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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 – Greek police said two men from Montenegro and Slovenia respectively with criminal records were shot dead in front of their families while dining at a packed taverna in the coastal town of Vari south of the country’s capital in a likely attack from another gang.
The victims, whose names weren’t given, were both 44 and police said both had international arrest warrants pending were believed dangerous criminals, one facing weapons and explosives charges and the other accused of being a gang member.
Police said four gunmen burst into the tavern and opened fire, injuring one woman. They were taken to the Asklipeio hospital in nearby Voula where doctors announced the two men dead on arrival while the woman was treated for gunshot wounds to her legs.
The Serbian daily newspaper Vecernje Novosti identified them as Stevan Stamatovic and Igor Dedovic, reporting that Greece is becoming a haven for criminals from other Balkan countries, such as Albania, Serbia and Montenegro.
“This region is a playground for Russian, Serbian and Arab criminals. Over the last five or six years, there has been an increasing number of confrontations. If they are not deported as soon as possible, the southern suburbs will become Beirut!” one reader complained.
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.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
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.