Hellas (Greece)

EU Co-funded Special Olympics Inclusive Healthy Lifestyle Groups in Schools project kicks off with first transnational Consortium meeting.

A strong partnership with the Greek government ensures that Special Olympics programming will be active in schools all across the country.

A Continuing Partnership to Further Work for Inclusion in Education Around the World.

The Special Olympics movement is remembering the lasting legacy of Andreas Potamianos, Founder and Honorary President of Special Olympics Hellas (Greece).

Since the Covid pandemic. many programmes in Europe have launched a new version of their virtual games!

On 22 and 25 June 2020, over 70, adult mentors, National Directors and international Special Olympics staff gathered for the first-ever Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Online Youth Summit.

Special Olympics athletes were honoured to play an important role in the recent Summer Nostos Festival (SNFestival)—a multifaceted international arts, sports and education festival organised every June by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in Athens, Greece.

June was a very exciting month for Special Olympics Russia which launched the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) ‘Play Unified. Learn Unified.’ project in not one, but five cities across the country!

During a moving ceremony in Athens, Greece the Flame of Hope torch was lit by the rays of the sun as the first part of its journey to the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.

At 40, the Greek athlete has become a very successful Special Olympics swimmer. Learn why that might have been unlikely.