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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.
As the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly being beaten back in Greece, health officials were anxious over an uptick in cases on the island of Kos, urging residents and tourists to be cautious.
The island went from yellow to orange using an indication scale of danger said Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias about the popular eastern Aegean spot as Greece is trying to lure more visitors.
The agency, he said, “is doing everything it can to contain small outbreaks,” but residents and tourists must follow health measures such as wearing masks and keeping safe social distances although all visitors have to be free of the virus before entering the country.
Overall, there are signs of continuing improvement though with 16 areas northern Athens, Viotia, Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Grevena, Achaia, Rethymno, Tinos, Evia, Aitoloakarnania, Lesvos, Kilkis, Iraklio in Crete, Syros, Andros and Kalymnos, dropping in the alert level.
Areas that have climbed into the best level are Preveza, Samos, Lefkada, Kefalonia, Evrytania, Thasos, Limnos and Milos, said Kathimerini.
The country's most populous area of Attica, which includes the capital Athens, accounted for half of the cases most days, with the downtown area the heaviest hit while the second-largest cit and major port of Thessaloniki is also seeing occasionally high levels during these days.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.
ATHENS - Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, in an announcement on Friday, expressed "deep concern and its unequivocal condemnation of the new escalation of tension in the Middle East with Israel's show of force against Iran.
VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Firefighters in Copenhagen plan to start taking down scaffolding that is left dangling dangerously Friday outside the ruins of the Danish capital's historic Old Stock Exchange building after a fire tore through it and collapsed much of its structure.