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Porto's relationship with trees is complicated, in as much as even three weeks ago, there were protests to the cutting down of 99 trees for the expansion of the city's Metro. These signs also appeared in empty places in the city earlier this year.

Adapting Porto to climate change requires ‘urgent’ tree planting

A study by the University of Minho on the adaptation of tourism to climate change in Portugal’s second major city, Porto, recommends “urgent and judicious planting of trees” in Rua

October 29, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Climate Change, Porto

Porto researchers seek volunteers for study on orgasm

The University of Porto’s Psychology Faculty seeks volunteers to relate their experiences for a study on orgasm. It’s not a particularly active task in this case: candidates are asked to

October 21, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Porto

One of the 'advantages' of living, for example, in the borough of Sintra, was the ability to access the palace grounds, not just to visit the palace, but to picnic in the grounds, free of charge. This would be denied locals if Brussels gets its way.|

French fighter jet makes emergency landing in Porto

Eurofighter (Typhoon) suffered “warning of damage; smoke in cockpit” A French military plane made a safe emergency landing today at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, in Maia, due to a malfunction

October 17, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Emergency Landing, Porto

Rui Moreira has been mayor of Porto for three terms. Image: Câmara Municipal de Porto

Porto mayor says new round of elections in Portugal ‘inevitable’

Something of a dampener on all protestations to the contrary, mayor of Porto, a seasoned ‘independent’, Rui Moreira said today that a new round of legislative elections in this country

October 14, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Elections, Politics, Porto

Porto mayor speaks out against city’s rising tide of racial violence

Mayor Rui Moreira blames far right – and far left Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, has said that far-right and far-left forces are contributing to an atmosphere of hatred and

September 12, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Crime, Porto

Parents seek to block opening of run-down school in Porto

The parents association of Porto’s Eugénio de Andrade school is seeking to block the opening of the premises tomorrow on the basis that the building, operating since 1979, does not

September 12, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Education, Porto, Schools

Police make arrest within 48 hours of Porto’s latest racist attack

Police announced today that they have arrested a 26-year-old man for the two attacks on immigrants in Porto in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The man is facing charges

September 12, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Arrest, Crime, Police, Porto

Immigrants stabbed in two ‘racially motivated attacks’ in Porto

A man armed with a knife pursued Moroccans in Porto’s Campo 24 de Agosto district in the early hours of Tuesday morning, stabbing one of them, reports Jornal de Notícias.

September 12, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Crime, Porto

TVI carried a report about violent incidents in this area of Porto earlier this year. It was marked by the phrase of one resident who said: "I have lived here for 20 years, and never felt this frightened..."

Further immigrant violence in Porto

With the media being hugely diplomatic now when it reports incidences of crimes or violence involving immigrants comes the story today of “a 30-year-old man stabbed in a brawl with

September 11, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Immigration, Porto

Porto city council set to raise tourist tax to €3 per night…

Councils throughout Portugal cottoning on to ‘boon’ of tourist tax With councils throughout Portugal leaping on to the ‘tourist tax’ bandwagon, in some cases with a vengeance, Porto is taking

September 5, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Porto, Portugal News, Tourist Tax