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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 – Although European Union sanctions openly announced that the assets of many Russians in the bloc would be confiscated over the invasion of Ukraine, its embassy in Greece said that’s led to some being without any money.
“In some cases, families of Russian citizens are deprived of their only source of income,” the embassy said in a tweet in Russian, said Kathimerini, reporting that Russians in Greece said they were caught off guard.
The Russian Embassy said it was “concerned” about reports it had received from Russian citizens in the country who said that their bank accounts have been frozen, “without any warning or written notification,” the report said.
Greece began freezing of assets of Russian citizens named on an international list for sanctions sent to all EU countries but it wasn’t said if in Greece that includes rich Russians who bought Golden Visas.
The paper said that Greek officials have begun seizing assets, including real estate in the southern suburbs of Athens and on the Greek islands, as well as bank accounts but that it affected only a few, no number given.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) — Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
ATHENS - While Greece’s shipping sector, which rules the world’s waves, is essentially tax-free, waiters will now be taxed up to 40 percent of their trips on a ruling by the Supreme Court declaring that as income.
BUTLER, Pa - Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during a Saturday appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.
ATHENS - Although overtaking the major opposition SYRIZA in polls, the once dominant PASOK party is voting for a leader on Oct.
ATHENS - The soaring price of olive oil in Greece - one its most treasured commodities - that’s been so high many households have turned to alternatives, is expected to drop with a better production expected in 2024.