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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.
KARA TEPE, Greece — The process of decongesting Lesvos of migrants, announced by the migration and asylum ministry, will begin on Monday with the transfer of 700 refugees and asylum seekers for whom geographical restrictions have been suspended.
Their transfer from the Kara Tepe camp in Mytilene will be completed at 17:00, when the ship "Chios Island", which they are now boarding, sets sail from the island's port.
Another 700 people are expected to leave Mytilene next Thursday, October 1.
The goal of the migration and asylum ministry is to move a total of 2,500 people from Lesvos by the end of next week.
Those being transferred off the island will live in facilities operated by the HELIOS programme, in cooperation with the Greek government and the International Organisation for Migration.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.
ATHENS - "Turkiye must respect the European acquis, which fully includes the participation at all levels of the Republic of Cyprus," Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis stressed on Friday in an interview with "Kanali Ena", commenting on the conclusions of the European Council, which link the progress of EuroTurkish relations with developments in the Cyprus issue.
ATHENS - Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, in an announcement on Friday, expressed "deep concern and its unequivocal condemnation of the new escalation of tension in the Middle East with Israel's show of force against Iran.
VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.