New cabinet to be sworn today |  |
- New cabinet to be sworn today
- Sea Tourism Forum
- Athens Fringe Festival 2011
- Nafplio Festival Turns 20
- Greeks Of Istanbul
| Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:41 AM PDT  Prime Minister George Papandreou proceeded to a cabinet reshuffle this morning. The new cabinet is scheduled to be sworn at noon before Hellenic Republic President Karolos Papoulias. Evangelos Venizelos – up to now Defence Minister – will assume the post of Finance Minister in the new cabinet. He will also serve as government Vice-chairman together with Theodoros Pangalos.  Outgoing Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou has been transferred to the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Ministry. European Parliament Vice-President Stavros Lambrinidis will be the next Foreign Minister. Michalis Chrysohoidis, will be in charge of the Ministry of Development which will also include the portfolio of Shipping. Elias Mossialos will assume the post of State Minister and Government Spokesman.  |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:36 AM PDT  The 1st Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum will be held in Athens, on June 21-22. The Forum aspires to highlight the growing importance of the Eastern Mediterranean & the Black Sea region for the Sea Tourism Industry.  It will address how the countries of the above regions can benefit from taking an organized and long-term strategic approach to sea tourism, focusing on key areas such as cruise, yachting and island/costal shipping. The International Shipping Exhibition Posidonia, is the most prestigious shipping event in the maritime industry. Posidonia 2010 attracted 1,858 exhibiting companies from 87 countries, and attendance reached 17,385 visitors from 76 countries.  |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:36 AM PDT  Six venues, 130 cultural groups, 15 NGOs, 82 volunteers, 1 double-decker bus, 21 museums and 1 bicycle tour: Athens Fringe Festival 2011, the Greek capital's annual international arts festival, is taking place on June 20-26, at the City of Athens Technopolis cultural centre and other locations around the city. In its third edition this year, the Festival, based on the concept Smile in the mind, is organized by Synthesis Media Company in collaboration with the renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the biggest off-Festival on the planet.  Adopting the successful Fringe format, the Festival aims to present the work of young, upcoming Greek and European artists representing all art forms - from music and dance to theater, literature, and installations.  A novelty this year will be a double-decker bus that will take artists to neighbourhoods around Athens, for impromptu street performances, bringing thus the Festival closer to a wider audience.  |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:36 AM PDT  The international classical music Nafplion Festival, in southeastern Greece, is celebrating, from June 17 to 26, its 20th anniversary. Internationally acclaimed personalities and ensembles from the music scene appear in this year's concerts: Ferhan & Ferzan Oender, Gulsin Onay, the BORUSAN quartet, the Izmir Wind Quintet and many others.  The Nafplio classical music festival is the most important cultural event in the Peloponnese, featuring a panorama of unique musical performances staged at some of the city's major venues: Vouleftikon, the first Hellenic Parliament and Aghios Yeorghios Square, the courtyard of St. George's church. This year's parallel events include a Lecture on the architecture of Topkapi, by Dr İlber Ortaylı and the exhibition Two Friends, by Sophia Kalogeropoulou and Hatice Kumbaracı Gürsöz.  |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:36 AM PDT
 The exhibition Greek Architects of Istanbul in the Period of Westernization – first presented in Istanbul as part of the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture events is on display at the Museum of the City of Athens, until July 10. The exhibition – an initiative of the Zographion Lyceum Alumni Association, sponsored by the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation - features photos of architectural works, original drawings, as well personal memorabilia of Greek architects who contributed to the shaping of the modern urban landscape of the city on the shores of the Bosporus in the 19th and 20th centuries.  In addition, a catalogue in three languages -Greek, Turkish, and English – which includes recent pictures of buildings as well as 13 scientific articles by Greek and Turkish academics and researchers on the Greek architects' bequest to modern Istanbul, is available.
The exhibition Greek Painters of Istanbul at the Topkapı Palace, organised by the Topkapı Palace Museum and the Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul.  The exhibition, launched on May 23, is placed under the auspices of the Minister of Culture of the Turkish Republic and His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew. The exhibition, which runs through June 30, draws inspiration by the book Greek Painters of Istanbul by Mayda Saris, a tribute to Greek painters (Ottoman subjects) who were born or raised in Istanbul in the 19th and 20th century. It brings to light genuine works by painters who contributed greatly to the Ottoman culture but on whom little can be found in present-day sources. Picture on the right: D. Andreades: Cabaret Singer Peruz Hanım, from the Zeynep Sabancı Collection  |
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