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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 – While Greece’s New Democracy government scrambled to deal with a head-on train collision that killed at least 36 people, rival political leaders and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu sent condolences.
Major opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras – with elections approaching in weeks – and PASOK-KINAL center-left leader Nikos Androulakis said they had “deep shock” after hearing the news.
“What happened is unthinkable. Our thoughts [are with] the people who are died so unjustly. Condolences to the families of the victims and support to those injured,” stated Tsipras, postponing presentation of plans to protect primary homes from foreclosure procedures.
“This is an unspeakable tragedy. My thoughts are with the families of the victims and the injured,” said Androulakis, his office announcing that campaign appearance would be temporarily suspended.
Both said they would go to the scene about 235 miles north of Athens on the route to Thessaloniki where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also planned to be as crews worked to remove victims and also clear the wreckage.
After Greece had sent humanitarian aid to Turkey after a deadly earthquake there Cavusoglu told Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias – who had gone to the scene in Turkey – to express his sorrow.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
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.