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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 – “…Some people have confidence in Greece, that if they invest their money, they will not lose but gain,” Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis said in an interview on Friday with the radio station SKAI 100.3, referring to Thursday’s “three pieces of good news” for the Greek economy.
The minister also announced that he spoke in his office with representatives of a business mission from the US “and many large US investors are now lining up to come to our country.”
“Yesterday was an excellent day for the Ministry of Development and Investments, the Greek economy and Greece in general,” he stressed.
1) The day started with the announcement of the very large acquisition of the majority share of the company “IKOS” by a Singapore state fund, which with a valuation of the company at 2.3 billion euros decided to buy the majority share, i.e. to give over 1 billion to buy the majority shares and enter this company. It is the largest investment in the tourism sector, after the pandemic.
2) In the afternoon, two tenders for the privatisation of the port of Alexandroupolis were received.
3) The day ended with the conclusion after many months of negotiations of the merger of ATTICA and ANEK, which is of great importance for Greek shipping.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
ΒΟSTON - The newly-elected Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico, who was enthroned on Saturday, March 16th at the Cathedral of Aghia Sophia in Mexico City, gave his first interview as Metropolitan to The National Herald, which he described as a "historic newspaper," one he has known since childhood, as have his close relatives.
BALTIMORE - Authorities have released the identities of the two people recovered from the water Wednesday morning at the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse.
ATHENS — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.
ATHENS – Greece recorded a huge improvement in the business environment rankings of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) among 82 countries worldwide.