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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.
ATHEHNS — Civil Protection is being upgraded throughout Greece, thanks to a new funding program of 595 million euros from the European Investment Bank, which was formally agreed today, with the aim of dealing more effectively with the pandemic, as well as limiting human losses due to natural disasters.
At the same time, long-term funding and the exchange of best practices at the technical level will contribute to the most effective prevention of disasters, such as floods, forest fires and earthquakes in the 13 Greek regions, but also in dealing with pandemics and other health threats.
In particular, the new initiative, which is the largest targeted funding in the field of Civil Protection in Europe with the support of the European Investment Bank (EIB), includes mobile hospitals, fire and medical evacuation aircraft, helicopters, drones and rescue equipment, in order to reduce the loss of life from natural disasters such as fires, earthquakes and floods.
The programme has a five-year implementation horizon.
Asked by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency how ready the country will be through this agreement to successfully deal with impending dangers and natural disasters, Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias said: "As of February 4, 4662/2020 is in force, which is the new law of Civil Protection, a huge effort that came to give answers to all the issues and pathogens of decades related to crisis management. Through this process, despite the fact that we have to deal with a global health crisis, we are building step by step all the mechanism we need, all the means we need, and the buildings and the means, the equipment, and we come to respond in issues that have cost many lives, concerning the equipment, the air means, the structures that the Civil Protection never had before."
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.
NASHVILLE, ΤΝ – With a special event organized by the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy - U.
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.