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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 cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday unanimously adopted a proposal made by Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras to promote Iosif Tsalaganidis, current the Supreme Court’s Vice-President, to the position of Supreme Court president.
It also named the new chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court, promoting the Supreme Court’s current deputy prosecutor, Vasilios Pliotas, to the position.
Tsalaganidis and Pliotas had collected the greatest number of votes out of the candidates considered by the conference of parliament presidents for the two positions.
New Supreme Court president aims to increase public confidence in the administration of Justice
The new president of the Supreme Court of Greece, Iosif Tsalaganidis, said in a statement on Wednesday that he will work hard to increase public confidence in the administration of justice.
In particular, Tsalaganidis noted in his statement: “I thank the government for doing me the honour of choosing me for the post of president of the Supreme Court. During my brief term in office I will endeavor, with the help of God, with wisdom and consensus, to raise the level of public confidence in the administration of justice. I will be pleased if, at the end of June 2020, the citizens feel closer to Justice.”
On his part, the new Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Vassilios Pliotas, said: “I will do my utmost to fully meet my duties and obligations for the good and prestige of Justice, but also of society itself and of the citizens.”
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.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.
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.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.