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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 — "The state, the government and the state mechanism were, from the first moment, at the side of the quake-stricken. We came here today to help find solutions and to support the local authorities, the residents and the businesses," stated Shipping and Island Policy Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis on Wednesday, while visiting areas of Sitia, Crete, in the aftermath of Tuesday's strong 6.3 Richter earthquake in the region.
The minister said that there were no injuries as a result of the quake and that the region of Lasithi had managed to withstand the earthquake.
He called on the residents to follow the orders and recommendations of the civil protection agency and reassured them of the state's full and effective support.
Plakiotakis also made it known that shipowner Thanassis Martinos will fully restore the historic church of St.Nicholas in Xerokambos, Sitia, which was severely damaged by the earthquake.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
NEW YORK — The third day of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial concluded Thursday after Trump's lawyers got their first chance to question a witness on the stand.
ATLANTA — As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.
ATHENS - Voters should see the whole picture when they go to cast their ballot in the European Parliament elections on June 9, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview on Thursday.
BAYSIDE, NY – Daughters of Penelope (DOP) Ilion Chapter 135 continues to keep the light shining bright within.