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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 repeatedly by the United Nations, Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis again protested what he called “the continuing violations of the national airspace and territorial waters of Cyprus by Turkey, as well as the infringements … of international air traffic regulations, and appeal for their immediate cessation.”
It wasn’t said what Cyprus expect to be done as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has shown no willingness to tangle with Turkey, which has occupied the northern third of the island since an unlawful 1974 invasion.
He failed to help broker a reunification deal when talks fell apart in July, 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – who has sent energy ships to drill for oil and gas in Cypriot sovereign waters – and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said they would never remove a 35,000-strong standing army from the occupied territory and wanted the right to militarily intervene when they wanted.
In a letter to Guterres, Mavroyianis said: “The Republic of Cyprus reiterates its call to respect Security Council resolutions and adhere to the principles of sovereignty and non-interference enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.” The letter has been circulated as an official document within the UN.
Mavroyiannis said that there were again infringements of international air traffic regulations in Cyprus’ Nicosia Flight Information Region, and the illegal use of closed ports and airports in Cyprus, by Turkey, during the months of July and August, reported the Cyprus Mail.
“Turkey continues to systematically harass civilian and military aircraft within the Nicosia Flight Information Region via radio calls while, during the same period, the regime installed by the occupying power in the area of Cyprus that it occupies, has illegally issued three notices to airmen relating to exercises conducted by the Turkish Air Force. Additionally, Turkish commercial aircraft systematically use the Tymbou airport, which continues to operate illegally following the closure, by the Cyprus Government, of all ports of entry in the areas where it does not exercise effective control,” he also added
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.
CALIFORNIA - The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony and dozens more college students were arrested at other campuses nationwide Thursday as protests against the Israel-Hamas war continued to spread.
NEW YORK — The third day of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial concluded Thursday after Trump's lawyers got their first chance to question a witness on the stand.
ATLANTA — As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.
ATHENS - Voters should see the whole picture when they go to cast their ballot in the European Parliament elections on June 9, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview on Thursday.