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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 — Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday arrived at the fire-stricken areas of the Ilia region. Immediately after the helicopter landed at the stadium of Makrisia, Mitsotakis went to the coordination centre that has been set up for the control and the strategic planning of the operation to contain the wildfire in the area of Ancient Olympia.
After being briefed by Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis and the head of the Fire Brigade, Mitsotakis went to the Museum and the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia.
Mitsotakis inspected the fire stricken areas of Ilia and the local officials presented the operation of the automatic fire extinguishing system, while he was briefed in detail on the developments in active firefronts.
"The prevention worked and there was, at least, no fire here," said Culture Minister Lina Mendoni.
Mitsotakis underlined the need for action to ensure the best possible protection and for immediate inspections to check for possible soil erosion and the prevention of other disasters.
Speaking to the prime minister, local officials underlined the need for immediate action to better protect these areas and the efficiency of fire extinguishing efforts, when necessary, as well as the prevention of floods where there is soil erosion.
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.