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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 – Greek-American TV personality Maria Menounos and members of her family appeared on Celebrity Family Feud on July 14. Celebrity Family Feud is a spin-off of the American game show Family Feud. The episodes feature teams of celebrities playing for charity.
Menounos’ team consisted of her husband Keven Undergaro, and three cousins, Nikki Daigel, Toula Menounos, and Peter Menounos. Maria’s father, Constantinos Menounos, was also present, but did not play. The family, wearing shirts that said “#BeattheGreeks, played for The Brain Trust.
Menounos and her family played against The Real co-host Jeannie Mai. Mai’s team consists of her mother Olivia and brothers Dennis and Daniel Mai, as well as her uncle Ted Pham. They played for Girls Inc.
Celebrity Family Feud is hosted by the popular stand-up comedian, actor, author and Emmy Award-winner Steve Harvey. The show returns for its fifth season this summer, as part of ABC’s expanded Summer Fun & Games.
The first round went to the Mai family, while the second and third round to the Menounos family for the win and a chance at the final, Fast Money round. Cousin Nikki went first and earned 154 points out of the needed 200 and Maria Menounos followed reaching 213 points with her answers, winning $25,000 for their charity, The Brain Trust.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.