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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.
To the surprise of no one who’s driven on Greek roads, the country’s drivers are among the least disciplined in the European Union, with 49 percent not wearing seat belts and 28 percent said they drive drunk.
That was the result of a survey conducted by the French foundation Autoroutes which also found that 27 percent said they unlawfully drive in the emergency break-down lanes on highways, supposed to be reserved for cars that become disabled, making them targets to be hit.
Some 71 percent said they engage in road rage and verbally abuse other drivers while 52 percent said they drive too close to vehicles ahead of them. They even engage in verbal battles with police and park on sidewalks with infrequent enforcement of road and traffic laws.
Overall, 89 percent of European drivers admitted to breaking the speed limit, with the Swedes and Germans liable to drive the fastest. The survey also showed that Northern European drivers consider their southern European counterparts (Greece, Spain and Italy) rude at the wheel.
Greece had the highest rate of deaths in the European Union in 2017, due to single-vehicle collisions (SVC), or a road accident in which only one vehicle is involved.
The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) – a Brussels-based non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the numbers of road deaths and injuries in Europe – said SVCs were responsible for one- third of road fatalities in the EU in the 2013-2015 period, but 42 percent in Greece.
Mortality rates in Greece from SVCs were on average the EU’s highest, with 34 deaths per million inhabitants each year.
Some 35 percent of SVC fatalities involved motorcycle riders who are more exposed to danger compared with car and truck drivers. Greece requires motorcyclists to have a helmet, but not wear it, resulting in many driving with the helmet attached to their elbows.
SVC mortality rates are higher in the 18-24 age group, with an average of 72 deaths in Greece for every million people in this bracket, far above the average of 23 EU countries, with 38 young drivers and riders per million killed in SVCs.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.
ATHENS - The European Union needs to get involved in the case of the two-year jail sentence given ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri who was elected Mayor of the seaside town of Himare and said the trial was a farce to get him and protect Prime Minister Edi Rama’s business friends.