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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 – The Greek state budget recorded a primary deficit of 1.506 billion euros in the January-April period this year, from a budget target for a surplus of 783 million and a primary surplus of 1.463 billion euros in the corresponding period last year, the finance ministry said on Friday.
In a report on budget execution, on an amended cash basis, the ministry said that the general government budget recorded a deficit of 4.062 billion euros in the four-month period, from a budget target for a shortfall of 1.655 billion euros and a deficit of 1.041 billion recorded in the same period last year.
Net revenues amounted to 14.110 billion euros, down 8.7 pct from budget targets and reflecting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Regular budget revenue came to 15.435 billion euros, down 7.4 pct from targets. Tax returns totaled 1.325 billion euros, up 106 million from targets, while Public Investment Programme revenue was 1.267 billion euros, up 153 million from targets.
Budget spending totaled 18.172 billion euros, up 1.064 billion from targets, reflecting increased spending due to emergency measures taken to deal with the repercussions of the pandemic, increased capital payments and higher Public Investment Programme spending.
In April, budget revenues came to 3.007 billion euros, down 1.178 billion from monthly targets. Regular budget reveue was 3.274 billion euros in April, down 1.145 billion from targets. Public Investment Programme revenue was 361 million euros, up 245 million from monthly targets, while tax returns totaled 267 million euros, up 33 million from targets. Budget spending totaled 5.246 billion euros in April, up 1.189 billion from monthly targets.
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.