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2024 in Portugal

Events in the year 2024 in Portugal.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • 3 July – Three people are killed and three others are reported missing after a fishing boat sinks off the coast of Marinha Grande.

August

  • 21 August – A wildfire in Madeira burns at least 4,937 hectares of land, prompting authorities to issue an emergency appeal for aid from the European Union.
  • 26 August – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake in the Richter scale, was felt in all Southern Portugal and the Lisbon metro area. No damages or victims were reported.
  • 30 August – Four people are killed and one other is reported missing after a National Republican Guard helicopter crashes into the Douro river in Lamego.

September

  • 7 September – Five inmates escape from the Vale de Judeus high-security prison near Lisbon.
  • 17 September –
  • At least nine people are killed in nationwide wildfires. A state of calamity is declared in parts of the country.
  • Six children are injured in a mass stabbing inside a school in Azambuja. The suspect, a 12-year old boy, is arrested.

October

  • 2 October – Three people, two men and a woman, are shot and killed inside a barbershop in Lisbon. The suspect escapes with his family.
  • 21 October – Killing of Odair Moniz: The fatal shooting of a man of Cape Verdean origin by police in Amadora leads to violent protests in the Lisbon area.

November

  • 4 November – At least eleven people died allegedly linked to the Emergency medical services strike.
  • 29 November – After months of uncertainty, Parliament approves the 2025 State Budget with the votes of the Democratic Alliance and the abstention of the Socialists.

December

Art and entertainment

Holidays

Deaths

  • 4 February – Rui Patrício, 91, politician, minister of Foreign Affairs (1970-1974).
  • 8 February – , 90, tourism businessman.
  • 8 February – João Oliveira Pinto, 52, footballer.
  • 16 February – , 95, actor ().
  • 18 February – , 84, jurist and film producer.
  • 22 February – Artur Jorge, 78, footballer and coach (national team).
  • 22 February – , 79, singer (Festival da Canção 1970 and 1971).
  • 23 February – Rui Rodrigues, 80, footballer and coach (national team).
  • 3 April – , architect and professor.
  • 9 April – , 93, essayist, poet, critic.
  • 11 April – , 72, geneticist, researcher, professor-emeritus of University of Porto.
  • 10 May – , 77, sports journalist.
  • 16 May – , 86, poet and essayist.
  • 24 May – Paulo Lourenço, 52, diplomat, ambassador to Cape Verde.
  • 29 May – , 80, educator and politician.
  • 15 June – , 69, poet and playwright.
  • 27 June – Manuel Fernandes, 73, footballer and manager.
  • 4 September – , 67, writer, actor and stage director.
  • 5 September – Augusto M. Seabra, 69, music and film critic.
  • 9 September – , 85, stage actress.
  • 21 September – , 87-88, stage director.
  • 27 September – , 83, diplomat.
  • 16 October – , 83, plastic artist and painter.
  • 17 October – , 87, painter.
  • 24 October – Marco Paulo, 79, singer.

See also

References

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