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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 – With a number of former ruling Radical Left SYRIZ officials facing investigation for failures to respond properly to July 23, 2018 wildfires that killed 102 people northeast of the Greek capital, a Special Magistrate is planned to look into the disaster that nearly wiped out the seaside village of Mati.
Senior Appeals Court Prosecutor Yiannis Moraitakis requested a session of judicial officials to assign the magistrate, said Kathimerini, saying he wanted to accelerate the investigation more than a year after the catastrophe happened with officials facing criminal charges.
But while new Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he would help restore Mati after former premier and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras reneged on promises to make it a model town within a year, the home of one family affected by the fire was set for foreclosure before Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis blocked it, after protests.
“Following my intervention to the Hellenic Bank Association (HBA), the auction in question was suspended,” Georgiadis was quoted as saying by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency. “We will not allow a tragedy to destroy a family.”
In late August, Mitsotakis visited Mati and said he would help the victims and survivors of the fire that saw most of the village consumed by the conflagration.
“It is my personal commitment, and that of the government, to make Mati much better than it used to be and for it to thrive in a different, more sustainable way. And I think that’s the best way, after all, to finally heal the wounds caused by last year’s fire,” he said, Kathimerini reported
Tsipras had been blamed in a documentary on SKAI TV of trying to hide and downplay the death toll as the blaze roared over the countryside and as independent reports said his government’s response was confused, chaotic and led to more casualties through its negligence.
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.
NICOSIA - Cyprus’ government has announced measures to deal with price hikes that have cut into household budgets, including for fuel, electricity, and for food as buyers are shifting more toward generic and store brands.
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.