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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.
NEW YORK – Michael G. Sotirhos, 91, died on Sunday, April 14 in Florida. He was the first Greek-American who in 1989 became a U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
The son of Greek immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in 1923 through Ellis Island, Sotirhos was born and raised in Manhattan. He graduated from Baruch College at The City University of New York.
Michael Sotirhos, decorated Commander Order of Distinction (Jamaica); recipient Man of Year award National Republican Heritage Groups Council. Former member National Volunteer Service Advisory Council; former chairman International Operations Committee, Peace Corps; member national advisory council Small Business Administration, 1976; former chairman National Republican Heritage Groups Council.
He was born on November 12, 1928 in New York.
Founder and Chairman Ariston Interior Designers, Inc. New York 1948-1985; partner, Cortina Valley Associations, Haines Valley, New York, Marla Realty, New York, Hampton Properties, Hampton, Virginia. Chairman Ethnic Voters for Reagan-Bush ‘84.
Former National Chairman National Republican Heritage Groups Council. Former; Executive Committee Republican National Committee. Has held numerous Government, and public appointments.
Ambassador to Jamaica 1985-1989, to Greece since 1989.
Former member National Volunteer Service Advisory Council. Former chairman International Operations Committee, Peace Corps. Member national advisory council Small Business Administration, 1976.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter was banned for life from the NBA on Wednesday after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose.
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the precarious effort to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders over a two-day summit of the special European Council will discuss economic and competitiveness issues in Ukraine, Türkiye, the Middle East and Lebanon, stated Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis upon his arrival in Brussels on Wednesday night.