Spotkanie poświęcone książce „Filhellenizm w Polsce. Rekonesans”

Dnia 29 lutego, o godzinie 17.00, w sali konferencyjnej przy ulicy Dobrej 72  Instytut Badań Interdyscplinarnych Artes Liberales Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego organizują spotkanie poświęcone książce „Filhellenizm w Polsce. Rekonesans” pod redakcją Małgorzaty Borowskiej, Marii Kalinowskiej, Jarosława Ławskiego, Katarzyny Tomaszuk. (ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΙΜΕΝΟ)  

El Greco in Fashion

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)    Inspired by the work of Doménicos Theotokópoulos, El Greco, the internationally acclaimed  Greek fashion designer Yannis Tseklenis presents an exhibition at the Teloglion Foundation of Art in Thessaloniki. The exhibition comprises costumes, fabrics and garments which depict famous paintings and patterns drawn by the acclaimed painter of the Spanish Renaissance. According to Tseklenis, the work [...]

Klasztory Krety w Warszawie

Pracownia Studiów Helleńskich ibi UW i Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Grecji zapraszają na prezentację: KLASZTORY KRETY, będącą pogłębieniem i kontynuacją wieczoru z kwietnia ubiegłego roku. Duże, wciąż tętniące życiem i małe, już całkowicie opuszczone. Ukryte wśród niedostępnych gór i zawieszone nad lazurowym morzem. Tak o jednym z nich napisał w XIX wieku brytyjski admirał Thomas Spratt:“Kreteński raj [...]

Breaking the Barriers

Art Becomes Accessible to the Visually Impaired 
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)  The Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art is catering to the visually impaired, thanks to an innovative programme titled “Aggizontas tin tehni” (Embracing Art).
Members of the Thessaloniki School for the Blind and the Panhellenic Association of the Blind recently enjoyed a guided tour of a new [...]

Mediterranean: A Sea of Peace and Posperity

Bakoyannis Concludes Maghreb Tour
(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)  Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis wrapped up yesterday her three-day visit to three Maghreb countries (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), thus sealing Greece’s presence in the western Mediterranean and paving the way for closer political and economical cooperation. Bakoyannis held bilateral talks with the state and political leaderships of the aforementioned [...]

Greek Cultural Agenda

- One of the most important living performance artists, Frank Uwe Laysiepen, a.k.a. Ulay, comes to Athens on the occasion of a grand retrospective (1970-2006). The Ulay Month is open from February 29 to March 31 at Booze Cooperativa and takes place in cooperation with the Goethe Institut Athen. The exhibition consists of dvd projections of [...]

Petition opposes ENISA removal from Crete

 (ATHENS NEWS AGENCY) Action to prevent the removal of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) from its current headquarters on the island of Crete is being taken by the Association of Friends of ENISA, which on Wednesday said that it had launched a nationwide and European campaign to this end. On its website [...]

Olympic Games: ‘High priestess’ in Olympic Torch ceremony named

(ATHENS NEWS AGENCY) The Plenary Session of the Hellenic Olympic Committee on Wednesday decided unanimously that the High Priestess of the Lighting Ceremony for the XXIX Olympic Games “BEIJING 2008”, on the 24th of March, will be the actress, Ms. Maria Nafpliotou. Maria Nafpliotou is the 10th High Priestess in the history of the Olympic [...]

Renzo Piano construira le nouvel Opéra d’Athènes

(GRECEHebdo) L’architecte italien, Renzo Piano, renommé par ses oeuvres, parmi lesquelles figurent le Centre Pompidou à Paris et le bâtiment du journal ‘New York Times’, a été choisi comme architecte du nouvel Opéra d’Athènes. Le projet prévoit aussi la création d’un complexe culturel comprenant -entre autres- la nouvelle Bibliothèque Nationale. L’oeuvre est entièrement financée par [...]

Acropolis Exhibit in Berlin

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) An exhibition titled “The Restoration of the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum” at the Berlin Pergamon Museum presents: the restoration and preservation works carried out on the monuments of the Acropolis, the new Museum created in Athens to house the exhibits, and representative finds of the excavations in the area of [...]

Europe: On the Air

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) The European Commission announced in Brussels on Tuesday that beginning in April 2008, a consortium of 16 radio stations from 13 EU countries will co-produce and simultaneously disseminate programmes dedicated to news and society in Europe’s 27 countries on a daily basis. The network programmes will include news, interviews, discussions, and will [...]

The New Acropolis Museum in Beijing

(ATHENS NEW AGENCY) Culture Minister Mihalis Liapis addressing the inauguration of the exhibition on the New Acropolis Museum at the Greek Home in Beijing on Tuesday. The exhibition offers rich audiovisual material regarding the new museum’s planning and construction. A replica of the Parthenon’s Western Frieze is also on display (Photo ANA-MPA).

Agrotourism in Greece

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) Tourism in the countryside is being promoted in Greece. New measures – including efforts to upgrade the “agroktima” (farm) sector and the creation of a new accommodation category to be added to the “xenonas” (guest house) label – are part of a wider plan  to create the appropriate legislative framework for tourism in [...]

New Park and Football Stadium in Athens

(CITY OF ATHENS)  Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis and Panathinaikos Football Club representative Yiannis Vardinoyiannis today signed an amended agreement for the construction of sports facilities at Votanikos, as approved by Athens City Council  Following the signing of the agreement, the following statements were made:    

Renzo Piano’s the New Opera House of Athens

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)                                           Renzo Piano, the architect who designed the New York Times Building and co-designed the Pompidou centre in Paris, was chosen to build a cultural park in Greece that will house the country’s new Opera House and National Library. The complex will be built on a former race-course in the southern suburbs of [...]

In Memory of Dolly Goulandris

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)  Dolly Goulandris, founder of the Museum of Cycladic Art, passed away on February 15, following a battle with cancer. In 1985, London-born Dolly founded the Nicholas P. Goulandris Museum – named after her husband – and donated to it their collection of Cycladic and ancient Greek art. This unique collection is housed in [...]

Greek Design for Anniversary Euro Coin

(ATHENS NEWS AGENCY) The design submitted by the  Bank of Greece mint, the work of sculptor George Stamatopoulos, has been chosen for a commemorative two-euro coin to be issued by all Eurozone countries in 2009 to mark 10 years since the circulation of the euro. The winning design was announced by the European Commission on [...]

Masks οn for Athens Carnival 2008!

 (CITY OF ATHENS) High spirits, creative expression, wild colours and fantasy to spare are the driving forces behind this year’s Athens Carnival, which kicks off on Tsiknopempti (Smoke Thursday), February 28.  Organised by the City of Athens Cultural Organisation (PODA), the Athens Carnival 2008 10-day programme of events was announced today during a press conference. [...]

Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)  The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century celebrates its 10th anniversary this year (from March 7 to 16). Organized by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (www.filmfestival.gr), the 10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will present roughly 200 documentaries. Sections wiil include “Human Rights,” “Focus On Asia,” “Faces of Fascism,” and the [...]

Black Sea Studies International Symposium

(GREEK NEW AGENDA)   The first International Centre for Black Sea Studies (www.icbss.org) International Symposium “The Wider Black Sea Area in Perspective” is to be held in partnership with the EU-Russia Centre, the Harvard Black Sea Security Program, the International Policy Research Institute of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, the [...]