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The 15th edition of the Wine Essence event (EV) will take place between 22 and 25 February, at the Palácio da Bolsa (Stock Exchange Palace) with renewed commitment to the quality of Portuguese wine, ensuring international disclosure as to raise awareness of Portuguese labels across borders.

"We don't want the AVE (high speed train). Vigo's airport has to be Porto's airport because the airport of Vigo doesn't exist", Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira stated. In an interview for the newspaper "Voz de Galicia", Rui Moreira lays out his long-term vision for the city of Porto and the North region of Portugal, and explains how the city of Porto has experienced gentrification, economic slowdown, and a disappearing middle class throughout the eighties and the nineties and even in the last...

The Government of the United States of America has issued a ranking on the most and least dangerous countries for American citizen's to travel to. Although there are many reasons that compel someone to visit a nation, like culture, gastronomy, and heritage, one of the prime reasons nowadays is probably safety. Portugal is ranked as a safe destination to travel to.

Arts and crafts, antiquities, second-hand and vintage items, designer objects, organically produced food, and many others, meld together for the public at urban markets this weekend in the city of Porto, continuing the tradition to enliven the city.

Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, was the keynote speaker at the conference "Local authorities/regional authorities: models, strengths, risks and limits", on 15 January. This event took place in the context of the 6th Edition of the Week of the Republic of Cabo Verde.

The Palácio da Bolsa (Stock Exchange Palace) celebrates record number of visits - in 2017, about 360 thousand tourists have visited the landmark building, according to the Porto Trade Association (ACP). An increase of 6% regarding the same period last year.

The Hungarian Airline Wizz Air devotes extensive coverage to the city of Porto on the December/January 2018 edition of Wizz Inflight Magazine. Urban art is spotlighted as the city's new tool for generating new artistic talent, around cobbled streets and tiled building facades.

The tasting of authentic Port wine leads to the touring of the city of Porto. The roadmap is presented by British Newspaper The Telegraph in its online edition, under the telling title "why Porto should be your next port of call".

Saturday afternoon, on 6 January, ten folkloric groups of Porto will parade through the city, perpetuating the tradition of The Singing of the Kings, which occurs in January, on The Three King's Day.

The first edition of the crafts fair "Família Desce à Rua" is scheduled for 6 and 7 January. As this is an outdoor event, the fair is dependent on favourable weather conditions.