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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 – Eight Greek universities were included in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) global ranking for universities for 2023-2024. The top ranking Greek university was the National Technical University of Athens (Metsovian Polytechnic) in 347th place followed by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (444th place), The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (530th), the University of Crete (534th), the University of Patras (places 791-800), the Athens University of Economics and Business (places 901-950), the University of Ioannina (places 1001-1200), and, finally, the Polytechnic of Crete (places 1400+).
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton churned Wednesday toward a potentially catastrophic collision along the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay after millions were ordered to evacuate and officials warned that stragglers would face grim odds of surviving.
ATHENS - The sea turtle populations in Greece, including on the islands of Zakynthos and Crete, as well as Cyprus are coming back after years of decline, spurred by plans to protect them and the work of activists and conservationists in the field.
NICOSIA - In what likely will further impede any hope of reviving the divided island, the Turkish-Cypriot occupied side is going ahead with plans to revive the abandoned resort of Varosha that has been shut down since 1974 Turkish invasions.
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