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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 – SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras told ANT1 news outlet on Saturday that the Sunday vote for party leader and the new central committee will “send a powerful message to the government and the political system.”
The main opposition leader noted that this is taking place at a time when the vast majority of citizens are “going through extremely difficult times dealing with price hikes”, therefore this party process is intrinsically linked with the current social situation and the political predicament.
All “progressive, democratic citizens, and all those who embrace the party’s principles should participate,” he noted.
“Every citizen now has the opportunity to come and send a message – not only for the strengthening of Syriza but also for the political situation that must change,” he underlined.
He stressed that he does not call on people to “merely arrive, cast a ballot and leave,” noting that registered members will be “actively involved in other crucial decisions in the near future,” such as in potential national elections, “where they will have the opportunity to decide with whom and under which program the party will enter into a collaboration.”
Tsipras added that he is very optimistic about Sunday’s turnout, and that “our goal is to win the next national elections, restore hope to society and stop this social catastrophe.”
The stakes are high, he added, because “we know that we will need more than 2 million votes to win the national ballot.”
However, he underlined that the country can certainly “see progress with a coalition government but on the basis of policy convergence, not via secretive consultations behind closed doors.”
Sunday’s vote will be the first held directly from the base of members and friends of the party, and Syriza has called on everyone over 15 to vote regardless of affiliation.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S.
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".