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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.
CORFU, Greece – Prince Philip of Britain, who died on Friday, was considered a local by Corfu residents, as he was born and baptised on the Greek island.
The late Duke of Edinburgh and future husband of Queen Elizabeth II was born at Mon Repos Palace on May 28, 1921 (old calendar). He was baptised at the Church of St. George at the Old Fortress of Corfu on October 24 of the same year, archaeologist and head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corfu Tenia Rigakou told Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
His godparent was the town of Corfu, as represented by then mayor Alexandros Kokotos and Princess Olga, daughter of Prince Nicholas.
As a two-year-old, he was whisked away from Greece when the government changed in 1922 and his father, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was condemned to death and saved by British intervention.
Although Philip never returned to Corfu, members of the royal family have kept close ties to the island, visiting it over several summers. The last time was when his son, Prince Charles of Wales paid a private visit with his wife, Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, in July 2019.
The royal family is traditionally hosted by the Rothschild family at their villa in Kerassia.
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.