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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 – President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday inaugurated “Steki 46”, the first Supervised Injection Site (SIS) opened by the Greek addiction rehabilitation agency Organisation Against Drugs (OKANA), describing it as an “essential step for dealing with the dangers faced by dependent individuals”. She stressed that it will give them the necessary psychological impetus to take the decisive next step of their lives, the fight for a final recovery from their addiction and their smooth reintegration into society.
Sakellaropoulou stated that drugs can be used safely at the SIS, under medical supervision and using clean implements, in order to protect the health of users as much as possible and prevent the spread of infectious diseases. At the same time, she highlighted the fact that those using “Steki 46” will have a direct link with OKANA’s basic treatment programmes.
“In the long run, of course, we all hope that addicted individuals will move on from the immediate aid and support units to the organised OKANA facilities and to treatments with substitutes or so-called ‘dry’ programmes, aiming at their complete social rehabilitation. Until then, however, the state cannot turn a blind eye to the tragic image of mostly young people, most of whom end up being a shadow of their former selves,” the President of the Republic underlined.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
ΒΟSTON - The newly-elected Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico, who was enthroned on Saturday, March 16th at the Cathedral of Aghia Sophia in Mexico City, gave his first interview as Metropolitan to The National Herald, which he described as a "historic newspaper," one he has known since childhood, as have his close relatives.
BALTIMORE - Authorities have released the identities of the two people recovered from the water Wednesday morning at the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse.
ATHENS — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.
ATHENS – Greece recorded a huge improvement in the business environment rankings of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) among 82 countries worldwide.