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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 – Tourists in Greece Alert! If you’re approached in the streets of Athens and directed toward a bar, it can sometimes be a lure to get you inside and pay a lot for a drink, especially ouzo, or you’re not going to get out.
An American visiting Athens told the site Reddit that he fell for it and felt pretty stupid but was trapped and intimidated and wanted to let others not to have the same experience if approached by a local.
“I was walking down a street looking at Google Maps and ran into a guy who asked if I needed directions. He asked if I had ever tried ouzo, Greece’s national drink. I said no. He said ‘I work at a bar! I’ll give you some for free,’” the British newspaper The Express said.
“I knew this was sketchy but I had heard from some friends that some Greek people will offer ouzo to tourists legitimately. I walked into the bar and immediately knew that I walked into a scam. They shut the door behind me and put a heavy (security person) by it.” Not a good sign.
That’s when he said he knew he was in trouble. “They gave me my drink and then two hostesses asked if they could drink with me. I said ‘sure if you pay for yourself.’” Eh! Nice try but it didn’t work.
“I finished the ouzo and then they stuck me for a 90 euro ($95.82) bill. I couldn’t run because the heavy was at the door so I reluctantly paid. Once I paid I got out of there quick.” He didn’t say why he didn’t call the police.
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.