NEWS

On Wednesday December 18th the Prefecture of Lakonia and DIAZOMA are holding a special event in Sparti in honor of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The SNF supported the study DIAZOMA carried out for the restoration of the ancient theater of Sparta.

On December 17th, 2013 the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) will hold a presentation for the local community of Larisa.

On Friday, December 13th, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) organized an open discussion on the topic, “2014 – Greece’s European Council Presidency: An Opportunity to expand Transatlantic Dialogue.”

On December 13th, 2013 the Crisis Observatory, an initiative of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) supported exclusively by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is organizing its 1st Annual Conference on “Austerity and Beyond: Politics and Policies for the Crisis in Greece and the Eurozone”.

His Beatitude Theodoros II, the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, presented the Stavros Niarchos Foundation with the Grand Cross of Apostle and Evangelist Mark, the highest distinction usually awarded to Heads of State and Patriarchs, in recognition of the Foundation’s contribution in supporting the creation of a Patriarchal Museum in Alexandria.

Future Library is preparing for the official launch of the Media Labs, which were designed in collaboration with Google, the Aarhus City Library and the Mozilla Foundation, with the exclusive support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

The “Journey to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center” begins in just a few days, inviting the public and especially the youth to take part in original and creative actions while also getting the opportunity to learn more about the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) and get a taste of the services it will be offering its visitors when it opens in 2016.

Each year, the French Federation of Food Banks organizes at the end of the year a national operation in major supermarkets to collect nonperishable food. For the last 3 years SNF staff in Monaco, participates in the event organized by the Food Bank of the Alpes-Maritimes region, which requires the assistance of many volunteers, not just for the collection but also to sort out all food items in the Food Bank warehouses.

On November 29, 2013 the Stavros Niarchos Foundation is participating in the “Redesigning Welfare in the Mediterranean” Conference organized by Fondazione Cariplo and Compagnia di San Paolo.