General News
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.
Decisions to appoint a new police chief and create the post of National Security Advisor to the prime minister were reached during a meeting of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) on Friday, chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The Council approved a recommendation by Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis to appoint Lieutenant General Michail Karamalakis as the new Chief of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and National Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos briefed the Council on issues relating to the ministry.
Finally the Council also approved a proposal by Minister of State Georgios Gerapetritis to create the post of National Security Advisor to the prime minister, with the government’s selection to be announced in the near future, who will also serve as KYSEA’s secretary and have a role in coordinating national security issues.
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.