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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 – Unable to keep up with demand from passengers flocking buses even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Athens Transport plans to hire 655 personnel with fast-track procedures and lease up to 300 buses, no more than 10 years old.
The aim is to have more frequent runs and avoid overcrowding at the time of the pandemic, a Transport Ministry official told Kathimerini, with The Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies proposing using mostly empty tourist buses as well.
Athens Transport could also use up to 200 buses, and 550 drivers, from the regional intercity bus service (KTEL), which, like similar ones across Greece, is run as a cooperative of private bus owners, the report said.
The idea was in a letter sent to ministries overseeing public transportation with concerns about the virus spreading in places where people can't keep a safe social distance of at least 1.5 meters (4.92 feet) apart and where not everyone is wearing a mask as is required.
The association is also asking for the abolition of the KTEL intercity bus monopoly on partnerships with the private sector in covering transportation needs, it was said.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".
ATHENS - Disregarding the recommendation of a prosecutor who said there wasn’t enough evidence, an Athens Mixed Jury Court found a 55-year-old man guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl but found her mother innocent of pornography.