NEWS

• 19 July 2015 / The Greek delegation departed for the Special Olympics Los Angeles 2015
  On July 21, the Greek delegation departed for the Special Olympics Los Angeles 2015. The delegation is comprised of 160 members and will participate in 17 sports.
• 19 July 2015 / Sport Paths 2015
  The first phase of the Sport Paths program, which is a grant initiative undertaken by the SNF and is implemented by the NGO “Regeneration & Progress”, has been successfully completed.
• 13 July 2015 / Article in The New York Times referencing the SNF’s grants to help combat the crisis in Greece
  The New York Times report on the current worsening situation in Greece, referencing, among others, the SNF’s grants to the Municipalities of Athens and Thessaloniki, allocated as part of the Foundation’s Initiative Against the Greek Crisis.
• 09 July 2015 / The Co-President of the SNF, Mr. Andreas Dracopoulos, talks to “Time”
  Mr. Andreas Dracopoulos, Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s Board of Directors, talks to “Time” about the socioeconomic crisis in Greece, underlining the need that people who can, actively contribute to dealing with the current situation.
• 08 July 2015 / The SNF Launches a New Initiative to Combat the Crisis in Greece, with Grants to the Country’s Two Largest Municipalities, as well as to Welfare & Health Care Organizations
  The Foundation has approved the immediate allocation of funds exceeding €23 million, as part of its €100 million initiative, with the aim of providing, within the next year, relief against the crisis in Greece
• 25 June 2015 / The SNF Announces a Second “Initiative Against The Greek Crisis”
  Within the next year, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will allocate
an additional €100 million, in order to further alleviate the adverse effects of the crisis in Greece
• 25 June 2015 / The first SNFCC RUN was completed in success
  In a spirit of optimism and hope for the future, the SNFCC RUN evening race took place on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015. The route connected the heart of Athens to the sea, as the race started at the Panathenaic Stadium and finished at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC).
• 24 June 2015 / The concept of Environmental Sustainability and its implementation in the SNFCC
  The construction of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) started in the fall of 2012. In the 33 months since then, the project has progressed consistently towards its targeted completion in 2016, when the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will deliver it as a gift to the Greek State.
• 23 June 2015 / Educational Program “Chess in Schools” Presentation & Program Review
  On the occasion of the completion of the two-year educational program “Chess in Schools”, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, which supported the implementation of the program in our country, held a press conference this morning, with the two main partners which implemented the program: the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe (www.kcfe.eu) and its founder, Mr. Garry Kasparov, and the Association of Thessaloniki Chess Players (www.skakistis.gr) and its president, Mr. Giannis Antoniadis.