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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 — Retail sales volume fell 6.9 pct in November last year because of the second lockdown, with turnover rising only in pharmacies and supermarkets, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Friday. More specifically, the volume of sales rose in pharmaceuticals-cosmetics (32.8 pct), supermarkets (13.4 pct), but fell 54.7 pct in clothing-footwear, 22.3 pct in fuel-lubricants, 15.3 pct in department stores, 14.8 pct in furniture-home equipment, 14.6 pct in bookstores and 3.5 pct in food-alcohol-tobacco.
The retail sales volume (turnover in fixed prices) fell 6.9 pct in November 2020 compared with the same month in 2019, while it decline 10.9 pct from October 2020. The seasonally-adjusted index fell 6.2 pct in November from October 2020.
The turnover index (turnover in current prices) fell 7.9 pct in November from November 2019, while it dropped 12.3 pct from October 2020. The seasonally-adjusted index fell 6.4 pct in November from October 2020.
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.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
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.