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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.
THESSALONIKI — Out of work because of a ban on music being played in clubs, to try to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of disc jockeys took to the streets of Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city to call for an end to the restriction.
The DJs, waiters, assistants, bartenders and employees of related professions gathered at the White Tower under a banner stating No Music, No Life, said Kathimerini, also asking to be compensated while out of work.
The New Democracy government had subsidized other workers during lockdowns but musicians and supporting casts as well as others in the arts were essentially left on their own with concerts and performances prohibited.
This protest came after a night curfew was put in place again and a ban on music in bars, restaurants and cafes after another resurgence of the Coronavirus in the city, known for its defiance of health measures and anti-vaxxers.
They are spreading the Coronavirus and adding to restrictions but want access to indoor gathering spots and restaurants without being vaccinated, ironically adding to their dilemma for refusing to be inoculated.
The DJs said it was unfair that they were not allowed to work while concerts are being allowed and as the New Democracy government said the mass gathering of events marking the Oct. 28 Oxi Day would go ahead unhindered.
Christos Kaltsas, President of the Thessaloniki Disk Jockeys’ Association told the paper that 300 workers have lost their jobs while about 200 venues, mostly nightclubs, have been closed or lost most of their business because of the music ban that's ongoing.
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.
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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".
ATHENS - Disregarding the recommendation of a prosecutor who said there wasn’t enough evidence, an Athens Mixed Jury Court found a 55-year-old man guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl but found her mother innocent of pornography.