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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.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF), taking place May 9-15 this year, announced that the 8th International Project Discovery Forum (IPDF), LAGFF’s 5-day development program, is back, refreshed and renewed. Any feature film in development originating and/or having the principal team from the following countries is eligible: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey.
The selected projects’ filmmakers (directors and/or producers) will participate in a rich and fun development program in person in Los Angeles for five days, May 11-15, and will compete for distinction from a panel of industry professionals. The submission deadline for IPDF is February 22.
More information about LAGFF’s 8th International Project Discovery Forum is available online: https://bit.ly/3qJSVXS.
LAGFF is also accepting submissions of new films completed in the last two years by Greek filmmakers or filmmakers of Greek descent as well as new films inspired by Greek themes and/or about Greece and Cyprus. The selected films will compete for the Best Feature, Documentary, Short Film, Animation Film, as well as Best Director, and Best Performance Orpheus Awards during the festival. The deadline for submissions is February 28. Submit online: https://www.lagff.org/submit-your-film/.
More information about LAGFF is also available online: https://www.lagff.org.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
ΒΟSTON - The newly-elected Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico, who was enthroned on Saturday, March 16th at the Cathedral of Aghia Sophia in Mexico City, gave his first interview as Metropolitan to The National Herald, which he described as a "historic newspaper," one he has known since childhood, as have his close relatives.
BALTIMORE - Authorities have released the identities of the two people recovered from the water Wednesday morning at the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse.
ATHENS — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.
ATHENS – Greece recorded a huge improvement in the business environment rankings of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) among 82 countries worldwide.