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Porto City Hall spurs entrepreneurship as an economic stimulus

Porto City Hall will launch a competition to encouraging both national and international companies to invest in technology and innovation. Successful applications will be supported by a full ten thousand euros.

Positive Outlooks for Porto, Fitch Affirms City of Porto at BB+

In this difficult economic environment, Porto has been able to adjust capital expenditure and post a surplus before debt variation. Fitch Ratings affirms Porto's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at "BB+". The Outlooks are Positive.

QS World University Rankings by Subject highlights the University of Porto among the best worldwide

With the best performance ever in the "QS World University Rankings by Subject", the University of Porto ranks among the 300 best in the world in 24 of the 46 subject areas included in the ranking.

Cock Robin on stage at Coliseu Porto tonight, Friday 10

Peter Kingsbery commands the stage this evening at Coliseu Porto, revisiting hit songs like "The Promise You Made, "Just Around The Corner", "When Your Heart Is Weak", "Thought You Were On My Side" or "The Biggest Fool Of All".

Major ICT businesses coming to Porto

Bottlebooks and Talkdesk are some of the major businesses that are coming to Porto, at UPTEC. The quality of human resources trained at University of Porto, the innovation ecosystem and the positioning of the city as a launching platform are main drivers to attract potential investors, both national and international.

"Understanding Consumer" QSP Summit in Porto, at Exponor on March 23

The 11th Edition of QSP Summit takes place on March 23rd, at Exponor Congress Centre, in Porto, with the support of Porto City Hall.This year's edition is themed "Understanding Consumer", and is aimed at promoting a debate on consumer habits.

The 1st INTHERWASTE seminar in Porto to debate waste deposit in heritage cities

The INTHERWASTE thematic seminar in Porto is the first of a series of 4 thematic seminars organised by the INTHERWASTE project on "Waste Deposit in Heritage Cities/ Heritage Areas of Cities".

Porto is high on the priority lists of global investors

Porto is poised as an emerging-market city, internationally recognized as one of the most investment-friendly cities and one of the best places to live in Europe.

Red Bull Air Race is back in Porto, on 2 and 3 September 2017

Porto is back as a key spot to the 2017 Red Bull Air Race calendar, on 02-03 September. Porto stop will mark the final circuit over water this 2017 season, and the route over the River Douro is likely to be challenging.

iTMOi by Akram Khan presented at Rivoli March 9 and 10

The National Ballet Company features iTMOI- in The Mind of Igor, with choreography by Akram Khan, at Rivoli, March 9 and 10, at 9:30 pm.