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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.
NICOSIA – Apparently satisfied it's safe despite no end in sight yet to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cyprus will gradually ease a travel ban on visitors from 56 more countries, most in the European Union.
Also on the safe list, The Jerusalem Post said, are Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the government announced in a statement on the updated protocols.
There is a new ategorization system in accordance with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control standards (ECDC), dividing countries by green, orange, red and grey as to their levels of safety in dealing with COVID-19.
According to this standard, Israel is currently marked as grey, meaning a visit to Cyprus from Israel would require a Cyprus flight pass, a PCR test from up to 72 hours before arrival, a mandatory 14-day self-isolation period and a random (government-paid) coronavirus test, taken upon arrival, the paper said.
The new protocols begun Jan. 15, 2021 as part of the transitional period, and by March 15, all 56 countries in category grey will be moved to either green, orange or red following ECDC evaluations.
Israelis favor Cyprus for holidays as it's a short distance trip for them and Cyprus' government, after tourism fell off the map in the summer, is eager to get people into the country.
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.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".