Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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.

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.

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.

The Patari Project physical theater company presents its rendition of Vivaldi's timeless "Four Seasons," a musical performance aimed at children and young audiences, on the Greek National Opera's Alternative Stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens.

Composer Giorgos Kouroupos turns Stefan Zweig's 1929 short story "Leporella" into an opus for the Greek National Opera's alternative stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens. The opera is in Greek and will be accompanied by English surtitles.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens will be ringing in the New Year in tremendous style with a spectacular fireworks show and dancing fountains at the Canal. British DJ, radio show host, and founder/managing director of Acid Jazz Records will also be spinning the decks in a big outdoor party with an intro/outro set by the trumpet-jamming Johny Matto at the Agora.

Asked about a potential scenario involving an escalation of Turkish aggression in the Aegean reminiscent of the Imia crisis in 1996, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated that the US would "protect...basic ideas of sovereignty."

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated on Saturday that the US has made it clear to Turkey that "illegal drilling is unacceptable."
"We will continue to communicate that," he added.
Pompeo was responding to a question after a speech at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens.