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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 – Tourist arrivals in the islands of the South Aegean reached new historic levels in 2019, surpassing the record performance of 2018, the South Aegean Region said in an announcement.
The announcement, citing official figures released by the Bank of Greece on travel receipts in the January-September 2019 period, said that the South Aegean ranked top among the country’s 13 regions in arrivals, overnight stays and receipts. More specifically, travel receipts totalled 4.697 billion euros in the nine-month period, from 3.993 billion in the same period in 2018 and 3.287 billion in 2017. The nine-month receipts were higher than the receipts of 2018 (4.414 billion euros). The South Aegean was followed by Crete (3.195 billion), Central Macedonia (2.049 billion), Attica (2.04 billion) and the Ionian Islands (1.84 billion euros).
Tourist arrivals totalled 6.025 million in the South Aegean in the January-September period, up from 5.816 million in 2018 and 5.083 million in 2017. The South Aegean was followed by Central Macedonia (5.903 million), Attica (4.654 million), Crete (4.584 million), East Macedonia-Thrace (3.216 million and the Ionian Islands (2.853 million).
In overnight stays, the South Aegean ranked first with 47.990 million in the nine-month period, followed by 38.273 million on Crete, 37.289 million in Central Macedonia, 26.597 million in Attica and 22.568 million in the Ionian Islands.
Spending per visit was 779.6 euros in the South Aegean, up from 686.7 euros in 2018 and 646.6 euros in 2017. The South Aegean was followed by Crete (696.9 euros), the Ionian Islands (644.7), Peloponnese (483.7), North Aegean (459.5), Attica (438.2), Thessaly (484.2) and Central Macedonia (347.1 euros).
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".