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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's gratitude for assistance in fighting the wildfires was expressed in a special event held at the Civil Protection Center of Operations on Saturday, to representatives of the EU countries that responded as part of the RescEU natural disaster aid program.
Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias thanked representatives of Austria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden for sending a total of 1,014 firefighters who helped with the huge wildfires in Evia, Attica, and the Peloponnese.
According to a statement, Hardalias thanked in particular the European Commission and its Athens office alternate director, George Moschovis, for the Commission's assistance and its speedy reaction to a request by Greece for help, and made note of the critical role played by airplanes and helicopters sent by EU member states, along with their ground teams and fire trucks.
On her side, liaision for the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (DG ECHO) Claire Kowalewski said the collaboration with Greek authorities was excellent throughout.
The statement added that the assistance, "the largest European firefighting armada that ever operated in Greece, with the support of the European Mechanism of Civil Protection, is a mobilization that proved, once again, that European solidarity is a fact."
Head of the Greek Fire Brigade, Lt.-Gen. Stefanos Kolotouris was also present.
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.
For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order, and this is not about to change.
TOKYO (AP) — “Oppenheimer” finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film.
Sunday is International Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world to bring attention to a population that's often ignored, disparaged or victimized.
NEW YORK (AP) — Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and some big names from the entertainment world teamed up Thursday night to deliver a rousing New York embrace of President Joe Biden that hauled in a record-setting $26 million-plus for his reelection campaign.