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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 — "We are here to respond in the immediate future with more focused actions, to support professional groups and geographical regions depending on the size of the problem,” Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Wednesday.
In comments made to “Thema 104.6” radio station, Staikouras said there are sections of the Greek economy that have restarted, while some geographical regions are performing better than others. He underlined that there is no tourism on the Greek islands, or it has started slowly, while he added there were issues with the restaurant business. The Greek finance minister said this picture has been fully integrated in estimates over economic recession sent to the European Commission and noted that the economy will contract by 16 pct in the second quarter. "However, based on current data, we expect an economic recession of up to 8.0 pct in 2020," Staikouras noted.
He said that the country’s cash reserves totaled 37.5 billion euros, boosted by two successful bond issues and higher Treasury bill issues. He stressed that Greece will return to international capital markets in the June-July period and reiterated “we will not a problem with our cash reserves, even if there is a second outbreak of the pandemic.”
Staikouras said he expected the economy to begin operating by the end of June, although not at maximum level. He said the government has asked the European Commission to allow state subsidies to larger loss-making enterprises.
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.