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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 — Aegean Airlines on Tuesday reported losses of 28.3 million euros in the third quarter of 2020, hit by restrictions imposed because of the pandemic, after profits of 90.2 million euros in the same period last year.
The Greek airline company said that from early July and after a partial lifting of restrictions in Europe, a gradual return of international flights began, but several markets remained inaccessible, demand was weak and a lack of coordination in travel protocols made things difficult. Aegean said its flights were cut back by 49 pct compared with the third quarter of 2019, while passenger traffic was down 62 pct in the same period. Average flight occupancy was 65.7 pct (87.7 pct in 2019), totaling around 2.0 million passengers in 78 destinations in Greece and abroad. Turnover shrank to 155.1 million euros in the July-September period, from 512.5 million last year,
In the nine-month period, turnover was 342.5 million euros from 1.031 billion in 2019 and passenger traffic totaled 4.4 million. Net results, after tax, showed a loss of 187.1 million euros after profits of 77.1 million last year.
Cash reserves totaled 433.3 million euros at the end of September and borrowing was 290 million euros.
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.
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.
Mykonos’ run has been going on for a long time, bringing hordes of tourists, but it’s being cut down by its reputation for being rowdy, expensive, overcrowded and gouging diners while businesses evade taxes.