Here you can obtain recordings of the main press conferences and public events taking place during the Portuguese EU Presidency as video files.

DECEMBER

• 2007-12-22 Ceremony of opening of Schengen borders: Italy-Slovenia (Skofije) (rm format, original version)
• 2007-12-22 Ceremony of opening of Schengen borders: Austria-Hungary (Hegyeshalom) (rm format, original version)
• 2007-12-21 Ceremony of opening of Schengen borders: Tallinn harbour (rm format, orginal version)
• 2007-12-21 Ceremony of opening of Schengen borders: German / Polish / Czech Republic border (Zittau) (rm format, original version)
• 2007-12-19 Press Conference of the International conference on drug trafficking in Guinea-Bissau (wmv format)
• 2007-12-18 Speech by José Sócrates at the European Parliament in Brussels : Presentation of the results of the last European Council and final evaluation of the Portuguese Presidency (rm format)
• 2007-12-14 European Council: Presidency Press Conference (wmv format)
• 2007-12-13 Presidency Press Conference - Briefing before the European Council (wmv format)
• 2007-12-13 Signing ceremony of the Treaty of Lisbon (wmv format)
• 2007-12-12 Signature of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (wmv format)
• 2007-12-09 Press Conference of the EU-Africa Summit (wmv format)
• 2007-12-09 Closing ceremony of the EU-Africa Summit (wmv format)
• 2007-12-03 Press Conference of the Meeting on Extension of the major Trans-European transport axes to the Mediterranean region (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-12-03 Closing session of the Meeting on Extension of the major Trans-European transport axes to the Mediterranean region, Secretary of State for Transport, Ana Paula Vitorino (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-12-03 Opening session of the Meeting on Extension of the major Trans-European transport axes to the Mediterranean region (wmv format, original version)

NOVEMBER

• 2007-11-24 Press conference of the Informal Meeting on Territorial Cohesion and Regional Policy - 2nd day (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-11-23 Press conference of the Informal Meeting on Territorial Cohesion and Regional Policy - 1st day (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-11-22 Short video about the Meeting on Territorial Cohesion and Regional Policy (wmv format)
• 2007-11-19 Press Conference of the First Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Migration (wmv format)
• 2007-11-06 Press Conference of the 9th Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Affairs (wmv format)
• 2007-11-05 Press Conference of the Troika European Union / Arab Maghreb Union (wmv format)

OCTOBER

• 2007-10-29 Official launching ceremony of the International Carbon Action Partnership (wmv format)
• 2007-10-26 Short video about the visit of Vladimir Putin to Portugal (wmv format)
• 2007-10-26 Press Conference of the EU/Russia Summit (wmv format)
• 2007-10-25 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Sports (wmv format)
• 2007-10-23 Key debate at the October plenary session of the European Parliament on the conclusions of the Lisbon informal summit - it includes intervention by the President of the European Council, José Sócrates (original version)
• 2007-10-22 Second press conference of the Ministerial Conference on the Maritime Policy for the European Union (wmv format)
• 2007-10-22 First press conference of the Ministerial Conference on the Maritime Policy for the European Union (wmv format)
• 2007-10-22 Speech of the President of the Commission at the openning session of the Ministerial Conference on the Maritime Policy for the European Union (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-10-21 Press conference of the 6th EuroMed Trade Ministerial Conference (wmv format)
• 2007-10-19 Final press conference of the Lisbon Informal Summit (wmv format)
• 2007-10-19 Press conference anouncing the attainment of an agreement on the Reform Treaty (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-10-18 Presidency briefing by Luis Amado at the Lisbon Informal Summit / Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-10-18 Press Conference of the Tripartite Informal Social Summit (wmv format)
• 2007-10-16 Press Conference of the Cooperation Councils with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia on GAERC (wmv format)
• 2007-10-15 Press Conference of the 2823rd Council Meeting - General Affairs (wmv format)
• 2007-10-15 Ceremony of the signature of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Montenegro (wmv format)
• 2007-10-15 Press Conference of the signature of Stabilization and Association Agreement with Montenegro (wmv format)
• 2007-10-15 Presidency debriefing on IGC, by the Secretary of State for European Affairs, Manuel Lobo Antunes (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-10-12 Press Conference of the accession conference with Croatia at ministerial level (wmv format)
• 2007-10-08 Press Conference of the Informal High Level meeting Building Jointly an European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-10-04 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Gender Equality (wmv format)
• 2007-10-02 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, second day (Justice) (wmv format)
• 2007-10-01 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (Justice) (wmv format)
• 2007-10-01 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (Home Affairs) (wmv format)

