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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 — The Sports Paths program, paused temporarily by the pandemic, is relaunching, inviting children from five remote Greek islands to enjoy free sports and creative activities guided by experienced physical education instructors.
After a five-month pause, the program’s first stops are Agios Efstratios, Kasos, Kastelorizo, Kimolos, and Tilos. The aim the program is to promote sports education and improve the physical and mental health of children who live on the islands.
Sports Paths began in the summer of 2015, supported in full by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and designed and implemented by the nonprofit Regeneration & Progress through its Sports Excellence Department, under the scientific supervision of the 1st Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Athens University Medical School.
Source: snf.org
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.
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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.