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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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Recognizing that Greece and the Republic of Cyprus are not the countries causing problems in the Southeast Mediterranean region, a State Department official commented on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing concerning Libya.
Asked whether the U.S. would insist that any potential government in Libya should reject the Memorandum of Understanding with Turkey on the delimitation of maritime jurisdictions, Christopher Robinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, affirmed the established American position and called on all the countries to abstain from actions that increase tension in the region.
This statement prompted the reaction of Senator Bob Menendez (NJ-D), who, through a series of questions, called on Robinson to clarify which were the countries creating these problems. Sen. Menendez then presented Turkey as the only country causing a problem, citing the memorandum on maritime jurisdiction as an example, an agreement he described as “outrageous.”
“This is very nice, [we call on] all the countries. But there is only one country that creates these problems. Turkey has made this outrageous claim, claiming a lane that crosses international waters and actually the territories of Greece, for example, as well as Cyprus… Why do we say ‘all countries’ when we actually know that there is only one that creates a real problem and that is Turkey?” asked the U.S. Senator.
Robinson responded that the U.S. does not want to see an escalation of tensions and that it has been diplomatically involved with all parties to achieve the goal of de-escalation.
Sen. Menendez, however, insisted and called on him to answer if Greece and Cyprus had caused problems in this case, with the State Department official forced to admit that the two countries had taken no provocative action.
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.
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.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.
ATHENS - The European Union needs to get involved in the case of the two-year jail sentence given ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri who was elected Mayor of the seaside town of Himare and said the trial was a farce to get him and protect Prime Minister Edi Rama’s business friends.