Athens Conservatory

Equality in civil marriage does not automatically lead us to a much better world where all discrimination and all prejudices have been eliminated, but "it is a very important step in the right direction," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday during a discussion at the 3rd annual conference of The Upfront Initiative, at the Athens Conservatory.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet visiting European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in Athens on Tuesday, as part of her campaign to raise awareness and encourage people to vote in the European Parliament elections in June.

The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, will visit Athens on Tuesday for talks with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas.

Plissken Festival's crowd-pleasing Sunday parties continue with the Belgian Dewaele brothers, the masterminds behind 2manydjs, taking over the decks at the Athens Conservatory (17-19 Vasileos Georgiou B).

The 7th InvestGR Forum 2024: "Charting the Future" will take place on July 17, 2024, in the Arts Foyer of the Athens Conservatory.

Since 2019, the Athens Art Book Fair has been showcasing artists who push the boundaries of traditional books and explore a variety of experimental forms. This year's edition hosts over 80 exhibitors, as well as a collective display featuring more than 50 artists from Greece and across the world, including the US, Spain, Japan, Prague, Portugal, Argentina, Peru, Tunisia and more.

SYRIZA MP Efi Achtsioglou, considered by analysts as one of the frontrunners to succeed Alexis Tsipras as the leader of the leftist opposition party, made the first official announcement of her candidacy on Wednesday.

New York-based guitarist and vocalist Marc Ribot returns to Athens and, more specifically, to the pioneering St Paul's Sessions (stpaulssessions.gr) concert series, to appear at the Athens Conservatory on April 29. His show will be with his outfit the Jazz Bin, which includes a Hammond B3 organ virtuoso and a guest drummer.

The Athens Conservatory is holding a special event on Monday in honor of music collector Stathis Arfanis, who donated more than 30,000 records - mostly classical and opera and many rare - to the state music school. 'I could keep them locked up in my house, caressing them like many mad collectors do.

The Athenian version of Open House, an event that first started in London in 1992 to promote appreciation of architecture by the general public, will see a selection of public and private buildings that represent distinct styles and trends spanning different centuries opening their doors to anyone who would like to look around inside.