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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BRUSSELS (ANA/ M. Aroni) The European border and coast guard agency is available to provide help in coping with an increase in migration flows seen over the past month at the borders of Greece and Turkey, European Commission spokesperson Natasha Bertaud said in response to questions on Friday.
During the Q&A at the daily press briefing, Bertaud said the Commission was aware of an increase in the migration figures, which had been rising in the last month, though noting that the “figures can fluctuate, that’s normal.”
Pointing out that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker had discussed the issue during his recent visit to Greece, while European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos had contacted both the Greek and Turkish authorities, she said the Commission was prepared to support Greece at the land border with Turkey also.
With respect to a complaint by the Dutch migration policy minister to Avramopoulos that more than half the migrants arriving in the Netherlands had not been registered, Bertaud replied that, based on the Commission’s figures, Greek and Italian authorities register and take fingerprints of 100 percent of the migrants arriving at hotspots.
Both the Commission and the relevant European agencies are closely monitoring the situation along Europe’s external borders, she added.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
ASTORIA – Popular Greek singers Giorgos Tsalikis and Christos Menidiatis took a break from their tour of the U.
BROOKVILLE, NY – The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations in collaboration with the International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus – PSEKA, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York, present the cultural event ‘Eroon Doxa kai Timi’ (‘Heroes Glory and Honor’) commemorating the 69th anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle 1955-1959 from British Colonial Rule.
While the Prime Minister of the country was in Canada, the leader of PASOK – the third party according to the latest elections – raised the issue of mistrust in the government, followed by the other.
ALBANY – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) on March 26 was joined in Albany by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to recognize Greek Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus.