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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 – The ferry “Euroferry Olympia” that caught fire while sailing in the sea northeast of Ereikoussa on Friday, February 18, while carrying out the itinerary Igoumenitsa-Brindisi reached its destination just outside the port of Astakos in Etoloakarnania on Wednesday.
There appeared to be no fires but only dense smoke on board the vessel.
Three tugboats and a fire brigade vessel are currently close to the ferry, in order to put out any fires that may rekindle.
When the tugboats complete their work and guide the ferry into the port, there will be an attempt to open the doors and the fire brigade will resume the search and rescue operation to locate the 10 ferry passengers who are still missing.
A total of 64 Fire Brigade officers are at the port of Astakos and members of the Dutch company Smit Salvage and of the Greek Megatugs salvage towage.
Sources said that as soon as the rescue operation is complete they will start the pumping of water and fuel. Roughly 700 tons of fuel are on the ferry.
The Shipping and Island Policy Ministry will arrange for the transport and accommodation of the families of the missing.
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.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
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.