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The Doing Business 2018 is just around the corner. On May 10, the Stock Exchange Palace will play host to an event that gathers start-ups and big corporations, in order to promote knowledge sharing, networking and business strategies.

World Tai Chi Day is celebrated on the last Saturday of April and Porto will join the celebration with probably the biggest Tai Chi and Qi Gong class in Europe. The class is scheduled to begin in the morning of the 28th April and it is promoted by the Tai Chi Centre Studio, jointly with Porto City Hall, and PortoLazer, taking place at the gardens of Palácio de Cristal, the perfect setting to finding inner peace amidst everyday turmoil.

Porto hosts the largest international event for performing arts professionals. The IETM Spring Plenary Meeting will take place in Porto, from 26 to 29 April, in several locations in Porto, namely Porto Municipal Theatre, São João National Theatre/Monastery of São Bento da Vitória, the Rectory of the University of Porto, the Portuguese Photography Centre and the Palacete dos Viscondes de Balsemão.

Casa da Música plays host to the international congress "Lo que de Verdad Importa", organised by the Spanish homonymous Foundation, on 11 April. This initiative is aimed at raising awareness on universal values such as tolerance, forgiveness, solidarity, resilience and optimism through the testimonies of people whose lives have been permanently changed by their personal experience, thus helping people understand "what truly matters" in life and that it is possible to overcome difficulties as...

The Most Valuable Hacker is a Portuguese from Porto. André Baptista, researcher at INESC TEC and Master in IT Security from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) earned first place at the H1-202, which took place in Washington D.C., on 24 and 25 March.

The National Press Museum announced the prizewinning cartoon of the 20th edition of PortoCartoon. This year's edition featured themes such as the Environment, Fado singer Amália Rodrigues and filmmaker and musician Woody Allen. The winning work is from Croatia, by Nikola Listes, depicting the pollution of oceans with fishermen machine washing fish to serve at the table.

The seventh edition of Porto City Race explores pedestrian routes of the 1800s and the city Historic Centre. The event will take place earlier than usual, from 21 to 22 April. The starting pistol will be fired at 10 am, respectively, from the Gardens of the Palácio de Cristal and the Trindade Metro Station.

Businesses and shops from various districts in Porto participate in the second edition of the spring shop window decoration. The window decorations will be on display till 11 May. Storefronts have to be original and creative and the window decoration has to integrate the products on sale at the store.

The Mercado do Bolhão is one of the most iconic markets in the city of Porto, in Portugal. The building is in need of long-due structural rehabilitation works. The Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, visited the Mercado do Bolhão on April 9 to mark the beginning of the customer loyalty campaign as merchants and shopkeepers will temporarily operate just meters away the Mercado do Bolhão, at La Vie Shopping Centre.

Applications for the International Piano Contest Santa Cecília are open till 1 June, in search for the best pianists in the world. The applicant who wins first place is awarded the "City of Porto Prize", sponsored by Porto City Hall and a pecuniary prize of 5000 euros.