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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 — Greek enterprises with an obligation to double-entry bookkeeping suffered losses in turnover of around 4.2 billion euros, or 17.5 pct, in July 2020 because of the pandemic, in comparison with July 2019, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Thursday. The biggest hit was suffered by enterprises in the hospitality sector (-71.4 pct), while the enterprises in the mining sector recorded the biggest increase (11.4 pct).
The statistics service said that accumulated turnover fell to 19.832 billion euros in July this year from 24.026 billion in the same month in 2019. Enterprises that have suspended operations under state order saw their turnover falling 41.1 pct by 1.388 billion euros in July from 2.358 billion in July last year, with the accommodation sector recording the biggest decline (-76.8 pct) and the gambling and betting sector reporting a 6.5 pct increase in turnover.
The statistics service said that overall, enterprises hit by the pandemic saw their turnover falling 25.1 pct in the second quarter of 2020 to 58.988 billion euros, from 78.800 billion in the same period last year, with the accommodation sector recording a 78.8 pct decline. In the same period, enterprises suspending operations by state order saw their turnover falling 55.9 pct to 3.233 billion euros from 7.329 billion in 2019, with the accommodation sector recording a 94.7 pct drop in turnover.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.