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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 – Greece’s Supreme Court prosecutor’s office is looking into the release of a special police guard who shot and killed 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos in December, 2008 during a confrontation with a group, the death setting off two weeks of violent riots.
Ironically, Epaminondas Korkoneas was let out of jail under a new leniency law approved by the former ruling Radical Left SYRIZA, legislation that critics said was geared toward getting out of jail anarchists and terrorists.
Korkoneas was released from a high-security prison in Domokos, near Lamia in central Greece, in July after an appeals court reduced his term from life to 13 years and as he had served 11 years in jail plus time served while waiting to be tried.
The decision to review the ruling came after the Supreme Court prosecutor’s office deemed that there were insufficient grounds for Korkoneas to be shown leniency, said |Kathimerini and now the court’s criminal section will look into the release.
According to the case file, Korkoneas, who has shown defiance and not remorse, fired twice with his revolver in the direction of the group and one of the bullets rebounded off a cement structure and hit Grigoropoulos in the chest, killing him instantly.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CAIRO — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials.
Days after a Russian missile struck near where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in Odessa meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Greece moved to send more guns and ammunition to help against Russia’s ongoing invasion there.
UPPER DARBY, PA – The Saint Demetrios Greek School in Upper Darby held a celebration on March 17 in honor of March 25th, 1821.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month, as the divide has grown between allies over the food crisis in Gaza and conduct of the war, according to the White House.