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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 — There was a 93 pct slump in total passenger traffic going through Greek airports in June 2020, compared to the previous year, as a result of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority on Friday.
The CAA figures showed a total of just 588,186 passengers on domestic and foreign flights arrived in Greek airports in June 2020, down 93 pct from 8,427,908 passengers in June 2019. The total number of flights came to 17,049 in the month, down 74 pct from the same month in 2019.
The slump in passenger arrivals from abroad was even greater, falling 97.5 pct in the month.
Figures for the first half of 2020 showed a 75 pct drop, with just 6.2 million passenger instead of 24.7 million passengers in the first half of 2019, while flights fell by 59.5 pct.
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.
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.
Brace yourself for what could be another scorching summer in Greece as scientists are anxious that a warm winter - the warmest January recorded - and climate change will continue to bring weather anomalies.
Mykonos’ run has been going on for a long time, bringing hordes of tourists, but it’s being cut down by its reputation for being rowdy, expensive, overcrowded and gouging diners while businesses evade taxes.