This year, on June 23 & 24, we are taking a fresh new approach to the SNF Nostos Conference. In collaboration with journalism nonprofit iMEdD (the incubator for Media Education and Development) and with integral participation by young people coming from different fields, countries, and perspectives, we are creating an open, interactive, and dynamic two-day event for all. As part of this effort, we have created the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee—a group of young people that offers space for open dialogue, for listening to young people’s concerns and opinions on health-related issues, and for inviting them to help shape the program of the SNF Nostos Conference.

We will discuss the progress of the SNF Health Initiative and the core values that underpin all its individual projects, including ensuring access to high-quality health services for all, harnessing the power of public-private partnerships, and implementing an open, transparent, and participatory development process. Through the lens of the initiative, we will examine a range of issues—from the design and development of internationally leading public hospitals to the empowerment of nursing staff and the importance of mental health as an integral part of our overall health. A Template for Future Hospitals, an exhibition featuring architectural models of the three new hospitals designed by Renzo Piano and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop included in the Initiative will also be on display.

We will touch on major issues such as bioethics, global social inequality in health, and the role of doctors in war zones, an issue highlighted by the war in Ukraine. We will also bring to the fore less discussed but equally important issues, such as scientific journalism, the use of psychedelics in mental health treatments, robotics, and the future of medicine as shaped by new technologies.

We are not approaching this dialogue on health, or on the various specific issues we are examining, as a one-time, open-and-shut discussion. The conversation will inevitably expand, deepen, and flow beyond the event venues. Through parallel activities and interactive exhibitions, visitors, as active participants, will be able to engage in sports games in a virtual reality environment, watch a unique kind of basketball game, browse an exhibition by photographer Thodoris Nikolaou dedicated to mental health, and explore a global health data map created by Johns Hopkins University.

We have invited major leading lights to participate in the SNF Nostos Conference. We believe, however, that all of us need to become participants, to actively engage and put forward our thoughts, questions, and ideas. This year, the SNF Nostos Conference has been designed so that everyone will be able to be heard, especially young people, since the future of health must be of their concern as well.

Register for the SNF Nostos Conference here!

 

 

We are excited and honored to announce that XpatAthens AMKE has received the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

As a donor, their grant that will help our trusted platform continue fulfilling its mission of serving the international community in Greece. Their support further motivates and inspires us to continue working toward our vision and mission of connecting people and sharing knowledge, empowering our efforts to create a global digital community.

 

 

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation is one of the world’s leading private, international philanthropic organizations, making grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and sports, and social welfare. SNF funds organizations and projects worldwide that aim to achieve a broad, lasting, and positive impact on society at large, and exhibit strong leadership and sound management. The foundation also supports projects that facilitate the formation of public-private partnerships as an effective means of serving public welfare. Learn more about SNF here.

 

This is Athens City Festival, the city’s big celebration from the Municipality of Athens.

Grass, live music, Dj sets, educational labs, kite show, music theatre for young and elder audience, creative workshops for kids, cinema.

An all day event in the heart of Spring, in the heart of the City.

 

Artisans & Markets Walk – Your Greek shopping therapy is a walking tour to indulge in local open markets and experience local crafts and artisans.  Our walk will take you through the most vibrant parts of the city and everyday life, allowing you to stroll and buy your local treasures.

Starting from the Trekking Hellas Athens base, at the Koukaki area, we will walk up Areopagus Hill to admire the view. We will then head south through the Plaka district before we reach the areas of Monastiraki and Psyri.  We’ve now reached the marketplace and the well-known Varvakios Market (meat market), a memorable experience!

Around the corner is the old Stock Exchange and Athens City Hall.  We then enter a more diverse side of Athens, through Geraniou Street, a hidden multicultural neighborhood.

The last part of our walk takes us around Omonia Square, an always buzzing part of Athens.

We get to taste the street food in this area before ending our walk at the Omonia metro station!

On 7 May 2022, this year’s Book Day brings an important message to literature lovers and to all those willing to give it a try.

