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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 has nominated the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) for the Nobel peace prize 2020, following a decision by the government, the foreign ministry announced on Friday.
The specific initiative was the result of a series of coordinated actions by the Greek government, under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the ministry said.
Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis sent a letter presenting Greece’s nomination to the Nobel Prize Committee on Friday.
In an announcement, the foreign ministry noted Greece’s deep appreciation for the work of the court, describing it as “a very important institution for the defence of human rights and ensuring international justice,” while adding that Greece acknowledges its broader contribution to consolidating and promoting world peace.
Greece’s assumption of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) on May 15 (and until November 2020), whose central focus will be the celebrations for the 70-year anniversary since the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights that is monitored by the ECHR, constitutes an additional reason for the specific nomination, the ministry announcement 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.
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.