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Air Canada has announced direct air route between Porto and Toronto as of 8 June. This is one of the five new transatlantic routes, with Europe, announced by the airliner for the 2018 summer.

The fiftieth Edition of MODtissimo starts today, 3 October and it will run until tomorrow, 4 October at the Customs Building. The trade fair gathers both national and international apparel industry of fabric and accessory manufacturers. This year the event is part of Porto Fashion Week 10th edition, which started 28 September.

According to an analysis carried out by the European Commission, concerning the evaluation of Member States' proposals to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Portuguese application meets the necessary requirements. That is to say that Porto is eligible. The decision belongs to the 27 Member-States that start debating the issue next Friday.

Rivoli Grand Auditorium MO will play host to Performance "Dança Doente" by Brazilian choreographer, Marcelo Evelin. The reputed dance and company Demolition Incorporada feature a performance that contextualizes Hijikata Tatsumi's dance, butoh's master, a dance of Japanese origin and presented as a reaction to western contemporary dance of the time together with Brazilian rhythms.

Researchers from one of the main investigation centres in Porto, the Cintesis - Health Services and Technologies Research centre are part of the European team involved in the task of developing ActiveAdvice.

The third edition of creativity Grant "Isabel Alves Costa" is updated to be awarded every two years. The International Puppet Festival in Porto (FIMP), the "Comédias do Minho" (CdM) and Porto Municipal Theatre are organising the third edition of creativity Grant "Isabel Alves Costa".

More than 1500 children enjoyed the Aquaporto Festival, promoted by municipal company Águas do Porto. This is the 4th Edition of this water festival, which kicked-off at 10 am, next to the Water pavilion, in the City Park and will run till 30 September. Participation is free.

The quality of the architecture that is developed in the city of Porto is recognised, once more: an office of young architects from Porto has won the international tender "Aviapolis Urban Blocks", organised by the city of Vantaa, near Helsinki. The bid to create a new urban area was developed jointly with a Swedish office.

The winners of the Splash Innovation Stage, a startups competition under the EIP Water Conference, were announced this afternoon. inanoE, headquartered in Porto, received two awards: the third prize of the competition and also the InnoEnergy, award given to the solution with the potential for better energy efficiency.

Several debut shows, big names in the Puppet Shapes industry and the enhancement of Isabel Alves Costa Grant are the highlights of the International Puppet Festival in the city of Porto.