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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.
ATHENS – The number of visitors to museums and archaeological sites in Greece posted a 21.8 pct and 19.4 pct rise, respectively, in April 2019, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Tuesday.
In April 2019 the number of visitors to museums increased by 21.8 pct, while numbers of free admission visitors increased by 25 pct and there was a 19.9 pct hike in revenues.
According to ELSTAT’s report, in the four months of 2019 there was a 9.2 pct increase in visitors, 5.9 pct increase in free admissions and revenues rose by 16.1 pct.
In archaeological sites, in April 2019 there was a 19.4 pct increase in visitors, a 24.8 pct hike in free admissions and revenues rose by 18.4 pct in comparison with April 2018.
In the period January-April 2019, visitors to archaeological sites of Greece increased by 10.3 pct, free admissions by 11.1 pct while revenues posted a 14.4 pct hike.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
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.