Society

Porto City Hall promoted an activity to raise children awareness on road safety, jointly with the Mapfre Foundation, in the context of the Risk Education Municipal Programme. The goal is to teach the rules of road safety to school kids, aged 8 to 12, with the support of police officers.

From 31 may till 2 June, the Children's Party, which will take place at Quinta do Covelo, has in store a wide offer of sport and recreational activities, performances, workshops and exhibitions and even a market. The event is organised by Porto City Hall and PortoLazer, in the context of the International Children's Day celebration, on 1 June. Entrance is free.

The Portuguese Museology Association - APOM - distinguished the projects "Histórias na Cidade" and "Rota do Dragão", of the Museum of FC Porto. It is worth mentioning that in 2015, the APOM had already awarded the Innovation and Creativity Prize to the Museum FC Porto, which is also the first Associate Member of the World Tourism Organisation of the United Nations.

Volotea, the Spanish low-cost airliner will strengthen its operations at the Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport. The airliner started operations at Porto Airport in April 2019 with flight connections to Bilbao.

The PhD student of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), Ana Cláudia Santos, has won the WOCA 2019 Student Poster Presentation Award, granted in the context of the World of Coal Ash Conference, which took place in St Louis, USA, from 13 to 17 May 2019.

The University of Porto inaugurated the first Confucius Institute, on 24 May, in Porto. The institute is located at Rua de Ceuta and it is the result of the partnership between the University of Porto and the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

The commented Cinema Cycle, themed "A ideia de Idade Média no cinema: entre filosofia e estética", which runs from 14 may until 11 June, at Campo Alegre Municipal Theatre, is jointly organised by the Institute of Philosophy of the Faculty of Arts of the university of Porto and Medeia Filmes.

Minerals, gemstones and fossils will make it worthwhile to visit the Rectory of the University of Porto in the context of the 29th Minerals, Precious Stones and Fossils Fair, from 31 May to 2 June.

The North Music Festival kicks off today, at 6pm, in Porto Customs Building. This is the perfect opportunity to see the headliners for this amazing indie-type festival, including Bush, Franz Ferdinand, Bastille and Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra.

Ancient, beautiful, bustling, charming, contemporary, cosmopolitan, fascinating, lively and picturesque are some of the words that describe Porto. This is the city that named our country - Portugal - and it's no wonder that an increasing number of people from all around the globe wants to visit it!