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Casa da Música launches the first streaming channel to mark its 15th anniversary

Casa da Música launches a streaming channel to share concerts from its collection and to release a series of other initiatives, as well, starting today as it marks its 15th anniversary of being open to the public.

Traders' free training by Porto City Hall is adjusted to the current environment

The new training sessions developed by Porto City Hall to the city traders kick off on 20th April with a new module devoted to website creation for companies. Applications are ongoing and all training sessions are free, through an e-learning model featuring 11 sessions with the goal of enabling trade in view of the current pandemic demands.

Porto City Hall delivered 30 ventilators to the city public Hospitals, with the support of the Jack Ma Foundation

The Jack Ma Foundation donated thirty non-invasive ventilators to Porto City Hall, to treat Covid-19 patients. Porto City Hall delivered 15 ventilators to the city's public hospitals. Those add to the 10 invasive ventilators already delivered to the ICU last week.

Mission Hospital "Porto." is ready. First infected patients are due to arrive on 13th April

320 beds expanded to the two building floors at the Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota, totally equipped with the Comfort and safety required both for patients and health workers.

Love Songs by Christophe Honoré for your delight during this quarantine

Love Songs (French: Les Chansons d'amour) is a 2007 French musical film directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme and Chiara Mastroianni. It was one of the 20 films selected for the main competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Residents can request licensing and urban permits on digital form

Despite the Townsman Office having its gates closed, due to the current pandemic, services are running all the same; as such, it is possible for residents to request an urban permit or licencing on digital form.

Porto Municipal Theatre is back in September, with the March and July shows

Porto Municipal Theatre (TMP) is back this September, with the shows that were cancelled between March and July 2020, as all the cultural activity is on hold due to the current pandemic.

"Thank you Luis from Portugal, near Porto"

"I want to mention in particular two nurses who stood by my beside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way. They're Jenny from New Zealand (...) and Luís from Portugal, near Porto. (...) For every second of the night, they were watching, they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions I needed."

Know the sentence patients at the Mission Hospital Porto. will be able to read and what it means

"Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta Cidade do Porto" ("Ancient, Very Noble, Always Loyal and Unbroken City of Porto", free translation): this is the phrase al patients will be able to read at the Mission Hospital set in Super Bock Arena - Pavilhão Rosa Mota.

"Garbage-men" receive messages of thanks and encouragement

In the past few weeks, several "thank you" notes and acknowledgment messages have been sent to municipal workers that ensure trash collection in the city of Porto.