1998 in Portugal
overview of Portugal-related events during the year of 1998
Events in the year 1998 in Portugal.
Incumbents
President: Jorge Sampaio
Prime Minister: António Guterres (Socialist)
Events
January to June
4 March – Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça, an eleven-year old boy from Lousada in the Porto District, goes missing. As of 2021 his whereabouts remain unknown. A 2013 criminal trial later finds truck driver Afonso Dias guilty of Mendonça's kidnapping for which he serves a three-year jail sentence.
7–22 February – Portugal contests the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano with a delegation of two athletes: Fausto Marreiros in the men's speed skating and Mafalda Pereira in the women's freestyle skiing. Pereira's participation makes her the first female Portuguese athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics.
29 March – The Vasco da Gama Bridge across the Tagus river in Lisbon is inaugurated after three years of construction. Designed to alleviate congestion across the existing 25 de Abril Bridge, the 17.2-kilometre (10.7 mi) bridge opens as the longest structure of its kind in the Europe.
9 May – Portugal participates in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham with Alma Lusa performing the song "Se Eu Te Pudesse Abraçar". The group finishes the competition in 12th place.
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