Faliro Revamp Unveiled |  |
- Faliro Revamp Unveiled
- European Youth Parliament in Athens
- Athens Int'l Airport Celebrates Ten Years
- Taste in Life
- Goumenissa: Wine and Brass Band Queen
| Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:38 AM PDT  The masterplan for the extensive regeneration of the Faliro Bay waterfront was presented to Prime Minister George Papandreou on March 30. The project was designed by internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano and sets forth a major overhaul of a 76-hectare area spanning from the Friendship and Peace Stadium to the Faliro Arena that will be transformed into a park with cultural and sport activities area. The plan envisages a park that will provide an urban waterfront that reconnects the city to the seaside, with nearby vertical roads evolving into piers. The regenerated area will feature boscages, theme parks, diving centre, a seawater pool, and bicycle parks.  Stavros Niarchos Foundation has sponsored the study. The Foundation is planning to build a €566 million cultural centre in the area, which will accommodate the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera and is scheduled for completion in 2015. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change: Press Release on Faliro Masterplan (in Greek)    |
| European Youth Parliament in Athens Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:38 AM PDT The European Youth Parliament (EYP), an organization devoted to at the promotion of European citizenship, active participation and intercultural dialogue, is holding its 66th international Session in Athens from April 1 to 10.  The Session will bring together 260 young people -aged 16-22- from 33 European countries to discuss contemporary European issues under the heading European Democracy 2.0: Rediscovering Democracy In Its Birthplace. The EYP was created in 1987 in Fontainebleau, France, to promote a European dimension in education. Today, it involves well over 20,000 young people at more than 100 regional, national and international events through 35 national organisations every year. The Greek EYP Office has been active since 1989, and has organised National, Regional, and International Sessions. In 1989, Thessaloniki hosted the first ever International Session away from Fontainebleau.   |
| Athens Int'l Airport Celebrates Ten Years Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:44 AM PDT  Starting this month and running through December 2011, Athens International Airport is hosting the Arts and Culture Wishes programme: a series of events to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The Foundation of the Hellenic World, the Benaki Museum, the Goulandris Natural History Museum, the National Theatre of Greece, and twelve more cultural organizations that have staged events in the airport during these ten years return to the airport with special events and wishes for the anniversary.  Through performances, projections, exhibitions, art banners etc., participants will try to express the notion of voyage through their own identity. Events include a performance of Sophocles' Antigone by the National Theatre of Greece, as well as a literary competition for the best short story (in Greek or English) on the theme Journeys by Air.   |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:52 AM PDT  For the second consecutive year, the interactive exhibition Taste & Life opened its doors to both professionals in the food industry and the general public, at the Zappeion Conference and Exhibition Centre, on March 31. Visitors can get acquainted with traditional and organic products from all over Greece, gourmet products of the Mediterranean diet, products of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, as well as herbal cosmetics and alternative therapies.  A number of other events such as cooking workshops, panel discussions on the Mediterranean diet, special wine-tasting events, and thematic gastronomic presentations, will take place parallel to the exhibition. The event will last until April 3 and is open to the public free of charge.   |
| Goumenissa: Wine and Brass Band Queen Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:40 AM PDT  Situated in the Northern prefecture of Kilkis, the small town of Goumenissa is a place of picturesque natural beauty, rich history and colourful traditions. The town is built on the slopes of Paiko Mountain. Its history begins in the Hellenistic period, but the town reaches its peak in the late Byzantine era, when it becomes a silk commerce hub for the whole Balkan region.  Many monuments are testimony to its glorious Byzantine past, with the 11th century landmark Panaghia Church being the wider area's treasured legacy. The town has splendid narrow cobble streets lined with preserved traditional houses, as well as one of the greenest central squares in the country, decorated with a French government memorial to WW1 soldiers.  Despite its small size, Goumenissa is a major wine-producing region, aided by the rich mountainous terrain of Paiko. Its local xinomavro variety wine has acquired Appellation of Origin of Superior Quality status and is one of the most beloved in Greece. The local wineries are part of the Northern Greece wine routes and attract many visitors especially in the vine harvest season. If wine is the one component of Goumenissa's identity, its brass band tradition is definitely the other.  Although the town's population is around 5,000, it nevertheless boasts an important and extremely vivid musicians' quarter, which features more than 200 professional and amateur brass band virtuosos, that constitute one of the most lively and rich musical communities of the country. The brass bands of Goumenissa are ever-present in the life of the city: from religious ceremonies to impromptu street parties, the brass band sound defines the town's unique traditional lifestyle.   |
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