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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.
NICOSIA – Cyprus’ offshore Aphrodite natural gas field will be connected to an existing processing and production facility in Egypt with an underwater pipeline, said NewMed Energy in a development plan.
“The updated plan is expected to accelerate and reduce the cost of development,” NewMed said after group representatives met with Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou, said Reuters.
The company is working with partners Chevron and Shell to work the field that was found a decade ago about 170 kilometers (105 miles) from Limassol and holds an estimated 124 billion cubic meters 4,.379 trillion cubic feet) of gas.
NewMed has a 30 percent stake in the field, while Chevron and Shell each hold a 35 percent share and the group said earlier it had begun drilling an exploration well meant to confirm the estimates.
Chevron said in a statement it was “currently working to progress the Aphrodite project,” adding that it would not otherwise comment on any business matters, the news site said.
NewMed Energy said the plan involves construction of a subsea gas transport pipeline and connections to existing offshore and onshore infrastructure in Egypt, reported Off Shore magazine.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CAIRO — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials.
ATHENS - "The problem of high prices is a top priority for the government.
ATHENS - "The statements of the Turkish president regarding the illegal invasion of Cyprus in 1974 constitute a blatant distortion of the historical truth and an insult to the memory of the victims," according to Greek diplomatic sources on Tuesday.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it's impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals, suggesting the former president's legal losses have put him in a serious cash crunch.
Days after a Russian missile struck near where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in Odessa meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Greece moved to send more guns and ammunition to help against Russia’s ongoing invasion there.