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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.
MOSCOW — The civil emergency ministers of Greece and Russia discussed the exchange of expertise, know-how and good practices in a meeting held in Moscow on Tuesday.
In the context of his working visit to the Russian capital, Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias said both countries are well versed in preventing and managing natural disasters. As a member of EU's Civil Protection Mechanism (RescEU), Greece also contributes greatly to promoting good practices at European level.
The strategic collaboration of both countries as members of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) was also discussed, added Hardalias, in the context of providing aid during natural and man-made disasters as agreed by BSEC member countries.
Hardalias and Russia's Deputy Minister for Civil Defense, Emergencies & Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM), Alexander Chupriyan also signed a protocol of cooperation and agreed to further implement the Greece-Russia agreement in the fields of prevention and response.
The Greek minister, along with the Greek Fire Brigade's Deputy Commander Iakovos Kleftospyros and several civil protection officials, were given a tour of the EMERCOM headquarters and also visited Moscow's Fire Brigade HQ.
Hardalias began his three-day visit to Russia on Monday and is returning on Wednesday.
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.