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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 Saronikos municipality in East Attica is the latest to take a humanitarian aid initiative for earthquake-stricken Albania, as on Friday it announced the daily collection of goods at the town of Kalyvia, the municipality’s seat.
Long-shelf-life foods, bottled water, pharmaceuticals and any other essentials will be collected daily at the Saronikos Town Hall from Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:30 am to 6:30 pm, and on weekends from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm.
The ministry of Infrastructure and Transport sent out a team of civil engineers to Albania on Friday while the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian organization’s team also departed for Albania on the same day.
Greece has so far sent three mobile cooking units, courtesy of the Greek army, two Special Disaster Unit (EMAK) rescue teams with a sniffer dog and special equipment, doctors and medicines from the Medical Association of Athens, while hospitals in Thessaloniki said they will accept and treat Albania’s injured free of charge.
The Regional Union of Attica Municipalities has also said will gather essentials, as will the city of Patras, and the Central Macedonia Region has also called on citizens to give essentials for Albania.
The deadly 6.4 Richter scale temblor that shook Albania on Tuesday has so far claimed the lives of 49 people and injured at least 1,050.
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.
SANTORINI – The prestigious sports event of Santorini, Santorini Experience, which highlights one of the top tourist destinations in the world through sports activities, will be held for the 7th year from October 3-6.
ATHENS – The distinguished Greek-American scientist Nikos Kyrpides, biologist, researcher, head of the Prokaryotic Genomics Program at the Joint Genome Institute of the U.
VILLA MADERO, Mexico — As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City.
ATHENS – The world-famous humanoid robot Sophia filled the auditorium of the American Community Schools of Athens April 23, fascinating many in the audience.