General News
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 main goal of government interventions in education is a school that is more substantial, more creative, more extroverted and of higher quality, with higher expectations and requirements that meet the need for a more comprehensive education, Education Minister Niki Kerameus said on Tuesday in parliament.
"We aim at a creative management and utilisation of the provided knowledge and continuous self-improvement, in a school of vigilance, of the achievement of the learning objectives, in a better and safer school environment," added Kerameus.
Kerameus, who announced a new legislative initiative for vocational education, said the government is investing in a modern school, providing more and better knowledge, building a more dynamic and inclusive society, with equal opportunities and no exclusion, "because education is the best mechanism for social mobility."
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
TORONTO (AP) — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago.
NEW YORK – A special event was held on April 15 at the residence of the Consul General of Greece in New York for the GRis Festival, a series of events that present the richness of Greek culture in New York.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones, which were suspected to be part of an Israeli attack in retaliation for Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country.
HONOLULU — The Hawaii attorney general's office must pay attorney fees for using last year's Maui wildfire tragedy to file a petition in “bad faith” that blamed a state court judge for a lack of water for firefighting, Hawaii's Supreme Court ruled.
Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80 Dickey Betts, who died Thursday at age 80, really was born a ramblin’ man.