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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 – A bill for stray animals rights put out for public consultation after a series of violent incidents against them has split Greeks, critics upset with a provision for mandatory sterilization, saying the animals should reproduce.
That's although the countless strays in the country don't have owners or homes and stray dogs have attacked or killed people, the New Democracy government moving to make animal abuse a felony to protect them.
It's also uncertain what obligations an animal owner would have and what constitutes neglect or abuse, with huge fines set to be imposed in severe cases, animal welfare groups estimating there are more than one million roaming about and that the number of stray cats is soaring.
“It is time for Greece to take courageous steps towards the protection of our little friends," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted, with a video about the bill accompanying his message.
"Animal protection is a matter of culture and concerns us all," he said. He also noted that,"Caring for stray animals, support of adoption, protection from abuse, ensuring their well-being. These are just some of the goals of the new bill."
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.
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.
ATHENS - The European Union needs to get involved in the case of the two-year jail sentence given ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri who was elected Mayor of the seaside town of Himare and said the trial was a farce to get him and protect Prime Minister Edi Rama’s business friends.