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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 — Greece attracted significant investment interest in 2020 despite a negative economic environment and the direct impact of the pandemic on investment decision-making, evidence of the momentum of the Greek economy and the opportunities it offers, Enterprise Greece said in a report released on Thursday.
More specifically, Enterprise Greece drafted 70 new focused investment proposals for interested foreign investors, it supported 47 investment plans which are expected to create at least 6,000 new jobs and contributed to flagship agreements, such as Next.e.GO Mobile SE and a memorandum of cooperation with Volkswagen to promote the smart and sustainable island in Astypalaia. Enterprise Greece also evaluated 14 new strategic investment projects with a total budget of 2.8 billion euros, which will create 2,057 new jobs, a result exceeding the accumulated strategic investments of the period 2015-2019.
Enterprises Greece also supported Greek exporters with a new series of digital tools to help promotional activities, it changed its operating model and focused on new services. Enterprise Greece said the top five countries for investment demand were China (60), India (49), US (37), Germany (30) and the UK (19). The Golden Visa programme offered 8,011 permits and its revenue totaled 2.0 billion euros.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
BAYSIDE, NY – Daughters of Penelope (DOP) Ilion Chapter 135 continues to keep the light shining bright within.
NEW YORK – Mike Labatos, AHEPA District 6 Lt.
Cretans are known for loving their guns but the island has the dubious record of having the highest rates of suicide in Greece over the last 25 years, averaging 2.
ATHENS - Forgetting the 2010-18 economic and austerity crisis that saw people so desperate they were picking food out of rubbish and supermarket bins, Greeks are among the European countries with the ignominious title of food wasters.