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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 government announced that retail shops will shut down as of Wednesday, with the exception of their e-services and related at-home delivery divisions, as part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Greece following a global pandemic.
Civil Protection Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias said that all most retail stores that involve in-store transactions would generally shut down, with the exception of supermarkets, pharmacies and gas stations, among others.
The list of stores that will remain open after Wednesday include the following:
– supermarkets, neighborhood food stores, butcher stores, fish stores, bakeries, pastry shops, groceries and wine sellers
– pharmacies and stores selling devices for mobility impaired people, and medical and industrial supplies and machines
– opticians and stores selling hearing devices (by appointment only, after calling)
– delivery services, room service, takeaway food (delivery and takeout stores are not allowed to have sit-down customers)
– covered open markets (with restrictions as to the number of customers at a time)
– gas stations
– car and motorcycle repair shops, bicycle sale and repair stores
– kiosks, mini-markets and small neighborhood (‘psilika’) stores
– dry cleaners
– courier companies
– pet food stores, or stores selling animal feed or veterinary medicine
– telecoms stores (with restrictions)
– electricity and natural gas provider stores
– plant fertilizers and agricultural material
– funeral parlors
– retail stores at airports and ports of Greece (with restrictions)
Retail stores that also serve customers through e-orders may keep that particular division open.
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.