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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 — Greece will be included in the international forum "International Centre for Migration Policy Development" (ICMPD), the Migration and Asylum Ministry said on Thursday.
Greece participated today for the first time as an observer in the meeting of the ICMPD Board of Directors and was represented by Alternate Minister for Migration and Asylum Giorgos Koumoutsakos. The meeting was chaired by the Swiss Deputy Minister of Immigration, Mario Gattiker.
Koumoutsakos underlined, among other things, the added value of our country's participation in ICMPD, based on its experience in migration and asylum and the multifaceted dimension offered by its geostrategic position.
He further noted that Greece, as a front-line EU member state, attaches particular importance to the international dimension of the migration challenge, actively participating in European and international cooperation programmes in order to find common effective solutions and develop mutual understanding.
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is an international organisation of 18 member states from Europe, active in more than 90 countries worldwide. It follows a regional approach, aiming at creating effective collaborations along migration routes. Priority areas include Africa, Central and South Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
ALBANY – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) on March 26 was joined in Albany by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to recognize Greek Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus.
ATHENS - Historic member of PASOK and passionate advocate of the recognition of Pontian Greek genocide Michalis Charalambidis died on Wednesday aged 73.
ATHENS - While the New Democracy government denied audio files from the 2023 head-on train crash in Tempe which killed 57 had been tampered with, five managers at the state-run OSE railways agency reportedly had access to them.
FAIRVIEW, NJ – The Greek Cypriots of New Jersey under the auspices of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York and Consul General of Cyprus Michalis Firillas will commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle of Cyprus from British Colonial Rule 1955-1959, with a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, 101 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ, on Sunday, March 31.