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This bird can sing! Let’s hear it in another episode by the Environment Department team of Porto City Hall
With this lovely weather for ducks, why not find that nice spot in your couch, or anywhere else indoors and learn a bit more about sparrows? This week’s episode of “De binóculos no sofá” (aka, “with your binoculars in the sofa”), a programme by the Environment Team at Porto City Hall that explains the origin of some popular proverbs about this little bird, the sparrow, which can easily be spotted in the eaves of houses and in the edges of roofs, or even in the city’s gardens.
Dom Carlos I Avenue halted today and tomorrow due to severe weather conditions
Worsening of weather conditions, starting this Friday, 29th January, halts car traffic at Av. Dom Carlos I, in the seafront. Traffic is prohibited starting at 10 pm. Restriction to circulations is to be lifted as soon as weather conditions permit. The situation is re-assed on 30th January.
First institucional Crypto currency company in the world ramps hiring in Porto
Anchorage Digital Bank, the first company to provide crypto custody and safe trading, is hiring in Porto. The company, founded in 2017 by Portuguese Diogo Mónica and American Nathan McCauley, is now regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
The first recognised LEED building in the Iberian Peninsula stands in Porto
The student residence Milestone Porto Asprela achieved the LEED gold certification or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The building, which was formally inaugurated on 19th November 2019, is the first in the Iberian Peninsula to earn this international certification, in the Hospitality typology.
Blip has done it again: it is hiring, and 70 jobs await
Blip is currently hiring (again!). There are 70 open vacancies that can lead you to finding a job at this Portuguese Porto-based technological company that is “a top of the edge software engineering company”. Even amid the pandemic, Blip did not stop and is looking for candidates to fulfil 70 work posts.
Teatro Municipal do Porto takes performances to the online stage: join them
TMP’s online programming of the coming weeks includes the premiere of "F…" by the company theatre Estrutura; a new session of “Quintas de Leitura”, the streaming of the Understage cycle and a virtual meeting between the Teatro Experimental do Porto and the Chilean company Teatro La Maria.
The Municipality of Porto sets out internal pioneering measures to combat the hardening of the pandemic
The country is battling a rapid outbreak of Covid-19 new infections; as such, the Municipality of Porto continues to ensure both the safety of municipal workers performing essential activities and the regular functioning of services.
Bolhão Temporary Market adjusts business hours
Buying groceries at Bolhão Temporary Market is still ensured, amid the hardening of the pandemic preventive measures, although business hours have been adjusted, as of 26th January.
Deadline submission for rent support municipal programme extended to 15th February
Applications to the 9th edition of the Municipal Programme “Porto Solidário” are extended until 15th February. This programme is targeted at granting economic support to economic vulnerable households regarding house rent or purchase. This economic relief can go up to 350 euros per month. See how to apply here.
Natixis shifts more than 200 jobs from its headquarters in Paris to Porto
Natixis, the second-largest banking group in France, which inaugurated its Technological and Information Skills Centre in Porto, in 2018, will shift jobs from its Parisian headquarters to the city of Porto. This means that circa 200 work stations will add to Natixis services portfolio in Porto, operating in the former Central Shopping building, in Porto.