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The City Park provides tai chi and the DeRose Method free sessions. Till September, every Sunday offers free sessions to learn new things in the context of the Municipal Programme "Days with Energy".

The EDP Women's Run takes place on May 20th, with a race track entirely set in the district of Campanhã. The fundamental aim of the race is to raise awareness on Breast Cancer and promote physical activity in the female population. Eighteen thousand women have already registered, but the goal is to reach twenty two thousand applications, plus two thousand than last year's edition.

Turkish Airlines is the sole air carrier to operate direct flights between Porto-Istambul. The experience of the past three years, since operations started, has been largely positive and, as such, the company officials sought this is the perfect opportunity to rethinking their professional position in the city of Porto. In order to be close to partners and to the city itself, the airliner has set up new offices in the Foz area, in Porto.

Over 500 programmers, entrepreneurs, startups, policy-makers and investors have participated at the FIWARE Global Summit, which was held at the Stock Exchange Palace, under the debate on smart cities, industry and agriculture, running from 5th to 11th May.

As was the case two years ago, the Porto Street Stage Programme includes the Classic automobiles race, scheduled to take place between 5.35 pm and 6.35 pm. The competition features 24 cars from the 60's, 70's and the 80's. The Porto Street Stage will happen on 18 May and it marks the return of World Rally Cars to the streets of Porto, as well as a number of classic sports cars that will do the stages twice, as the WRC drivers in Porto downtown.

A work team from ISEP Polytechnic Institute - Engineering Institute of Porto is working on a technology that allows monitoring the quality of the fish. The fundamental goal is to prevent risks to public health and minimise food waste in the fishing industry.

The municipal programme "Ambiente em Família" [Family outing to the Landscape] will for the first time, on Saturday May 12th, lead a nocturnal outing with families to watch the "creatures of the night". Under the motto "NoCT - Night of the Creatures of the Darkness", the session will begin at 9 pm at the Environmental Education Centre (CEA), from the Rural Centre of the City Park.

Porto Extreme XL Lagares is back to Ribeira do Porto on May 12th, from 2 pm and 7 pm. With the best ever list of riders registered and the bonus of inaugurating the new international championship World Enduro Super Series (WESS), Porto Extreme XL Lagares, this event is one of the most thrilling Enduro races and this year's edition brings together the best riders from 21 different nationalities and 240 participants, in all five classes, including PRO, Expert, Hobby, XL and Veterans.

TAAG Angola Airlines E.P. is the sole airliner to perform a direct flight between Porto and the capital city of a Portuguese speaking country in Africa. The strategy for the near future is to promote air accessibility between the two cities, which is considered a safe bet as Porto is increasingly asserting its role in the international scene and it is "only natural" to maintain the affective dimension between two sister nations. It is worth highlighting the tourism development potential as...

A work group of the Engineering Faculty of the University of Porto (FEUP) was granted one million community funds to develop new medicines to inhibit antibiotic resistant bacteria. This project is financed by the Programme Horizon 2020 (H2020) and it underscores the international presence of Porto as a health cluster.