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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 – The Elaionas detention center near the Greek capital that is holding refugees and migrants hoping for asylum will be closed – but still hold 900 people who can’t afford to go anywhere else.
It has been in operation since 2015 the first wave of what turned into hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants fleeing war, strife and economic hardship in their homelands came to Greece through Turkey.
Those who will remain there are recognized refugees who have no other place of residence or the financial means to rent accommodation, said Kathimerini of the plan.
Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis has informed Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis that the municipality is not going to renew the contract for the concession of the land in Elaionas, which expires Dec. 31.
Bakoyannis said that’s because the crisis has eased and there’s no longer a need for the facility that was designed to hold 700 but held some 2,500 at its peak. There are still about 1900 there.
Because no additional staff were added to deal with the greater numbers there was a backlash from residents around the facility who were upset with it, and Greece is still holding scores of thousands of refugees in migrants on the mainland and five Aegean islands near Turkey.
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.
NASHVILLE, ΤΝ – With a special event organized by the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy - U.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
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.