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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 – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday completed a tour of Eastern Attica, visiting the Kropia-Paiania sewage treatment plant site, the Athens international airport, camps hosting Ukrainian refugees and the port of Rafina.
While visiting the sewage treatment plant construction site, he noted that “it is the biggest environmental project that is underway in Greece, if we include all the actions on the level of treatment units and pipelines, whether we are talking about urban networks or central lines. It is a very important action and it naturally improves the quality of life and creates other possibilities for the area.”
The sum of 420 million euros in EU funding was secured in order to provide a solution to a problem stretching back decades, addressing an infrastructure deficit in one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, Mitsotakis pointed out.
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The project is part of a series of actions to upgrade water and sewage systems in Eastern Attica, which are expected to significantly upgrade the area environmentally and protect the water table, as well as ending the pollution of the seas and coastlines.
In his visit to the airport, Mitsotakis spoke with staff and travellers and said it was significant that Athens airport did not have the same delays and problems witnessed at other airports in Europe, as this greatly added to the pleasant experience of visitors. The airport’s management said this was because there were no staff shortages, partly as a result of the support given during the pandemic to protect jobs.
“We present the image of a fully organised country. Let us hope we continue like this and that tourism provides the fiscal breathing space we so greatly need at this difficult time,” Mitsotakis said.
The prime minister was briefed on the increase in airport traffic since pandemic measures were eased, especially the increase in flight connections with the United States. He also expressed satisfaction with the green policies adopted by the airport, such as the installation of photovoltaics.
Mitsotakis then visited Rafina and toured the Zografou municipality’s summer camp, where Ukrainian refugees are currently housed, while he was also briefed on the operation of Rafina’s port during the tourist season, as well as plans to improve and modernise its infrastructure.
In an address given in Rafina, the prime minister noted that Greece, like Eastern Attica, was changing for the better and for the benefit of all Greeks.
“I had the opportunity today to tour a series of the most significant projects that are taking place in Eastern Attica, with the big infrastructure projects being the most important. What is happening in Eastern Attica is a small-scale version of the changes taking place throughout the country,” Mitsotakis said.
He also commented on the completion of three years since the government was elected, repeating that the elections will be held at the end of the government’s four-year term in 2023 and that New Democracy will once again emerge victorious.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".