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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 — Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglou, in statements after a meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday, said that he was happy to be back in Greece after a long time.
Cavusoglu stated that Turkey wants to be able to continue its relations with Greece without conditions and prerequisites. In addition, he claimed that "together with Nikos Dendias we agreed that this very positive cooperation will continue."
Referring to the talks he had with Dendias and the meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Cavusoglou said that they had the opportunity to assess bilateral issues. In particular, he said Ankara had decided to speed up bilateral negotiations on economic and trade issues and he made special reference to the meeting between Deputy Foreign Ministers Kostas Fragogiannis and Sedat Onal in Kavala on Saturday.
"There were 25 agreed points through which we could enhance our cooperation in economic and trade matters," he added. The Turkish foreign minister noted that all the memoranda of cooperation and the mechanisms to be established in order for this cooperation to proceed, "finds us in total agreement."
He further stressed that there is political will on the part of Turkey and expressed his satisfaction that he sees the existence of the same good will on the part of Greece.
Cavusoglu noted a decision to mutually recognise the vaccination certificates issued by each country for travel, expressing the belief that this agreement will have a very positive impact on both tourism and other issues.
Regarding political and military cooperation between the two countries, the Turkish foreign minister noted that the 62nd round of exploratory contacts took place in Athens and announced that a date will be set for the next meeting. He also said that a 4th conference on confidence-building measures has been held via video conference, noting that efforts are ongoing.
He pointed out that a meeting of the leaders of the two countries is planned on the sidelines of the NATO Summit. "It is clear that there are many issues that are pending, that are waiting to be resolved and we both believe that the basis of this resolution must be respect for the law and common interests," he added.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
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.