NEWS

Two significant projects, granted by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, have recently been completed, bringing added value to Social Welfare, with particular emphasis on efforts to improve the lives of people with special needs and of children suffering from cancer.

The Foundation's grant to the Hospital for Special Surgery supports seminars in New York City for orthopedic surgeons from Greece, especially those practicing in remote areas.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation is pleased to announce that it is an official member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.

The exhibition is proudly supported by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, the J. F. Costopoulos Foundation and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Fourteen members of the Hellenic Fire Department will depart for British Columbia, Canada, on October 18th, 2008, in order to participate in a training program on combating forest fires by the Canadian Fire Service, within the framework of the grant approved by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

The 26th historic long-distance race of 246 klm -from Athens to Sparta- has just started and Stavros Niarchos Foundation is its supporter, for the 5th consecutive year.

The European Rowing Championship, taking place in Greece for 2008, will open on September 18, at the most modern and highly standardized facilities of Schinias, Marathon. The Championship will last for three days (September 19-21) with the participation of more than 600 athletes, from 42 countries.

On Friday, July 18th the Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Karamanlis met with members of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Board of Directors: Andreas Dracopoulos, Philip Niarchos, Spyros Niarchos and the Project’s architect Renzo Piano who, along with his partner- Giorgio Bianchi (Renzo Piano Βuilding Workshop, www.rpbw.com) has undertaken the design of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), at the Faliron Delta area.