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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.
The last year brought upheavals and changes among the Greek tycoons in America, as some made and some lost billions.
This year’s Forbes list of America’s 400 richest people shows that Greek-born New Balance tycoon Jim Davis is no longer the richest Greek on the other side of the Atlantic. The businessman, who was born in the United States to Greek parents, saw his fortune drop to $4 billion from $6.9 billion last year, which ranks him 271st among America’s richest men this year.
In contrast, supermarket tycoon John Catsimatidis increased his fortune from $3.7 billion to $4.1 billion. And as he was ranked 261st on the Forbes list, he is the richest of the U.S. billionaires of Greek descent.
In 369th place on the Forbes list was John Paul DeJoria, of Greek-Italian origin, who has a fortune of 2.9 billion dollars. He is the founder of the Patron Spirits Co. tequila company, as well as of the hair care product company John Paul Mitchell Systems. DeJoria is back on the list after a two-year absence.
Rounding out the Hellenes on the 2022 list of 400 wealthiest Americans is investor C. Dean Metropoulos at number 388 with $2.7 billion.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.