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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 – Trying to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear view mirror – although it’s lingering and killing several dozen people a day – Greece’s New Democracy government has now lifted most health restrictions in a bid to lure tourists.
To fly in or out of the country, travelers were previously required to show either a vaccination certificate, a certificate saying they had recovered from the Coronavirus or a negative test.
From May 1, passengers and crew will need only to wear a face mask, the civil aviation authority said but some airlines have different requirements, such as Delta, which only accepts negative tests taken within the previous 24 hours.
The summer tourism season typically begins after the Greek Orthodox Easter, which was on April 24 which is spring but this year the number of arrivals is jumping as people are crazy to travel again.
Greece is expecting 80 percent of the record 2019 levels before the pandemic hit in 2020 and ended a consecutive streak of record years, with international air traffic nearly halting.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.