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Events in the year 2005 in Portugal.

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  • 11 January – The government confirms that the Portuguese mission to Iraq, which has consisted of 120 police officers stationed in the southeastern city of Nasiriyah since November 2003, will end as planned on 12 February.[1]
  • 20 February – Legislative election: The Socialist Party led by José Sócrates wins a majority of seats in the Assembly with 45.0% of the vote, the party's best ever result in a national election. The Social Democratic Party of outgoing Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes receives 28.8% of the vote, a drop of 11.5% from the previous election in 2002. Turnout increases to 63.6%, reversing a declining trend in voter participation observed since the election in 1980.[2]
  • 12 March – José Socrates is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Portugal in a ceremony held at the Assembly of the Republic.[3]
  • 17 April – In motor racing, Brazil's Alex Barros wins the 2005 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix held at the Circuito do Estoril.[4]
  • 22 May – In association football, Benfica wins the 2004–05 Primeira Liga, the club's first league title for eleven years.[5]
  • 25 May – Prime Minister José Socrates introduces a series of tax rises designed to limit the country's expanding budget deficit, which this year is forecast to reach than double the accepted limit for Eurozone countries. Among the changes are higher levies on fuel and tobacco, an increase in the top rate of VAT from 19% to 21%, and a one-time income tax rise to those earning more than €60,000 per year.[6]
  • 29 May – In association football, Vitória de Setúbal defeats Benfica by a score of 2–1 to win the final of the Taça de Portugal. It the first time the club has won the tournament in 38 years.[7]
  • 6 June – With river levels falling amid the country's worst drought in 60 years, the government requests €6 million in compensation from Spain after accusing the Spanish authorities of over-extracting water from the Douro river upstream of Portuguese territory.[8]
  • 17 June – Prime Minister José Socrates announces that a planned referendum on the proposed constitution for the European Union will be postponed from its scheduled October date. The decision comes after European leaders confirm that the deadline for the constitution's ratification will be delayed until 2007 at the earliest.[9]
  • 30 July – The final edition of the Comércio do Porto newspaper is published following sustained losses by owner Prensa Ibérica, ending more than 150 years of continuous publication dating back to 1854.[10]
  • 3 October – A solar eclipse is visible across the country, Portugal's first of the 21st century, with many areas seeing either an annular or partial eclipse.[11]
  • 18 October – Police raid the homes of several key employees of the Banco Espirito Santo and the Banco Comercial Portugués as part of an investigation by state prosecutors into alleged tax evasion and money laundering. Estimates given by investigators suggest that the amount transferred by the suspects into tax havens to avoid VAT and income tax charges totals several million euros.[12]

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Football (soccer) competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra

Deaths[]

Lúcia dos Santos (standing)

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References[]

  1. ^ "Portuguese Police to Leave Iraq". Associated Press. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ Freire, André; Costa Lobo, Marina (2006). "The Portuguese 2005 Legislative Election: Return to the Left". West European Politics. 29 (3): 581–588. doi:10.1080/01402380600620742.
  3. ^ "Portugal PM signals over EU vote". BBC News. 12 March 2005. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Barros takes victory in Portugal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 April 2005. Archived from the original on 18 April 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. ^ Assunção, Manuel (23 May 2005). "SL Benfica O campeonato 11 anos depois". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Briefly: Portugal tackles budget deficit". The New York Times. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  7. ^ Matias, Jorge Miguel; Vaza, Marco (30 May 2005). "Vitória de Setúbal pára o Benfica e conquista a Taça". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ^ Tremlett, Giles (7 June 2005). "Spain and Portugal in water fight". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Portugal postpones EU treaty referendum". The Irish Times. 17 June 2005. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. ^ ""O Comércio do Porto" cessa publicação com um "até à próxima"" ["O Comércio do Porto" ends publication with a "See you next time"]. Público (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 30 July 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  11. ^ Ferreira, Max (3 October 2005). "O primeiro eclipse solar do século em Portugal é hoje". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  12. ^ Mora, Miguel (19 October 2005). "Portugal investiga a dos grandes bancos por blanqueo de capitales" [Portugal investigates two large banks for money laundering]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  13. ^ "O Quinto Império - Ontem Como Hoje". IMDb. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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