29. Bishop António dos Santos
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  33. "Morreu António Arnaut, "pai" do Serviço Nacional de Saúde". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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  35. "Morreu atriz Laura Soveral, aos 85 anos, no Hospital de Santa Maria". Observador (in Portuguese). 12 July 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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  37. Bishop António José Rafael
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