Society

This weekend don't miss the double sessions of films "That Obscure Object of Desire" and "The Exterminating Angel", on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Buñuel worked in France, Mexico and Spain. When he died, at age 83, his obituary in The New York Times mentioned the words "iconoclast, moralist, and revolutionary".

A vertical vegetable garden is a simple way to enhance growing space, especially if you don't have a garden or a patio. It helps reduce insect problems, while beautifying verandas.

With no official São João celebrations, everyone can still have their own celebration; this is what the Municipality of Porto enhanced in a Mupi campaign to raise awareness on the need to comply with social distancing measures and not giving in to tackling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Field Hospital "Porto.", set up at Super Bock Arena/Pavilhão Rosa Mota, will be dismantled over the coming days. This decision was jointly made by both public hospitals in Porto, the Northern Regional Medical Section and Porto City Hall, following the fact that Porto does not report any new Covid-19 cases for eleven days straight, which makes it now the fifth municipality in Portugal with the highest toll of cases.

Mayor Rui Moreira has not been found wanting in leading the charge against climate change; in fact, the Municipality's policies on climate change can be described with words such as sustainability, energy consumption reduction and performance improvement.

Air France expands flight recovery operations to Porto, starting 18th June. KLM follows and starts operating four flights a week, as of 1st July.

Daily reports by the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), on the evolution of the COVID-19 in Portugal, inform that the city of Porto does not pick up new Covid-19 cases since 5th June and that the Municipality of Porto is now fifth in the number of total reported cases of the new coronavirus in the country.

Rui Moreira, Mayor of Porto, accompanied the city's police forces to the neighbourhoods of Pinheiro Torres and Pasteleira Nova in Porto. This police operation was led by PSP and assisted by the Municipal Police.

The new road safety campaign "E se a estrada falasse?" ["What if the road would speak?" free translation], by the National Road-Safety Authority (ANSR), is targeted at "making people aware to complying with road safety measures after lockdown to safeguard life". The Municipality of Porto is partner to this initiative. Watch the video.

Campo Alegre movie theatre reopened last 11th June, after a three-months lockdown due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. On display, the filmography by Luis Buñuel, till 1st July.