NEWS

The director of the Veria Central Public Library, Ioannis Trohopoulos, talks to The National Herald about the library, the award in 2010 from the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation, and his collaboration with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

A series of articles in the Greek press on the presentation of Renzo Piano’s preliminary Master Plan for the redevelopment of the Faliron Bay coastal front.

Article in The National Herald on a panel discussion concerning Greece and the financial crisis, with the participation of economists from Yale and Penn State University.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, in response to a grant request by the Greek State, has provided funding amounting to EURO €3 million for the carrying out of the Preliminary Master Plan intended for the regeneration of the Faliron Bay area (coastal front of Kallithea-Moshato-Paleo Faliro).

The opening of a major retrospective exhibition on the life and work of Ioannis Altamuras will take place on the 30th of March at the Pireos Annex of the Benaki Museum. The exhibition will remain open to the public until the 22nd of May 2011.

The ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the new Mary Rose Museum will take place on March 18th 2011 in the presence of HRH Prince Harry. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation supports the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Learning Center, which is part of the new Mary Rose Museum.

An article in The National Herald about the exhibition Maria Callas: A Woman, a Voice, a Myth at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The exhibition takes place in collaboration with the Consulate General of Greece in New York, with major support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

An op-ed piece in The Huffington Post on the importance of research in eliminating pediatric AIDS, and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation’s selection of this year’s recipient of its International Leadership Award (ILA), which was funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Article in The National Herald about the exhibition Maria Callas: A Woman, a Voice, a Myth at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The exhibition takes place in collaboration with the Consulate General of Greece in New York, with major support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.