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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 – The SNF DIALOGUES discussed the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy.
As part of a series of online discussions on the complex and multifaceted issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the SNF DIALOGUES have addressed the need for social distancing and the quality of information available to the public. On Wednesday, May 13, the DIALOGUES turned to the nascent economic impacts of the pandemic and the social disruption they are causing worldwide. The health crisis of the pandemic has spawned a socioeconomic crisis that is already manifesting serious effects in Greece and abroad. Through a live webcast inviting participation from the public, the DIALOGUES discussed the impacts of the pandemic on the economy, the rapid rise in unemployment, and new geopolitical balances.
Participants in the DIALOGUES webcast on The Challenge to the Economy:
– Emilios Avgouleas, International Banking Law and Finance Chair, University of Edinburgh
– Costas Meghir, Professor of Economics, Yale University
SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos also joined the webcast to discuss SNF's Global Relief Initiative for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Watch the video at: dialogues.snf.org
The DIALOGUES are curated and moderated by Anna-Kynthia Bousdoukou.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it.
NEW YORK — Monday's opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts.
ASTORIA – The singer Anastasia visited St.
CHICAGO, IL – This spring, Wrightwood 659 hosts Chryssa & New York, the first museum exhibition in North America in more than four decades to focus on the Greek-born artist Chryssa (1933–2013).
NEW YORK – Greek-American George Patrikis, owner of Ditmars Flower Shop in Astoria, was featured in the New York Times on April 15 about the rise in the cost of a dozen red roses from $60 in 2019 to $72 today.