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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 — Thirty-one new confirmed coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday by the National Public Health Organization (EODY) in the last 24 hours with 4 of these identified at entry points to Greece.
The total number of cases so far since the pandemic's outbreak in Greece totals 3,083, of whom 54.5 pct are men. Of these, 998 are related to travel abroad, 1,989 to a known case and the rest are of indeterminate cause.
The 31 new cases since Saturday include the 4 entering Greece, 3 people who stepped forward voluntarily to be tested, 6 each were identified in the Attica region and in the Kozani region, five each in the Thessaloniki and Imathia regions, and one each in the Halkidiki peninsula and the Kastoria regions.
There is no death reported, while fatalities from Covid-19 in Greece total 193. The median age of the deceased was 76 years, and most had underlying issues.
A total of 10 individuals are at intensive care units currently; 70 pct of these are men.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".
ATHENS - Disregarding the recommendation of a prosecutor who said there wasn’t enough evidence, an Athens Mixed Jury Court found a 55-year-old man guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl but found her mother innocent of pornography.