Society

Porto City Hall and the Xunta de Galicia (Regional Executive of Galicia) will carry out a cross-border cooperation project to improve energy efficiency in Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) and to make residual water treatment more sustainable as well. The Aqualitrans' mission is to improve water quality, to reduce the energy consumption and to decrease the running costs of the WWTP.

Safety is the cornerstone of Porto, "it is embedded in the governance of the city", wherefore it has a "significant impact" on the municipal budget for next year. This information was shared by Mayor Rui Moreira, early this morning, at the time of the presentation of 60 new agents of the Porto Municipal Police (PM) at the Town Hall.

The Planetarium in Porto features a gathering on photography 21 November, under the theme " Astrophotography: exploring the universe". The social gathering starts at 6.50 pm, preceded by the fulldome video projection of the film "Luzes na Escuridão" [Lights in the Dark], narrated in Portuguese.

The 4th edition of Porto/Post/Doc runs from 27 November to 3 December at Rivoli Theatre and Passos Manuel Cinema. The festival offers the best in contemporary films, which translates in an eclectic mix of events, featuring 12 films that make up an international competition, ranging from documentary to drama works.

Helping the Kara Tepe, Moria, Pikpa, and First Landing camp refugees in the island of Lesbos, in Greece, is the intention of the "Programme Agasalha" [wrap-up warmly], launched Tuesday by the Refugees Welcome Porto.

In the first ten months of this year, 16.4 million tons of freight passed through the seaport of Leixões. The port structure, shows a 8.1% increase vs. the same period last year.

Unique objects on display at the Pharmacy Museum in Porto, on 23 November, starting at 2 pm, under the celebration of the 21st anniversary of that institution. Themed "Museu Global 20 + 1", the exhibition features a set of objects that will be publicly displayed for the first time.

A documental show and a guided tour mark the International Day of Tolerance and UNESCO at the Municipal Library Almeida Garrett (BMAG), in the Gardens of the Palácio de Cristal, 16 November.

The Porta-Jazz festival is back in Porto, from 2 to 9 November, with the biggest-ever edition, this is one of the highlights of the Jazz Programme in town. This event includes 17 concerts, featuring premieres and artistic exchanges, and will bring to the city of Porto 70 professional musicians, of which 20 are foreign.

British Astronomer Royal, sir Martin Rees will be in Porto, this week, to talk about the opportunities and threats in the field of science in the 21st century. Regarded as one of the world's greatest scientific minds of our times, Martin Rees delivers a lecture at the Biodiversity Gallery in the University of Porto, 17 November, starting at 6 pm.