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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 – On behalf of the Hellenic Unified Seismological Network, the Athens National Observatory’s Geodynamic Institute announced that on Wednesday at 14:24, the seismological network recorded a light earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale. The quake’s epicentre was located 5 km east of the village of Psahna, Evia and 65 km north of Athens.
The 4.9 Richter earthquake was strong, creating intense concern in the entire region, deputy regional governor Giorgos Kelaiditis said in a statement to the Athens-Macednian News Agency on Wednesday, adding that no problems have been reported so far.
“It was a very strong earthquake. So far no problems have been reported. I also spoke with residents from the village of Pissonas which is close to the epicentre but there are no problems. The Civil Protection forces have started patrols while the tremors continue.”
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.
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.
Brace yourself for what could be another scorching summer in Greece as scientists are anxious that a warm winter - the warmest January recorded - and climate change will continue to bring weather anomalies.