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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 – As the New Democracy government speeds its plan to accelerate asylum applications, deportations and moving refugees and migrants deemed ineligible for sanctuary into detention centers, non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) working with them must register or be barred from operating in the country.
As of Nov. 26, they were given 10 days to register with the Citizen Protection Ministry, said Kathimerini in a report.
The national register of Greek and foreign NGOs dealing with international protection, migration and social integration issues was the product of the former ruling Radical Left SYRIZA that was ousted in July 7 snap elections.
Registering with the authorities is a “necessary precondition” to be accredited by the ministry and continue to work in the country, the agency said, as a number of NGO’s had criticized the government plans and some accused of wrongdoing in dealing with refugees and migrants in camps on islands holding more than 34,000 of them.
Several ministries have lists with NGOs. The move came after the anti-money laundering authority under Supreme Court Deputy Prosecutor Anna Zairi, started compiling registered NGOs to eventually audit them, saying it wants to probe financial transactions.
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.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
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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".