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"Eating a la Porto", "À Moda do Porto" in Portuguese, won third place in the Local Countries Category. The book, coordinated by Chef Hélio Loureiro and endorsed by Livraria Almedina and Porto City Hall, includes many traditional recipes and dishes of Porto, sprinkled with history and trivia on the city, taking you on a journey through the smells and flavours of Porto.

"751 Dias - O Tempo não Consome a Eternidade", [751 Days - Time does not Wear Out Eternity - free translation], is the title of the book written to honour former councillor for Culture for Porto City Hall, Paulo Cunha e Silva. The book shares an overview of the several actions the former councillor for culture developed while in office.

NOS Primavera Sound is on. One day before the official kick-off of one of the most popular music festivals in all of Europe, NOS Primavera Sound Porto, Fatboy Slim will take the stage for a "wonderful night".

The University of Porto is focused in maintaining its leadership in terms of booming valuable knowledge both in Portugal and at international level alike. To doing so, the U. Porto has set up a new high-level advisory body composed of professionals with broad experience particularly in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship as well as a strong understanding of the academic and business worlds.

Salia Sanou, joined by percussionist Paulo Costa, hosts a dance workshop at Rivoli, on 7th June, from 6 pm to 8 pm. This will be an impromptu dance lesson, built on the idea of inner exile each person holds within as an "unaltered strength, struggle and yearning". This workshop is targeted at "everyone who wishes to dance", with or without dance experience, up to twenty participants.

Young scientists from Porto won the Second Award of $1,500 at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2018, in the category MCRO019T ShealS - Sea Heals Soil. The teen scientists Eduardo Nogueira, Francisca Martins, and Gabriel Silva study at Colégio Luso-Francês, in Porto, Portugal and were distinguished by their research on developing a natural fungicide composed of marine macro algae to combat the ink-disease, caused by the pathogenic agent oomiceta Phytophthora cinnamomi which...

The role local authorities play in the establishment of technological ecosystems was the main drive for the StartupCity Summit, which took place in Amsterdam, on 25th May. This was also the perfect stage for releasing the first handbook on enterprising and dynamic cities of Europe and sharing their best practices.

A team of the University of Porto recently won two international awards at the Global Student Challenge in Holland, one of the largest competitions in the world in the Supply Chain management and Finance areas, standing out as some of the best in the world, among over 10 thousand students of 600 top Universities and Business Schools in the world.

For two days, Porto hosts unprecedented training in the field of public murals art conservation. Thus, two renowned curators will lead an educational training referring to restoration methods and conservation techniques on urban art. Public Murals and Street Art Conservation is the topic of this masterclass that will take place on 14 and 15 June, supervised by Will Shank, American mural curator, living in Barcelona, and Maria Chatzidakis, member of the St.A.Co (Street Art Conservators).

Music fans embrace NOS Primavera Sound in Porto City Park, from 7 to 9 June, rated as one of Europe's best summer music festivals for 2018. Revellers will have the opportunity to start celebrating the best way possible, with a free gig by British Fat Boy Slim, on 6th June, at Avenida dos Aliados. The concert is scheduled to start at 11 pm. Thousands of festival goers from different nationalities are expected to join SuM and FatBoy Slim for this first-of-its kind festival warm-up.