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Fitch Affirms City of Porto at 'BB+'; Outlook Positive
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the City of Porto's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BB+'. The Outlooks are Positive. The Short-Term Foreign-Currency IDR has been affirmed at 'B'.
Water Innovation Week happens in Porto this month
The largest event ever will be hosted in the city of Porto this September. The Water Innovation Week (PWIW) starts the 24th and will gather 900 participants from 60 countries, world-class debaters and hundreds of companies, including scientists, experts' consultants from the five continents and water related companies.
New network of routes to link Porto to Malta and Wroclaw
Airliners Ryanair and Wizz Air have announced new routes between Porto and Malta and the Polish city of Wroclaw. Air connections will be launched in 2018. Regarding airline company Ryanair, the scheduled air service Porto-Malta will be provided twice a week, every Monday and Friday, starting April next year.
Crowded Rivoli to get to know the Culture Programme for this new season
Rivoli Theatre was filled with visitors to get to know the programme of theatre, music, literature, cinema, dance, artistic residencies and visual arts for the next fourth months.
Porto Best Of brings Clã and Best Youth in October
The concert cycle "Porto Best Of" is set to come back to the Great Auditorium Rivoli Theatre on 19 October, at 9.30 pm with a programme devoted to pop music. Clã and Best Youth are the big bands to take the stage.
Cemetery of Prado do Repouso opens doors Saturday night for a photographic incursion
The programme of the XII Cultural Cycle of Porto Cemeteries continues Saturday, 9 September, with another nocturnal photographic incursion. The tour begins at 9.30 pm, rendez-vous at the south entrance of the cemetery (Padre Baltazar Guedes Plaza).
Porto Municipality is present at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit Asia 2017
This is the first time that Porto Municipality is taking part in the Smart Cities Innovation Summit Asia 2017. The event takes place between today and Friday, 8 September, at KINTEX, the impressive International Congress Centre of South Korea, in the city of Goyang.
Municipal Theatre New Season Programme furthers the city project launched three years ago
The September to December Season of Porto Municipal Theatre was presented today at Rivoli and is the culmination of a process initiated in September 2014 that aimed at "operating a city project that pays attention to its artists and its audiences with a strong international component", stated Mayor Rui Moreira, this morning at the renewed Café Rivoli.
The biggest outdoor "Concert Hall" in town hosts the "Concertos na Avenida"
The Aliados will play host, once again, to the "Concertos na Avenida" initiative. This is a free event and will offer the public at large live music shows. The "Concertos na Avenida" are organised by Porto City Hall, jointly with Casa da Música and will happen Friday and Saturday (8 and 9 September), starting at 10 pm.
Art performances over the weekend in Serralves
Art collectives and artists from Portugal, Europe and the United States take part in the third edition of "O Museu como Performance" (The Museum as Performance) initiative presented by the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, to be held this weekend, 9 and 10 September.