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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.
There was no break in growing incursions with rising tensions between the countries as Turkish F-16 fighter jets twice on Christmas Day violated Greek airspace, flying over the isles of Megisti and the larger island of island of Kastellorizo nearby, close to the Turkish coast and even into an area under the jurisdiction of Athens’ flight paths.
As usual, the Turkish planes did not, as required, file flight plans as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the US getting closer to Greece and seeking a greater military presence in the country, has been increasing provocations in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.
NATO, the defense alliance to which both countries belong, has said nothing about repeated Turkish violations this year, which has also included sending warships past Greek islands, as the European Union and United Nations has also remained mum.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Greece must back off tough talk over the rule of the Aegean Sea or face the consequences and pay a “heavy price” otherwise.
Akar said that “All should know that provocations in the Aegean, Mediterranean and Cyprus will have no effect,” the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
He was referring not only to tensions with Greece but Turkey’s insistence that foreign energy companies will not be allowed to drill for oil and gas off Cyprus in waters where the are licensed, including American energy giant ExxonMobil.
That came after the chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, warned that Greece will “flatten” any Greek islet if Turkish forces land there.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said.
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504.
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FLEMINGTON, NJ – On the Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and the 203rd anniversary of Greek Independence, the Greek School of St.