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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 – "There is no thought, no plan, for reduction of salaries or pensions," Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Sunday in an interview with SKAI TV. He also said that there were tax interventions in the government's plans, such as the reduction of VAT on restaurants and referred to the official announcements.
The minister said that as of June there would be a mechanism for short-term employment support (through the Commission's SURE program), adding that the government would also study the possibility of a bonus for payments.
According to Staikouras, the deadline for repayment of debts by retroactive pensions will be extended by two months, until the end of July, and the relevant regulation will be submitted within the week, so that the problem has been definitively addressed by then.
Finally, the minister said that the government is making reasonable use of the country's cash reserves, so that measures are constantly being taken in favour of society, especially the middle class and the lower incomes. "The measures taken by the government are expected to avoid large-scale layoffs and bankruptcies," he said.
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".