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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 will receive the investment grade by international credit rating agencies when a strong, stable government emerges from the upcoming national elections, noted Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from the Athens suburb of Egaleo on Monday evening.
Addressing a New Democracy party gathering at the ‘Stavros Venetis’ sports arena, the premier also mentioned what he called his government’s reforms in the national health system, and the modernization of the country’s public administration and services to citizens.
Referring to the national elections on May 21, he said that his government’s second four-year term will bring better wages for all, and that all procedures in public administration will be carried out digitally by the year 2027.
Mitsotakis also mentioned supporting young people’s housing options with subsidized mortages (the ‘My Home’ program), and he also spoke of the government’s total of 68 armaments programs completed successfully during his tenure.
“The May 21 ballot will determine who will rule the country,” he said, “its strong message will arm the winner in the second round of election,” for “a self-reliant Greece, a self-reliant New Democracy.”
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida as a Category 3 storm, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, whipping up a barrage of tornadoes and causing an unknown numbers of deaths.
BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Sen.
ATHENS – Composer, musician, and pianist Mimis Plessas died on October 5, a week before his 100th birthday.
ATHENS - George Baldock, 31, a Greek-British soccer player found dead in his swimming pool most likely accidentally drowned, said the findings of an autopsy by a coroner and police indicating there were no signs of foul play.
CHICAGO – The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation achieved a milestone year in 2024, awarding $350,000 in scholarships and drawing some 750 attendees to its 2024 Awards Ceremony and Gala.