SEPTEMBER

• 2007-09-30 Joint Stament of the ministers for Justice and Home Affairs of Portugal and Spain about the Fight against Terrorism (original version)
• 2007-09-30 Protocol Signature of the MAOC-N Agreement - Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre - Narcotics (original version, wmv format)
• 2007-09-29 Social programme of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Defence (wmv format)
• 2007-09-29 Press conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Defence - 2nd day (wmv format)
• 2007-09-28 Press conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Defence - 1st day (wmv format)
• 2007-09-22 Press conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Development (wmv format, French-English version)
• 2007-09-21 China in Africa - what does the EU think?
  Click here to watch to the debate between the State Secretary and Co-operation, João Cravinho and the Director of China's Institute of International Relations, Xing Hua (source: Euronews)
• 2007-09-18 Final Press conference of the Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers (wmv format)
• 2007-09-17 Dinner offered by the Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia to the Heads of Delegation, Caves Ferreira (wmv format)
• 2007-09-17 Social Programme of the informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers (wmv format)
• 2007-09-16 Enthronement ceremony of the Heads of Delegation participating at the informal meeting of Agriculture Ministers by Confraria do Vinho do Porto (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-09-16 First press conference of the Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers (wmv format, original version)
• 2007-09-15 Press conference of the ECOFIN/EUROMED meeting (wmv format)
• 2007-09-15 Press conference of the second day of the ECOFIN (wmv format)
• 2007-09-14 Press conference of the first day of the ECOFIN (wmv format)
• 2007-09-14 Social programme of the Eurogroup (wmv format)
• 2007-09-14 Press conference after the Eurogroup (wmv format)
• 2007-09-08 Social Programme of the Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (wmv format)
• 2007-09-08 Meeting of the Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister with journalists (wmv format, Portuguese version)
• 2007-09-08 Press conference of the second day of the Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (wmv format)
• 2007-09-07 Press conference of the first day of the Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (wmv format)
• 2007-09-01 Visit to Cabo da Roca and Palácio da Pena by Environment Ministers (wmv format)
• 2007-09-01 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Environment Ministers (wmv format)

• 2007-07-27 Press Conference of the meeting between the President of the European Council, José Sócrates and the French Prime-Minister, François Fillon (wmv format, in Portuguese)
• 2007-07-21 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Competitiveness (SMEs Industry) (wmv format)
• 2007-07-20 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Competitiveness (SMEs Industry) (wmv format)
• 2007-07-20 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Competitiveness (Research) (wmv format)
• 2007-07-19 Press Conference of the Meeting of the Quartet for Middle East (wmv format)
• 2007-07-11 Speech by the Prime Minister José Sócrates at the European Parliament (wmv format, in Portuguese)
• 2007-07-06 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Employment and Social Affair s (wmv format)
• 2007-07-05 Press Conference of the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs (wmv format)
• 2007-07-04 Joint Press Conference by the Portuguese Prime Minister, the President of the Commission and the Brazilian President at the EU/Brazil Summit (wmv format)
• 2007-07-02 Joint Press Conference by the Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates and the President of the Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso at Porto's Alfândega (wmv format)
• 2007-07-01 Interview to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luís Amado, on SIC-channel (wmv format, in Portuguese)

JUNE

• 2007-06-30 Priorities of the Portuguese Presidency for home affairs - Press Conference of the Minister for Home Affairs (format wmv) (in portuguese)
• 2007-06-29 Session in the Portuguese Parliament and Visit to the Queluz Palace (format wmv) (Canal Parlamento)
• 2007-06-28 Session in the meeting centre at the Atlantic Pavillion (format wmv) (RTP)
• 2007-06-27 Prime Minister's speech at the Portuguese Parliament - Presentation of the Priorities of the Presidency (format wmv) (Canal Parlamento)