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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 – With Greek musicians unable to perform live during two COVID-19 lockdowns, the major opposition SYRIZA has filed a bill – unlikely to pass – requiring radio stations to devote at least 40 percent of air time to Greek music to drive royalties to performers left without an income.
The New Democracy government, while providing subsidies to people laid off during two lockdowns, hasn’t done the same for artists and performers, with concerts barred at the same time venues had been open for other events.
The measure would mandate private radio stations to abide by what would be a state order telling them what music to play to provide monies to Greek performers through the Organization of Collective Management for music artists.
The leftist party, ousted in July 7, 2019 snap elections by New Democracy, said it made the move because live performances and concerts haven’t been able to be performed almost all year and the ban will extend likely deep into 2021.
The amendment makes no distinction between music stations and all-news, all-talk providers, or even the type of music a station plays or even a station's ownership composition, the business newspaper Naftemporiki said.
That means if the measure passed that the Metropolis of Piraeus' ecclesiastical radio station would be forced to play music during 40 percent of its program – ostensibly Christian Orthodox themed, but only by Greek artists. The same would apply to municipalities' radio stations too.
The amendment was tabled as a rider to a Culture Ministry-related draft bill, a day after another SYRIZA draft amendment was hastily withdrawn after it proposed to give law enforcement officers a one-month bonus, the report also said.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
FAIRVIEW, NJ – The Greek Cypriots of New Jersey under the auspices of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York and Consul General of Cyprus Michalis Firillas will commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle of Cyprus from British Colonial Rule 1955-1959, with a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, 101 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ, on Sunday, March 31.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said.
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504.
ATHENS — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.