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Coliseu Porto Ageas will for the first time receive community funds to produce circus shows. This event themed Porto Circus International Festival will be jointly produced with Porto City Hall. The festival's goal is to revisit the treasured recollections of the great moments of the past and offer the city 40 shows, both street shows and concert hall performances in September.

The 6th World Congress of Targeting Microbiota will take place in Porto, Portugal from 28 to 30 October. The conference will present leading microbiota scientists from all over the world and it is the perfect opportunity to scientific networks and collaborations between experts.

This year, International Children's Day is celebrated in the eastern part of the city. The Park of São Roque will play host to this special celebration, delivering three fat days of fun and excitement. From 1 to 3 June, the Children's Party has prepared a wide offer of sport and recreational activities, performances, workshops and exhibitions and even a market.

The master mind behind the New National Stadium, in Tokyo, host to the opening ceremonies of the 2020 Olympic Games, Kengo Kuma, will "recover the place", the place being the Matadouro (former slaughterhouse) in Campanhã. The concession was granted today and the notice was both published in the website of Porto City Hall and the newspaper of the municipality.

As usual, the "Serralves em Festa" kicks-off the day before the official opening, on 31st May in downtown Porto with a colourful display of sight and sound, parading through Santa Catarina Street and presenting a contemporary dance performance in the Santo Ildefonso Square.

Porto City Hall decided to refurbish the chapel a couple of months ago, and this has proven a very positive initiative as thousands of tourists and visitors visited this 17th century temple, especially the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. In two months, more than 5 500 visitors were able to admire the Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Verdades.

The works by the six final candidates to the Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize have created a collective exhibition, which will be on show as of 9th June, scheduled to start at 6 pm, at Porto Municipal Gallery.

The University of Porto (U.Porto) holds the 227th position in the overall Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2018, which covers over one thousand universities and higher education institutions.

The historic Rectorate building plays host to the 28th Minerals, Precious Stones and Fossils Fair, from 1 to 3 June. This three-day event is a precious opportunity for admirers from all over the world to observe and even purchase exceptional minerals, gem stones and other precious rocks of rare beauty and undisputable scientific value.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Portugal on 30 and 31 May. This visit follows an invitation from Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa. The programme of the official visit includes a visit to i3S - Investigation and Health Research Institute in Porto. The German Chancellor will also meet PhD students in the context of the "Meeting with Citizens" initiative.