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The IV European Congress on Jewellery, themed on Centres and Peripheries in European Jewellery from Antiquity to 21st Century, will be held in Porto, at the School of Arts of the Catholic University of Porto, on 29 and 30 November.

Following her tour in Porto, with a sold out concert at the Cinema Passos Manuel, Via announces her most significant performance to date, at Casa da Música, on 13 December.

"Holodomor" or Famine: Ukraine 1932-1933 - the Genocide of the Ukrainian People" is the title of the exhibition on display at the Palacete dos Viscondes de Balsemão, located at Carlos Alberto Square, till 15 December. Entrance free.

Finir en Beauté and C'est la Vie by Mohamed El Khatib will go on stage at Palco do Auditório at Campo Alegre, on 6 and 7 December, at 8.30 pm and a double session at 8.30 and at 9.30 pm, on Friday.

The University of Porto has officially launched the U-bike project. The U-bike Portugal Project is cofinanced by the Operational programme for Sustainability and Efficiency in the Use of Resources (PO SEUR), Portugal 2020 and the European Union, through the Cohesion Fund. In order to keep the right to "ride their" bicycle till the end of the application (6, 9 and 12 months), users will have to ride a minimum 7 km per day with the bike.

Displays of Christmas lights (also known as fairy lights) in public venues and on public buildings are a popular part of the annual celebration of Christmas, and this year is no exception with 59 streets, squares, gardens and city buildings decorated with the charm of Christmas ambiance, from 1 December till 6 January 2019.

Adopting sound environmental practices offers an opportunity to stimulate responsible behaviours while keeping the quality of events in focus. The NOS Primavera Sound Festival and the "Noites da Queima das Fitas do Porto" were awarded the label "Sê-lo Verde" [Green Label, free translation], aimed at acknowledging best practices in such events as music festivals.

The President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, visited Porto City Hall this morning. During the visit, Mayor Rui Moreira symbolically handed over the keys to the City of Porto to the Angolan President as a symbol of friendship and the "strong resolve by both peoples to build a very substantive future", which is already reflected in the exchange of persons and goods between Porto and Luanda.

Next weekend, circus is in town, with the New Circus featuring two shows devoted to this genre of performing arts developed in the late 20th century in which a story or theme is conveyed by combining traditional circus skills and theatrical techniques. Both poles of Porto Municipal Theatre, Teatro Rivoli and Teatro Campo Alegre, present the national premiere of "Grande -" by Tsirihaka Harrivel and Vimala Pons, an intergenerational performance, which combines the poetry of imagery and a...

The President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, will be in Porto on 23 November, to attend a meeting of government officials at Palácio da Bolsa and also a business seminar between members of government and entrepreneurs both from Angola and from Portugal at the Customs Building.