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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.
THESSALONIKI — Mobs of teens from a high school in a Thessaloniki suburb clashed in a battle between left-and-right wing factions that turned ugly and violent and reports that knives were seen being pulled.
The battle royale erupted the morning of Sept. 28 the neighborhood of Stavropouli, in a clash of ideologies that mirrors how Greek society has long been bitterly split.
Reports said the brawl began after some 30 hooded teenagers attacked a protest rally outside the school by students who were protesting an earlier assault against teens passing out flyers showing sympathy for Greece's Left groups.
A witness told told the local news site Voria.gr, the hooded teens, believed to be right-wing extremists, gathered behind the school to organize the attack, seen on video footage on cell phones storming the protesters.
The attackers were seen brandishing sticks and other weapons but couldn't be made out because they were wearing hoods, crash helmets and also also masks – required of students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At least two people were injured, the report said. “They should have been kicked out school a long time ago,” the 17-year-old witness told Voria, describing the attackers as “fascists.” She added: “They could have hurt a lot of kids,” but it's rare for even violent incidents in Greek schools to bring any real punishment.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
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BALTIMORE - Authorities have released the identities of the two people recovered from the water Wednesday morning at the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse.
ATHENS — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.
ATHENS – Greece recorded a huge improvement in the business environment rankings of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) among 82 countries worldwide.