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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.
MADRID — Spain’s national statistics office said that it received zero international tourists in April after the nation had closed its borders at the height of its coronavirus outbreak.
In April 2019, 7 million tourists spent 7 billion euros ($7.8 billion) in Spain.
Spain is waiting until July to reopen its border for foreign tourists. In the meantime, authorities are encouraging Spaniards to vacation inside at home.
Tourism is a pillar of Spain’s economy. Eighty million annual visitors generate 12% of Spain’s gross domestic product and help employ 2.6 million people.
Amid the global economic slowdown provoked by the pandemic, Spain’s government forecasts its economy will shrink by 9% and unemployment to reach 19% this 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.
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.