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Funds from a considerable donation by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation should be spent primarily on adding more intensive care units, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a teleconference with the Foundation's leadership.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) on Tuesday has announced a donation of 100 million dollars as part of a global initiative to alleviate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The landmark Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on Athens' southern coast announced on Friday its decision to suspend operations in order to protect staff and visitors from the spreading Covid-19 virus.

As part of its 80th anniversary celebrations, the Greek National Opera has commissioned composer Yiorgos Vassilandonakis to write a new opera based on Emmanouel Rhoides' controversial 1866 novel "The Papess Joanne." Regarded as heretical at the time of its publication, the novel explores the fascinating legend of Papess Joan and argues that the Catholic Church covered up her existence.

After notorious delays, Greece's National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) will finally open its permanent exhibition hall to the public on Friday, it was announced yesterday during a press conference headed by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni.

Tim Burgess, founder and frontman of British indie rock band the Charlatans, is coming to Athens for an open discussion and DJ set at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's Lighthouse venue on Sunday, February 16.

Italian Mezzo-soprano Romina Basso, a leading performer of Vivaldi's work, will be joined by the Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra under award-winning maestro Markellos Chryssicos on the main stage of the Greek National Opera at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens on Monday, February 10.

Soprano Myrsini Margariti and pianist Effie Agrafioti present "Greek Muse: Songs by Greek Female Composers and Female Composers of Greek Decent" at the Aris Garoufalis Hall of the Athens Conservatoire in downtown Athens on Saturday, February 8. The concert is part of a series co-organized by the Greek National Opera's Alternative Stage and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Greek contralto Marita Paparizou will be on stage at the Greek National Opera's Alternative Stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens on Sunday, February 2. The concert is titled "At the Wise King's Court," a reference to Spanish king Alfonso X of Castile, also known as Alfonso the Wise.

French playwright and director Olivier Py breathes new life into Alban Berg's internationally acclaimed opera "Wozzeck," which is on stage at the Greek National Opera's Stavros Niarchos Hall in southern Athens. GNO baritone Tassis Christoyannis stars in the title role and Vassilis Christopoulos conducts the GNO Orchestra.