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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 — Amid uncertainty which way US President Donald Trump would tilt in a conflict between the countries, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will meet American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Vienna to talk about Turkey.
The meeting is scheduled for Aug. 14, said Kathimerini, with Greece's Foreign Ministry saying talks will focus on developments in the Eastern Mediterranean in light of Turkey’s escalating violations.”
Dendias had said Greece would be willing to talk with Turkey about its provocations in the seas and claiming waters off Greek islands under a maritime deal with Libya, Greece countering by signing a similar agreement with Egypt.
That led Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cancel planned discussions in Ankara and again order a Turkish energy research vessel and warships to head toward Greek seas off the island of Kastellorizo.
That has led to fears of a conflict with the European Union, United Nations and NATO – the defense alliance to which Greece and Turkey belong – staying far away from any potential fray.
The US has tweeted support for Greece and has a military cooperation deal with the country but Trump said he considers Erdogan a friend and a “hell of a leader” and some analysts said he would side with Turkey and leave Greece on its own.
Greece will ask for an emergency meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council as the bloc ignored Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis' request for tough sanctions on Turkey.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Aug. 11 said seismic exploration and drilling licenses in new areas of the Mediterranean would start by the end of August and Turkey would continue its operations in the region and not relent.
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.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.
ATHENS - The European Union needs to get involved in the case of the two-year jail sentence given ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri who was elected Mayor of the seaside town of Himare and said the trial was a farce to get him and protect Prime Minister Edi Rama’s business friends.
Brace yourself for what could be another scorching summer in Greece as scientists are anxious that a warm winter - the warmest January recorded - and climate change will continue to bring weather anomalies.
Mykonos’ run has been going on for a long time, bringing hordes of tourists, but it’s being cut down by its reputation for being rowdy, expensive, overcrowded and gouging diners while businesses evade taxes.