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Trengo - Porto Circus Festival is back as of 30th June and offers performances at Paulo Vallada Garden, the Covelo Park and the Rivoli. This is the third edition of this event, which will run from 30th June till 8th July and presents 16 national and international shows and talks with artists. The festival keeps its distinctive feature: the strong bet on national contemporary circus production through support programmes.

A delegation of students of the prestigious Bartlett School of Planning, from University College London, was in town for an "in situ" acknowledgement on how is Porto managing public housing, under the authority of the municipality.

The small auditorium at Rivoli presents the performance "Sleeping Beauty", in the context of Fitei 2018, on 21 and 22 June, starting at 7 pm. Diana de Sousa, actress, stage director and writer, build a show that features different interpretations of the classical and typically feminine fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty".

The BMW group, reputed German trend setter and world class automobile engineering has chosen Porto to reach its next milestone: building the car of the future. This undertaking will rely on the partnership of the Portuguese Company Critical Software, who will jointly develop and produce in the city of Porto a pioneer software that will be used in the BMW automobile fleet.

Save this date in your agenda: the 22nd June, the city celebrates the patron saint - São João- with the traditional dancing and singing parade, the "rusgas", in which each city parish dresses in a traditional costume and performs folklore dancing.

Porto City Hall provides its staff with training regarding mental health in the workplace. The specific training, themed "Ouvir o que não é dito, Primeiros Socorros em Saúde Mental" [Make the unspoken heard, First Aid in Mental Health - free translation], started today and it will last the entire week, in a total of 18 hours. This initiative is jointly organised with Time to Change Campaign and Mental Health First Aid England.

The School of Arts of Porto Catholic University sets off as of today a public programme on the art of film. Thus, the Porto Summer School on Cinematic Art runs for a week and features a group of six artists - Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Salomé Lamas, João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata, João Salaviza and Filipa César.

The European "Video on demand" service, aka AVA will be available in Portugal. The service will be announced at the Municipal Library Almeida Garrett at 6.30m pm, on 20th June.

The Innovation and Health Research Institute of the University of Porto - i3S- was selected by an independent jury as one of the finalists for the RegioStars 2018 European Awards. These prizes are regarded as the "Oscars" for the Regional Development, which distinguish the most inspiring projects at regional level and are funded by the European Union.

Porto City Hall has opened today the registration period for the 2018 edition of Porto Book Fair. Those interested should apply till the 6th July - please refer to www.cm-porto.pt/feiradolivro.