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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.
SERRES, Greece — The municipality of Serres in northern Greece has decided to impose new emergency measures against the spread of the coronavirus, at a meeting held on Tuesday with the participation of all the relevant local agencies.
Among others, the meeting decided to suspend the operation of all public sports facilities, of all concerts and theatrical plays, as well as municipal dance and fitness classes.
The mayor of Serres, Alexandros Chrysafis, underlined that the top priority is to reduce a spike in infections so as to avoid a lockdown. "The next days are very crucial" he said.
National Public Health Organisation teams will remain in Serres for this week to conduct random sample tests on the population, in an attempt to detect positive cases.
At the same time, the tests at the "Kostopoulio Stegi" retirement home have revealed 19 cases of Covid-19 among the staff and residents. Four elderly people were sent to AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki on Monday while another three will be sent on Tuesday. The director of the home, in statetements expressed his concern over the situation, underlined that all health protocols are followed, with regular checks on all staff and residents. He also said that those infected were found in one ward. The retirement home hosts 113 people.
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.