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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 — "Greece may be the country with the highest growth rate in the eurozone next year," Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the Digital Age said on Friday during a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Maximos Mansion.
"Both the management of the pandemic and the current situation in the country are impressive. Really impressive," she added.
On his part, the prime minister underlined that: "With great pleasure, I can say that I believe that the worst is over and now the economy is moving towards a very fast recovery. I am very optimistic οver the prospects of the Greek economy. And because we never stopped implementing reforms during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now able to take advantage of the post-pandemic recovery."
Mitsotakis thanked her for all the support provided with the pandemic relief measures, but also on how fast our programme was approved. "It was very important to ensure that we could support the real economy during this unprecedented crisis," he said.
During the talks, according to sources, they discussed about the Recovery Fund, the operation of the energy market, the Patras – Pyrgos highway, as well as Thriasio as an international supply chain centre. They also focused on the European Commission's response to pandemic relief measures. Vestager expressed her satisfaction with the comprehensiveness of the Greek Recovery and Resilience Plan.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
ALBANY – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) on March 26 was joined in Albany by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to recognize Greek Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus.
ATHENS - Historic member of PASOK and passionate advocate of the recognition of Pontian Greek genocide Michalis Charalambidis died on Wednesday aged 73.
ATHENS - While the New Democracy government denied audio files from the 2023 head-on train crash in Tempe which killed 57 had been tampered with, five managers at the state-run OSE railways agency reportedly had access to them.
FAIRVIEW, NJ – The Greek Cypriots of New Jersey under the auspices of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York and Consul General of Cyprus Michalis Firillas will commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle of Cyprus from British Colonial Rule 1955-1959, with a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, 101 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ, on Sunday, March 31.