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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.
BRUSSELS — The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, will visit Athens on May 27-28 to attend the ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of Greece's accession to the European Economic Community (EEC), which later became the European Union.
According to the programme announced by the European Parliament, on Thursday Sassoli will speak at the official ceremony at the Zappeion Mansion for the 40th anniversary of Greece's accession to the EEC. Before the ceremony, he will meet with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, as well as with the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In addition, the President of the European Parliament will visit the Greek Parliament, where he will meet with Hellenic Parliament President Konstantinos Tassoulas and address a joing session of the Parliamentary Committees on the European Union and Foreign Affairs. David Sassoli, also on Thursday 27/5 at 11:30 and with the Vice President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, at 12:30.
On Friday, Sassoli will visit the charity 'Ark of the World' and meet its founder, Father Antonios Papanikolaou.
(ANA/M. Aroni)
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.
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.
PARIS (AP) — The second retractable roof at Roland Garros will be inaugurated on the opening day of the French Open next month, organizers said on Thursday about a project planned with the Paris Olympics in mind.