Under the motto “read & change”, as part of this multifaceted effort, held for the 7th consecutive year with great success, the book walk will also take place on the same day, giving the opportunity to avid readers – and not only – to tour publishing houses, libraries, publishing houses and book stores – small and large – of Athens, which are organizing events, activities and guided tours especially for this day.

During this literary walk, participants will have the opportunity, among other things, to talk to the authors of literature, while young visitors will have the chance to participate in children’s events with music and storytelling.

Opening time: 10.30 am.

Starting point: 10:30 am: Kotzia Square, opposite the Athens Town Hall.

‘’Jazz is dancing with minimalism inside Go Go Penguin’s hadron accelerator’’ mentions the Guardian, while ‘’The New York Times’’ referring to them, states ‘’The band’s members are dedicated in their groove.

They are three youngsters, composing music with jazz instruments, rock dynamic and dance music strategies’’. Their album ‘’v2.0’’ won 2014’s Mercury Prize, they ‘ve signed with Blue Note Records and they are those who will bond young people with jazz music.

They will visit Athens for a unique live appearance at the Acropolis Museum’s terrace for This is Athens City Festival on Monday, May’s 16 under a full moon.

It is a known and beloved recipe. Once every month, a bunch of restaurants and tasty food projects settle their stalls in a roofed, handy for gatherings, arcade next to Fokionos Negri street, open to young, old, baby carriages, wheelchairs and pets.

With different stalls every time, the collective pop up brunch hosted at Kypseli’s Agora, operated by Impact Hub Athens, looks like a small food fair. Well-known delicacies from all over the city, as well as new entries that focus on captivating us with both their taste and their wide smiles, are a good reason for a walk to Kypseli on a Sunday anytime between 11:00 and 17:00.

The event follows all required guidelines of the public health authority to prevent the spread of COVID 19.

With an exceptional success on its first event and positive impressions from exhibitors and visitors, the 2nd Bio Festival returns dynamically 6-8 May 2022, at the Technopolis in Gazi, with the participation of the most important commercial and productive companies of the industry.

Enriched with new sectors and a holistic approach to sustainability and the circular economy, it redefines the concept of sustainable development, thus laying the foundations to be an important trade forum and a reference point for the culture of healthy and eco living in Greece.





Why visit bio festival?

- The sector’s professionals who will visit the festival, will have the opportunity within three days to meet under the same roof important companies and small producers of organic or natural products as well as to discover products and proposals that promote eco living, in order to upgrading their businesses and the products they offer to consumers whether it is food, drink, cosmetics or experience.

- The consumers will have the opportunity to find selected businesses with products and services that promote the transition to a more healthy lifestyle and strengthen the eco-living culture.

- Through a rich and specialized program of special events, professionals of the sector will be informed about trends and developments in their industry, while consumers will be educated and will acquire a better knowledge and insight into organic foods and the bio culture in general.

The interest of the second and third generation Greeks in the United States to acquire Greek citizenship through naturalisation is extremely high. This was highlighted by the large attendance at the relevant workshops organised in Chicago, Boston and New York at the Greek consulates at the initiative of the Ministry of Interior.

The Secretary General of Citizenship of the Ministry of Interior, Athanasios Balerbas, traveled to the US to inform about the naturalisation process to the second and third generation Greeks who live there, according to Infognomon. and who, as it turned out, are interested in acquiring Greek citizenship and having relations with the Greek state either for emotional reasons or because they own property or would be willing to invest.

After the information provided by the Ministry of Interior, the Greek registries receive daily naturalisation applications from US citizens of Greek origin.

In order for the application to be accepted, it is enough to have evidence that certifies the Greek citizenship of at least one parent. In case they have passed away or they are third generation descendants, the consulate of the area undertakes a relevant interview in order to certify the connection with the country.

It should be noted that US citizens who will also acquire Greek citizenship through this process and do not have the right to vote remotely as “expatriates” as they have not lived in Greece as provided, but can vote if they decide to come to Greece during the election period.

To read this article in full, please visit: greekcitytimes.com