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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.
SOMERSET, NJ – As part of the celebration of Black History Month, Somerset Community Baptist Church, 211 Demott Lane in Somerset, presents Dr. Peter Stavrianidis as a guest speaker on Wednesday, February 22, 6:30 PM. The presentation is titled: “Celebrating the Man, the Legend, the Prophet – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
During his presentation Dr. Stavrianidis will cover excerpts of Dr. King’s life and his unprecedented contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and the struggle of Black America for equality and freedom. Dr. Stavrianidis will also emphasize the ripple effects of Dr. King’s legacy to all other racial, ethnic, and religious minorities across the globe and their new sense for hope and a brighter future.
Dr. Peter Stavrianidis has done extensive sociological research on multiculturalism, assimilation, and acculturation. His research includes studies on attitudes and behaviors on the intergenerational integration of immigrants in the American social landscape and the evolution of America into a multicultural society in the 21st century. Besides being an entrepreneur, running his family business as a 4th generation jeweler/gemologist, Dr. Stavrianidis is also an educator occasionally teaching college level courses as an adjunct professor.
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.
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.
Mykonos’ run has been going on for a long time, bringing hordes of tourists, but it’s being cut down by its reputation for being rowdy, expensive, overcrowded and gouging diners while businesses evade taxes.