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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.
ATHENS — Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias signed with his Iraqi counterpart Faud Hussein memoranda of understanding on political deliberations and collaboration in the field of diplomatic education.
Dendias is paying an official visit to Iraq and has a series of meetings with the political and state authorities.
The Greek Foreign Minister's meeting with Hussein focused on bilateral cooperation, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, according to a relevant foreign ministry post on Twitter.
Dendias is accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion, Kostas Fragogiannis.
The foreign minister will then be received by Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.
After Baghdad, the foreign minister will visit Erbil where he will meet with the President and the Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani and Marsour Barzani, respectively, as well as with historical leader Masoud Barzani.
Finally, the foreign minister will inaugurate the Consulate General of Greece in Erbil, in the presence of local officials.
Υπογράψαμε με τον Ιρακινό ομόλογό μου, @Fuad_Hussein1, Μνημόνια Κατανόησης για πολιτικές διαβουλεύσεις και συνεργασία στον τομέα της διπλωματικής εκπαίδευσης – I signed with @Fuad_Hussein1@GreeceMFA–@Iraqimofa MoUs on political consultations & cooperation on diplomatic training. pic.twitter.com/OJ4mPktzmo
— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) October 14, 2020
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
TORONTO (AP) — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago.
HONOLULU — The Hawaii attorney general's office must pay attorney fees for using last year's Maui wildfire tragedy to file a petition in “bad faith” that blamed a state court judge for a lack of water for firefighting, Hawaii's Supreme Court ruled.
Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80 Dickey Betts, who died Thursday at age 80, really was born a ramblin’ man.
NEW YORK — New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on Thursday and arrested more than 100 demonstrators, including the daughter of a prominent Minnesota congresswoman.
ATHENS - The special 'Easter Basket,' which offers traditional Easter foods at lower or unchanged prices, will come into effect from April 24 to May 4.