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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.
ASTORIA – The Federation of Cypriot-American Organizations (FCAO) in collaboration with PSEKA hosted a dinner at Dionysos tavern on September 30, with special guest Nikos Nouris, the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus.
The president FCAO, Kyriacos Papastylianou, welcomed the minister, thanking him for his presence. During the dinner, Nouris participated in an open discussion on issues related to expatriation, immigration, and Turkey.
Philip Christopher, president of PSEKA, emphasized the importance of supporting the Greek diaspora.
“For 48 years, we have been serving and fighting for Cyprus. As you all know, there is a great risk of war between Greece and Turkey. Many say that Erdogan is moving in such a way because the elections are approaching, and he wants to bring people’s attention to this issue.”
The Minister of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Nouris, said that the diaspora in America, the United Kingdom, as well as Australia is a great support for Cyprus in every effort and struggle. Turkey, unfortunately, is evolving into a greater threat, even bigger than our national problem that we are still facing today, and I am referring to the migration issue.”
He added, “in the last two years, Cyprus has been subject to a hybrid threat from Turkey, which currently poses three serious risks. The first is demographic alteration, the second are the security issues, and the third is a huge financial burden, which, despite the support of the European Union, still risks blowing up the state budgets.
Nouris concluded saying, “today, Cyprus has reached the highest percentage, 6%, of asylum seekers in the Republic of Cyprus. We have almost surpassed 60,000. These people have not entered Cyprus because they are refugees, nor because they are in danger, but because Turkey is constantly instrumentalizing the migration.”
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.