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The new Official Animal Assembly Centre is set and running in Campanhã, next door to the Municipal Greenhouse, as of early this week, the last animals were relocated in this facility.

This year, due to the pandemic and the Emergency State, the celebrations to mark the 1974 Revolution and the end of the dictatorship will not take to the streets, but the commission urges people to chant from windows.

This week, there are major films by French Directors at the Cinephile Quarantine. French Cancan (1954), by Jean Renoir, Casque d'Or ("Golden Helmet") by Jacques Becker and La Poison, by Sacha Guitry.

By the end of this week, all retirement homes, institutions that accommodate people with disabilities and shelter homes to the homeless in the city of Porto (official, formal, legal or illegal) will have been tested to the new coronavirus. In total, the city of Porto has tested 4.554 people of 87 institution within this programme, set up by Porto City Hall and unique in the country. The project is supported by hospitals and health centres, as well as a private foundation that offered test kit...

Get to know the eight artistic residency grants awarded by the 2020 edition of the InResidence programme awards eight artistic residency grants in Porto. The InResidence programme awards grants for the creation of artistic residency projects in non-municipal cultural spaces, whit funding values between 4 and 6 thousand euros. So far, seventeen artistic residency were supported by this programme.

The Municipal Executive will vote budget review on 27th April, which will enhance the financial availability of Porto City Hall to 323.3 million euros, following the biggest cash balance ever. In 2019, it was close to 100 million euros (97.7). This operation will enable Rui Moreira and its councillors to better face the pandemic and the resulting economic effects.

The municipal company Porto Ambiente developed communication materials to raise citizen's awareness on how to properly dispose of garbage, namely the storing of garbage outside waste skips.

Uptime during coffee break with Marta Brandão, on 23rd April, with the session "Managing information from the viewpoint of citizens and the Municipality", at 1.30pm. Participation is free and registrations are open.

Many associations in Porto are no longer capable of meeting their financial obligations due to the current pandemic and the Emergency State issued by the President of the Republic. Thus, Porto City Hall will consider the proposal by Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, to create an Emergency Support Line to the Associations in Porto.

Porto City Hall developed new and adjusted training sessions to city traders, as current status quo makes it crucial to find training tools that adapt to the new reality. Sessions kicked off on 20th April, and new sessions are scheduled to take place through the months of April and May.