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Porto Botanical garden will shine bright starting on 24 June, with the installation of a one-kilometre route that features 20 light experiences, sound environments, videomapping projections, and a world of illuminated dinosaurs. This nature immersive experience is called "Magical Garden".

The conclusion of the works regarding the new buildings in the area of the Carvalheiras, in Lapa and in Pereiró enabled the City Hall to increase the supply of social housing in the city. Now, there are 68 new municipal dwellings and the housing process started already.

Renowned French astronaut Thomas Pesquet did it again, as he shared a unique view of the Invicta: a stunning night picture of the city of Porto, taken from the International Space Station, about 400km above the Earth. The astronaut had already shared a stunning snap of Porto in 2017. This time, over 1.4 thousand people shared the photograph.

The effort to talk about themselves while using the Portuguese language is evident. Expressing feelings and troubles, the members of the migrant community that were interviewed by Porto. tell how they arrived in Porto, either years ago or just some months ago. The youngest member is 29 years old and the oldest is 63 years old. They are students, psychologists, chemical engineers who have left their homes behind, in such places as Morocco, Colombia, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam or the Philippines

Porto Customs is once again the host to the C-DAYS Conference, where the issue of cyber security, and its management by people and organisations is the outlining topic. The President of the Municipal Assembly, Miguel Pereira Leite, represented the Municipality of Porto during the opening of the debate themed “Naturalizing Competences”.

The latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) features the University of Porto among the universities that have showed the largest scaling in the ranking that assesses the most prestigious Higher Institutions at global level. The University of Porto ranks 295 at world level and, once again, scores first place at national level.

The students of the Colégio Alemão can now enjoy the perks of enhanced safety upon arrival to classes, with the implementation of the kiss & ride system, which the Municipality of Porto has been implementing in an increasing number of school areas in the city, within both state owned and private schools. The main goal is to ensure that by the end of the year, the signalling system is established in over fifty school areas in the city.

The new fun zones that settled in Porto in the end of May, are now able to extend their opening hours as the government has advanced the date of the new stage in lockdown easing measures. The Fun Parks, established at the Rotunda da Boavista, Jardim do Calém and Fontainhas, can operate for more hours during the day. On St. John’s Eve, and upon request by the promotors themselves, the Fun Parks close doors at 6 pm.

Joe Biden is set to define the American strategy around AI (Artificial Intelligence) and gathered a team of 12 experts in the subject to form a Task Force that will work closely with the US government in that topic. One of such experts is the Porto native Daniela Braga, founder of the DefinedCrowd startup, which is widely recognised in the sector and already collaborates with Amazon or Google.

The second edition of the municipal programme “Desporto no Bairro” also features skate and surf classes, in addition to breaking. Children and youth willing to participate just have to show up in time to the previous scheduled sessions in each neighbourhood.