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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 – In a quick turnabout after Greece said it was “tasteless” and “unacceptable,” NATO’s Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) deleted a tweet congratulating Turkey on its Victory Day, marking the 1922 defeat of Greece in Asian Minor.
“Today is the 100th anniversary of Turkish Independence. We join our Turkish allies across NATO and beyond in celebration of their Victory and Turkish Armed Forces Day,” LANDCOM, which is based in the Turkish city of Izmir, said.
The tweet was accompanied by a photo depicting a unit of Turkish soldiers below a large Turkish flag, further irking Greece after NATO has refused to intervene over Turkish jets repeatedly violating Greek airspace.
Greece’s permanent representative to the security alliance filed a demarche condemning the tweet, the Foreign Ministry earlier said, adding that another would be sent to the the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE,) although the tweet was removed.
The LANDCOM Twitter account regularly tweets messages on the national holidays of member countries, such as on March 25 for Greek Independence Day and it wasn’t indicated whether the tweet was just ignorance or intended.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has praised Turkey as a valuable ally even after Turkey bought Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems that undermine the defense alliance and could be used against Greece in a conflict, as relations with Turkey remain taut.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
ALBANY – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) on March 26 was joined in Albany by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to recognize Greek Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus.
ATHENS - Historic member of PASOK and passionate advocate of the recognition of Pontian Greek genocide Michalis Charalambidis died on Wednesday aged 73.
ATHENS - While the New Democracy government denied audio files from the 2023 head-on train crash in Tempe which killed 57 had been tampered with, five managers at the state-run OSE railways agency reportedly had access to them.
FAIRVIEW, NJ – The Greek Cypriots of New Jersey under the auspices of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York and Consul General of Cyprus Michalis Firillas will commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle of Cyprus from British Colonial Rule 1955-1959, with a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, 101 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ, on Sunday, March 31.