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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 significance of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ visit to Saudi Arabia was highlighted by government spokesperson Yiannis Oikonomou during the press briefing on Tuesday, after a comment on the death of Fofi Gennimata, leader of the Movement of Change (KINAL) party the previous day.
“I will start with the death of the president of KINAL, Fofi Gennimata,” Oikonomou said, adding that “Fofi Gennimata stood out for her ethics, both political and personal.”
“Her actions and career taught Greek society principles and values. In difficult times, she supported her homeland with her responsible attitude. At the same time, the personal struggle she bravely waged against the disease that struck her inspired and gave courage to many people. Her absence will be hard to fill. The news of her death brought sadness to everyone, a fact that clearly demonstrates how she was appreciated by Greek society. Warm condolences to her relatives and her family,” Oikonomou said.
The government spokesperson then referred to the prime minister’s official visit to Riyadh, which began on Monday, saying that this “confirms and consolidates the strategic character of Greece’s relations with Saudi Arabia.”
“Yesterday he spoke at the summit of the ‘Middle East Green Initiative’, where he stressed the possibility of Greece developing into an energy hub for the transfer of clean energy to the European market. He referred to the agreement with Egypt regarding the electricity interconnection with Greece, while at the same time he stressed that our country can be the natural entry point for liquefied natural gas and hydrogen,” the spokesperson said.
He also said that the prime minister stressed that Greece as an EU member is committed to the goal of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 while the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 pct by 2030.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.
ATHENS - The European Union needs to get involved in the case of the two-year jail sentence given ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri who was elected Mayor of the seaside town of Himare and said the trial was a farce to get him and protect Prime Minister Edi Rama’s business friends.
Brace yourself for what could be another scorching summer in Greece as scientists are anxious that a warm winter - the warmest January recorded - and climate change will continue to bring weather anomalies.
Mykonos’ run has been going on for a long time, bringing hordes of tourists, but it’s being cut down by its reputation for being rowdy, expensive, overcrowded and gouging diners while businesses evade taxes.