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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 – The Erasmus program “created the first generation of true Europeans,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at Zappion Hall on Monday, at an event celebrating the European Union program’s 35th anniversary.
The program brought together young people from all parts of Europe who exchanged their local experiences and contributed to creating a common European identity, he noted of the program that provides young people and adults with the opportunity to study abroad and get vocational training.
“Participating in Erasmus comprises a key career benefit, certifying several skills that a demanding employer will find hard to ignore,” Mitsotakis said. The program has become a steady communication channel with many European foundations, helping the Greek ones upgrade, he said, revealing that Greece will establish a domestic model of the program to allow young people to try different disciplines and learn valuable experience at home.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
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.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said.
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504.
ATHENS — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.