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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 – To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) delivering the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) to the Greek state and the public, the SNFCC is organizing five days full of celebratory events and activities for all audiences from February 19 to 23.
The festivities also included a public discussion on how the SNFCC can serve as a model public space and a prime example of a successful public-private partnership. The discussion was held on Saturday, February 19, at the SNFCC Lighthouse and featured SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos and SNFCC Managing Director Elly Andriopoulou. The Greek prime ministers who were in office from the conception of the idea for the creation of the SNFCC onward had also been invited to participate, namely: K. Karamanlis, George A. Papandreou, Antonis Samaras, Alexis Tsipras, and Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who also represented the government, and Greek Parliament member Effie Achtsioglou, on behalf of Syriza Progressive Alliance, participated in the discussion. George Papandreou sent a short greeting via video.
The discussion was coordinated by Ares Kalandides an urban planner and visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK.
Source: Stavros Niarchos Foundation
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.
BAYSIDE, NY – Daughters of Penelope (DOP) Ilion Chapter 135 continues to keep the light shining bright within.
NEW YORK – Mike Labatos, AHEPA District 6 Lt.
Cretans are known for loving their guns but the island has the dubious record of having the highest rates of suicide in Greece over the last 25 years, averaging 2.
ATHENS - Forgetting the 2010-18 economic and austerity crisis that saw people so desperate they were picking food out of rubbish and supermarket bins, Greeks are among the European countries with the ignominious title of food wasters.