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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.
While wanting to join the European Union, Turkey has refused to pay 90 million euros ($103.08 million) in compensation to families of missing persons and enclaved Greek Cypriots, as ordered by the European Court of Human Rights in 2014.
Some 30 million euros ($34.36 million) was for the relatives of missing persons from the unlawful 1974 invasion and 60 million euros ($68.72 million) for Greek-Cypriots enclaved in the peninsula of Karpasia occupied by Turkey.
The House Refugees Committee in the Parliament of the legitimate government of Cyprus heard Turkey won’t pay, claiming Cyprus’ administration wasn’t prepared to distribute the amount owed, the Cyprus Mail reported.
The committee was also told the Foreign Ministry is trying anew to draw attention to the missing persons issue and that Turkey was at fault, the panel President, Skevi Koukouma said after it met.
The committee also discussed the problems caused by a decreasing rate of identifications of missing persons by the Committee for Missing Persons (CMP) the paper said, with the ministry offering to draw up another plan to deal with it.
The Cyprus News Agency (CNA), citing government sources, said the government is preparing a bill to counter Turkish arguments it’s not ready to hand out money if paid as ordered.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush has his Heisman back.
PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police peacefully arrested student protesters at the University of Southern California on Wednesday, hours after police at a Texas university violently detained dozens in the latest clashes between law enforcement and those protesting the Israel-Hamas war on campuses nationwide.
ATHENS, Greece — A far-right Greek lawmaker has been charged with criminal assault for allegedly punching a colleague on the sidelines of a parliamentary debate Wednesday.