Society

Lello Bookstore purchased 49 rare books by national authors and breaks its own sales record of 1800 books sold per day. The famous bookstore bought 49 books, nine letters and 28 manuscripts postcards by renowned Portuguese authors in an auction. Also noteworthy is the fact that Lello is the street bookstore that sells more books, both by national and foreign authors in Portugal, circa 1800 per day.

The University of Porto (UP) ranks 11th in the Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. The UP delivers more and better research in the areas of Sciences and Food Technology.

"In My Room", a 2018 film by the award winning German filmmaker Ulrich Köhler premières at Campo Alegre Municipal Theatre, and it is screened from Monday to Friday, at 10pm, and it repeats on Saturday and Sundays at 3.30pm.

Gulf Today, the English-language daily newspaper based in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates published a full article on the opening of the Dubai-Porto route by Emirates. On such occasion, the city of Porto was presented both as a tourist destination and a city to invest.

Catherine Havasi is an American scientist who specialises in artificial intelligence (AI) at MIT Media Lab. Havasi will be at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) on 11 July, at 10.30am to address the concept of Natural Language Processing, its technologies and applications.

Miguel Campos is 23 years old, he is from Porto and was honoured "Best Medical Student" at King's College Faculty of Medicine, in London, UK, as he was the best student in his degree, in a total of 480 fellow students. The medal that King's granted Miguel Campos acknowledges the work developed over the last six years: he had the highest grade in all the theoretical and practical examinations.

"Surrealism" is the theme of this year's AMIarte edition of street art exhibition showcased in Mupis across Porto and inaugurated on 6 July. AMI is a Portuguese private, independent, non-profit, non-political NGO, whose goal is to fight poverty, social exclusion, underdevelopment, hunger and the consequences of war all around the world.

The documentary film Iuventa portrays crucial events regarding the rescue of migrants in high sea. After the screening, there will be a talk will the director, Miguel Duarte (crewman of Iuventa ship), Rafael Miranda (jurist and volunteer at the Unidade de Apoio à Vítima Migrante e de Discriminação) and moderation of Joana Manarte (a member of HuBB).

British rock band James are to perform in the city of Porto on 13 September 2019, for an exceptional concert that celebrates the end of summer, at the natural amphitheatre in the Parque da Pasteleira. Tickets are already available at Ticketline, FNAC and the usual venues.

Did you know that the City Park of Porto is the largest city park in Portugal? The Park is the authorship of landscape architect Sidónio Pardal. Porto City Park occupies 83 hectares of privileged natural land, and it is the ideal place for a happy getaway with family and friends. The Park's privileged location by the sea is a balm to the hustle and bustle that sometimes hits town, as holiday time approaches.