Stavros Niarchos Foundation

The ERT National Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Nikos Haliassas, will perform Gustav Holst's orchestral suite "The Planets" and Carl Nielsen's "Helios Overture" at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on Monday, February 26. The show starts at 8.30 p.m. and is free of charge, with pre-registration at www.snfcc.org.

Equipped with masks and gloves, two National Library employees place books on the shelves in one of the reading rooms at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in southern Athens, in a photo released on Tuesday.

Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou visits the Greek Archaeological Fund's (TAP) workshop of casts, copies and replicas in Athens, on Wednesday. Koniordou and newly appointed TAP president Athena Hatzipetrou outlined the fund's main priorities for 2018.

Construction of two new hospitals will be able to get under way thanks to a donation of more than 200 million euros made by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to help the country's ailing health system.

The Greek National Opera (GNO) launches its new era at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens with an ambitious work – Richard Strauss’ one-act opera Elektra [Electra] – as its first production premiering on the 15th of October 2017.

Award-winning screenwriter, director and producer Nikos Nikolaidis (1939-2007) - regarded as one of Greece's most controversial filmmakers - is the subject of a three-day tribute being organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) from Thursday, October 5, to Saturday, October 7. The tribute, which starts at 7 p.m.

Athens municipal authorities have announced that two more streets in the city center - Avramiotou and Karori - will be turned over to pedestrians as part of an effort to spruce up the old commercial part of the capital.

The new streets will be closed to motor traffic as of Wednesday.

In a discussion with Kathimerini's executive editor Alexis Papachelas on the third day of this year's Athens Democracy Forum on Friday, the president and CEO of The New York Times, Mark Thompson, explored the challenges posed by failing public trust in politicians and the media.

The president and CEO of The New York Times, Mark Thompson, and Kathimerini Executive Editor Alexis Papachelas talked about the crisis in political discourse and the legitimacy challenges of the political system.

Emmanuel Macron, just like Barack Obama did before his departure from the White House, decided to express this vision for humanity, or for Europe, from right here in Athens. Macron is the recently elected president of one of Europe's most powerful countries and appears to be vying for the title of "leader of Europe."