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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 — Five out of 10 stores in Attica reported satisfactory sales during the winter sales season, while seven out of 10 said that their daily turnover was more than 50 pct of last year's levels, a survey by the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry showed on Monday.
The survey, conducted in the period January 18-24, showed a strong purchasing trend after a two-and-a-half months lockdown. This year's goal, during the winter sales season, is to reach at least 50-60 pct of last year's turnover of 5.3 billion euros, of which 2.5 billion euros in the Attica region.
The survey showed that most consumers prefer brand-name clothes, footwear, sports, cosmetics, leather accessories and other electrical and electronic devices. More specifically, the survey showed that turnover was satisfactory for 35 pct of respondents, 33 pct said it was much lower, 15 pct said it was unchanged and a 17 pct did not respond. Discount levels ranged between 30-50 pct for 70 pct of commercial stores with 17 pct of stores offering discounts of more than 50 pct. Clothing (88 pct), footwear (83 pct), cosmetics 927 pct), home equipment-furniture (22 pct), sport items (17 pct0 and electric-electronics (11 pct) were the top choices for consumers.
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.
ATHENS - The tragedy of the Tempi train collision is a much greater issue than an opportunity for parties to table a motion of censure against the government, but the opposition parties used it anyway "to turn society's pain into a tool to strike at the government and me personally," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday night in parliament.
ATHENS - PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, speaking at the Hellenic Parliament on Thursday, emphasized that there is "an established belief among the Greek people" that the government "operates as a well-oiled machine of corruption, cover-up, and propaganda.
ATHENS — Greece’s center-right government survived a motion of no-confidence late Thursday that was brought by opposition parties over its handling of the country’s deadliest rail disaster a year ago.
ASTORIA – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus offered an informative presentation on postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections for Greek citizens in a well-attended event held at the St.