Subject: Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-05-12 From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" CONTENTS [01] Tsipras: We are strengthening the strategic cooperation between Greece and China [02] Summer Nostos Festival at SNF [03] Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: Greece is a top tourist destination for this summer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [01] Tsipras: We are strengthening the strategic cooperation between Greece and China We are strengthening the strategic cooperation between Greece and China, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras posted on Twitter upon his arrival to Beijing. "Arrival in Beijing for the Belt And Road Forum. We are strengthening the strategic cooperation between Greece and China," he said. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is visiting China on May 12-15 to attend the two-day "Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation" (BRF) in Beijing, organized by the Chinese government. According to his official schedule, Tsipras will meet with world leaders and heads of international organizations on the sidelines of the forum, among which, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. On May 12-13, the prime minister will meet with representatives of investment, banking and business groups. The schedule is presented in local time (Beijing +5 hours from Greece): Friday, May 12 2017 11:00 – Arrival in Beijing 18:30 – Participation and address at the opening of the Center for Greek Studies Saturday, May 13 2017 10:35 – Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping 12:30 - Participation and speech at the 2nd Greek-Chinese Cities Forum 17:50 - Meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang Sunday, May 14 2017 09:00-10:10 – Start of Belt and Road Forum with a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping 10:30-12:30 – High-level dialog / Belt and Road Forum plenum 18:00 – Arrival at the Great Hall of the People, welcoming by Xi and a group photo 18:30-19:30 – Official dinner for heads of state and government 20:00-21:00 – Cultural event at Beijing's National Opera Monday, May 15 2017 10:00-12:00 - 1st Roundtable of Heads of State and Governments: "Policy synergy for closer cooperation" 12:35-12:50 – Working lunch: "Cultural exchanges and building human bonds" 14:00-16:00 – 2nd Roundtable of Heads of State and Governments: "Connectivity for interconnected development" Return flight from Beijing to Athens [02] Summer Nostos Festival at SNF The Summer Nostos Festival proposes a homecoming (nostos), a collective "return" to all those things and ideas that the arrival of summer means for each one of us, with an entire week of free events for all, that will take place between June 18 and June 25, 2017. The Festival is organized and exclusively funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), returning in this way, once a year, to the "home" it created for all people. The SNFestival 2017 invites us to travel back to our favorite summers, guided by music, dance and melodies, stories and laughter, exercise and play. Let's make this summer unforgettable! More than 400 Greek and international artists and contributors collaborate creatively, offering more than 75 events, held on 5 stages and many other spaces around the SNFCC. Music, dance, sports, discussions, arts and architecture are all part of a full week of events, with the presence of additional activities, such as screenings, guided tours and magic shows, composing a multifaceted program, which has something to offer for everyone. The cultural program, curated by the SNF Team in collaboration with Limor Tomer, Concerts & Lectures General Manager at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, as well as a team of consultants-experts in their respective fields, includes the participation of 160 Greek and 130 international artists, thus promoting partnership, the exchange of ideas and experiences. Impressive outdoor concerts at the Great Lawn of the Stavros Niarchos Park and on the Canal's sea water, summer parties, atmospheric performances in the halls of the Greek National Opera, works of art that will provide food for thought and reflection, alongside magic shows that capture the imagination, lectures and discussions that nourish the mind, combined with sports activities for the whole family, make up a program that contains all the vital elements of summer: carelessness, but also time for reflection, rest, but also action, opening up to new sights and sounds, but also returning to all those things that make us feel like home. [03] Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: Greece is a top tourist destination for this summer Greece is a top tourist destination for this summer, according to Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung's website. The German website recommends classic destinations such as Crete, Rhodes, Kos and Corfu, romantic destinations such as Santorini and the nightlife of Mykonos island. "Greece is the top tourist destination. The Greek islands offer different kinds of experience for all tastes," it underlined.