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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 next 10 days will be very crucial and there should be no complacency, State Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said in an interview with radio Max FM on Thursday, expressing his belief that the measures will have a positive impact and welcoming news that a vaccine may soon be ready.
Gerapetritis was also confident that the situation will allow an easing of the lockdown in December, "gradually and with precautionary measures".
Regarding the development of a vaccine, he said that the first doses should be available from Pfizer by the end of the year and the first doses of an AstraZeneca vaccine in mid-January, so "our estimation is that a crucial group of the population will have been vaccinated by the end of January".
Referring to this year's celebration of the Polytechic uprising on November 17, he said that "we all respect the memory of the Polytechnic, it is a great anniversary for the country and for Democracy, but the politicians and social bodies should understand that this year we are experiencing a totally different reality. It is simply a proof of social responsibility and solidarity not to have a march this year. We did not celebrate Easter, we did not celebrate the 25th of March or OHI Day on October 28," he said, adding: "I can't imagine that there is such a degree of irresponsibility as to organise rallies where people crowd together. The government has elected to not have demostrations but only the laying of wreaths at the monuments."
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.