General News
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.
ATHENS — Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias participated in a video conference of the foreign ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) on Thursday, during which they discussed a series of issues of common regional interest. The foreign minister announced that Greece is ready to assume the SEECP presidency for the period July 1, 2021- June 30,2022.
Dendias referred to the need to strengthen cooperation between the countries of Southeastern Europe in matters of security, as well as in the promotion of democratic reforms and human rights in the context of the region's European prospect, according to a written statement after the end of the online meeting.
He said that they discussed the strengthening of interconnectivity, as well as ways for the region to jointly address the political and economic repercussions of the pandemic, particularly in sectors where the region is weak, such as in food and nutrition security.
"Regarding the economic challenges created by the pandemic and in the spirit of the 2nd Thessaloniki Forum 2020 results, we discussed the potential for regional coordination in investment, competitiveness and mobility issues in order to put our economies on a growth path to growth as soon as possible," he said.
"At the same time, I pointed out the need to jointly work for the reversal of the brain drain, as this is a matter directly linked with the economic and social future of the region," he added.
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.
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.
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.