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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.
NICOSIA — Former Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann has been named the new chairman of bailed-out Cyprus’ biggest bank.
The shareholders’ and board votes come after the Bank of Cyprus passed a European in-depth review of its finances last month. The bank had earlier bolstered its capital base by raising 1 billion euros ($1.25 billion).
U.S. billionaire Wilbur Ross, who led a group of investors in pouring tens of millions into the bank, was elected Vice Chairman. Russian Vladimir Strzhalkovskiy stays on also as vice chairman.
Bank of Cyprus still faces major hurdles — half of all its loans are bad.
Police thwarted several dozen angry bondholders who lost money in Cyprus’ multi-billion euro international rescue deal last year from forcing their way into the bank’s headquarters.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
"How did you find Greece?" a friend asked me, after my recent return to New York from a trip there.
On Monday, April 22, 2024, history was being written in a Manhattan courtroom.
PARIS - With heavy security set for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games during a time of terrorism, France has asked to use a Greek air defense system as well although talks are said to have been going on for months.
PARIS (AP) — Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette.