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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.
Ignored by the ruling Radical Left SYRIZA as a refugee center on their island meant to house 650 people is overflowing with more than 3,685, businesses on Samos planned to strike on Feb. 7 in a protest aimed at persuading the facility be shut.
The businesses and other organizations want the refugees and migrants who were sent to the island by human traffickers in Turkey, the first destination as they fled war and strife in the Middle East and elsewhere, moved to the mainland.
There are more than 15,000 on Aegean islands, including Lesbos and Chios and others and some have been transferred but the government said it can’t do mass movements without violating terms of a suspended European Union swap deal that has seen only a relative handful returned to Turkey and most others seeking asylum.
Fearing being sent back to Turkey or their own countries, especially the Civil War struck Syria, most are seeking asylum in Greece after the European Union closed its borders to them and reneged on promises to help take some of the overload.
Human rights groups and activists have repeatedly said the detention centers and camps aren’t suitable for people to live in and on Samos, municipal officials and residents have Dozens of camp residents took part in peaceful protest rallies in recent months calling for better shelters – most are staying in summer tents – sanitation and safety, but mainly to be transferred to the mainland. A protest is being planned on Lesbos over the Moria camp that the BBC called “the worst in the world,” after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he was “proud” of the conditions in the centers and that other countries were crying “crocodile tears” over the refugees and migrants plight without helping them.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
On Monday, April 22, 2024, history was being written in a Manhattan courtroom.
PARIS - With heavy security set for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games during a time of terrorism, France has asked to use a Greek air defense system as well although talks are said to have been going on for months.
PARIS (AP) — Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A tiny Philip Morris product called Zyn has been making big headlines, sparking debate about whether new nicotine-based alternatives intended for adults may be catching on with underage teens and adolescents.