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TAAG steps-up Porto-Luanda connection
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...
Europe recognises the merit of Porto in the health cluster and grants one million community funds to the Engineering Faculty
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.
Stands for the Rally de Portugal Street Stage in Porto already sold out
Stage C, to be set up at Avenida dos Aliados, has sold out. The special stage, which will take place on 18 May in Porto offers alternatives, as the organisation has doubled the number of seats compared with the 2016 edition.
Sonnabend Collection part II featured at Serralves from 11 May to 23 September
The Serralves Museum features the exhibition "The Sonnabend Collection: Half a Century of European and American Art. Part II", from 11 May to 23 September 2018. Created by the influential art dealer Ileana Sonnabend, the Sonnabend Collection is considered one of the most important collections of American and European art of the second half of the twentieth century, representing some of the most influential western art movements of our time.
Academic tradition at Avenida dos Aliados with students' parade
This afternoon there will be students strolling on the roads of Porto and ultimately at Avenida dos Aliados wearing dark clothes, colourful ribbons and top hats and literally screaming their lungs out. It is the day of the Cortejo Académico in the city Centre of Porto. All students from the University of Porto parade from Cordoaria till the Aliados, where they will be welcomed by the City Hall Executive and members of the University of Porto.
All days are good shopping days at Bolhão Temporary Market
All days are good days to score sales at Bolhão Temporary Market (MtB). However, Saturdays offer shoppers extended operating hours, making shopping easier as hundreds of clients head to the market over the weekend. The MtB has opened barely a week ago and it is already becoming ingrained in people's daily lives in the city of Porto.
Barack Obama will discuss climate change in Porto
The city of Porto will play host to the first phase of a global movement aimed at finding environmental solutions and mitigating climate change. The kick off happens on July 6th, with the first Climate Change Leadership Conference. The excellence of speakers includes former US President and Nobel Peace Prize Barack Obama, Mohan Munasinghe, also Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Irina Bokova, former Director General at UNESCO.
FC Porto will be welcomed at the City Hall to celebrate the title with the city
Futebol Clube do Porto, commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto (aka Blue and Whites or Dragons), has conquered the national title of Champion of the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, for the season 2017-2018. Porto City Hall will open its doors to the Dragons but only after the last calendar match of the season versus Vitória SC in Guimarães.
Short film Russa is awarded at IndieLisboa Festival
The film "Russa", directed by João Salaviza (who has won the Golden Bear in 2012) and Ricardo Alves Jr. was awarded the "Árvore da Vida" Prize at the 15th IndieLisboa.
Collective (La) Horde delivers masterclass at Rivoli, on 11 May
The collective (La) Horde, with artists Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel working together, will deliver a masterclass at Rivoli, from 10.30 to 12 0'clock. The participation on this workshop is free upon presentation of the ticket to the show "To Da Bone", scheduled for 12 May, at 10 pm, in the Grand Auditorium of Rivoli.