News Porto.

Porto City Hall cultural facilities, namely public libraries, the City Museum and the Historic Archive open doors stating 1st June. Due to the new coronavirus pandemic there will be access restrictions and new rules to comply with, in line with the DGS guidelines, like the mandatory use of a mask.

Porto Municipal Theatre, in collaboration with Quintas de Leitura, invites to a special online session devoted to poetry, on 21st May, starting at 10pm. Porto poetic cycle invites to "a luminous and simple exercise, by connecting our hearts and emotions online around Portuguese poetry and the values that sustain our actions; freedom, love and future".

ScaleUp Porto, jointly with UPTEC, promotes circa 250 meetings, gathering established organisations and startups on 14th May. See how innovation happens in Porto.

Reduced scheduled flights by Ryanair includes the Porto-London Stansted route, starting on 22nd May. There will be one daily flight. This daily flight is part of Ryanair's reduced operations, which will be in place til 28th May. In a statement, the airliner recalls that as the majority of EU countries have imposed air travel restriction, "over 99% of its fleet is on ground and will stay that way for the coming weeks". "Ryanair will comply with such restrictions".

"Shop in Porto" is the new online platform to promote traditional trade in the city of Porto. This initiative is part of the Porto City Hall strategy to boost and increase street trading attractiveness.

The Municipal Environment teams of Porto City Hall are developing online educational programes. This is a good way to learn more about what surrounds us, namely plants and animals. This way, we can all keep close to nature and animals in such harsh time, due to the pandemic.

It is a partial return to physical activities at Ramalde Sports Park, under specific preventive measures that include recommendations of social distancing, with no sharing of materials and equipment, hygiene protocols and previously scheduled training to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

The Municipal Executive gathered on 11th May, in a private meeting held via videoconference and unanimously approved the launch of a new application period regarding the 8th edition of the Porto Solidário project, which monthly supports rent payments and bank mortgages of vulnerable households. For 2020, further funding is over 1.3 million euros. As soon as the public notice is issued, the project advances to applications phase.

The Invicta has had to fight many times; this time, the city will fight again. And it will overcome and succeed. Alas, it is The Invicta. The return to the new normal is done step by step, safely but firmly. Let's take a walk with Mayor Rui Moreira.

The European Social Fund news channel highlights Escola Árvore as an example on how to implement remote learning within the Covid-19 pandemic. Escola Árvore, located in the historical area of the city of Porto, was very quick to implement distance learning when the current pandemic hit our country.