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The Spanish pilot Dani Sordo, driver of the Hyundai team, is the overall winner of Porto Super Special Stage, the race that is part of the 54the edition of the Rally de Portugal, which was raced this Saturday evening, surrounding the Forte de São João Baptista, with circa 1.1 km, with pilots driving three laps around that circuit.

EDP Women's Race is held today and tomorrow, on 22 and 23 May. This is a special edition as it takes to the virtual format, owing to constraints regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. Anyone, anywhere in the world can participate, and have the opportunity to not only have lots of fun while exercising, but also running for a noble goal: fighting breast cancer. Participants of 17 nationalities have already registered.

The Canadian Group Mecan commenced construction works in the historic neighbourhood of Lapa as of January; still, the 56 million euros investment was worthy of a symbolic “setting of the first stone” ceremony this week. The project includes the cession of land to build an urban park and public infrastructures. The event was attended by the vice-Mayor of Porto City Hall, Filipe Araújo, and the councillor for Urbanism, Pedro Baganha.

The Rally de Portugal Super Special Stage in Foz do Douro does not allow general public in attendance. There will be a live broadcast by RTP and SportTV, starting at 7 pm.

Applications are now open for the 3rd edition of the “Concurso de Montras de S. João”, aka São João Window Competition, intended for traders in town to showcase the best window that celebrates the patron saint of Porto. For the first time, there will be online voting.

This second edition of “Desporto no Bairro”, which kicks-off this month, has the goal of “doing more and better”, affirmed Rui Moreira. As such, until the end of July, from Monday to Saturday, there will be skate and surf lessons, in addition to breaking. The target audience are the youth from Porto, in another six neighbourhoods that will offer classes delivered by over 20 teachers. The investment rose to circa 100 thousand euros. The presentation session took place at the Parque da Pasteleira.

Rui Moreira, Mayor of Porto assessed some of the most significant projects that have been developed in the city of Porto, throughout the past years, from urban rehabilitation to housing, through mobility, environment and sustainability, highlighting that this evolution is due to a “virtuous circle between public and private policies”. For each euro of public investment, “the multiplier effect varies between 20 to 30 euros of private investment”, the Mayor added.

Keeping this mission going of taking culture anywhere in the city of Porto is well telling of the success of the programme “Cultura em Expansão”. This is the municipal programme’s eight edition, with enhanced cultural creations and artistic residencies. The stars of the show are no other than the communities of the parishes of Pasteleira, Miragaia, Bouça and Campanhã. However, the performance agenda extends to everywhere in Porto, from May to December, in a total of 68 events.

The Rota do Dragão, an initiative jointly organised with historian Joel Cleto, puts all of the focus on the relationship between the club and the city. Visits will start with a cultural path in Porto, on 30 May, which will repeat on 26 June and 18 July, as summer arrives in town. The agenda also includes three visits to the permanent exhibition to the Museum of the Futebol Clube do Porto, set for 9 October, 6 November and 4 December, respectively.

Rui Moreira and Fernando Araújo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the drive-thru vaccination centre at the Queimódromo, launched as a joint effort by the Municipality of Porto and the Hospital de São João. The equipment is ready since February and has the capacity to inoculate up to two thousand people per day. The support that this drive-thru vaccination centre can provide represents a cornerstone in the action to easing pressures on the Health Group Centres (ACES).