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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.
Already drilling for energy in Cypriot waters, Turkey plans to start exploring for oil further in the East Mediterranean as well as off Crete under a deal it signed with Libya dividing the seas between them, an agreement unrecognized by the rest of the world.
That could begin within three to four months, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said over the continued protests of Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the European Union, which has issued only soft sanctions so far, reluctant to take on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Libya’s internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) – not accepted by Greece – signed the maritime delimitation deal last year. Turkey says it creates an Exclusive Economic Zone from its southern coast to Libya’s northeast coast, protects rights to resources, citing the United Nations Law of the Sea it doesn't accept.
The deal is part of an agreement under which Turkey gives military support to the GNA, which has battled rebel forces based in eastern Libya for more than a year.
Speaking at a ceremony to mark the launch of Turkey’s Fatih oil-and-gas drilling ship to the Black Sea, Donmez said Turkish Petroleum (TPAO), which had applied for an exploration permit in the eastern Mediterranean, would begin operations in areas under its license after the process was completed, the news agency Reuters said.
Turkey’s new Kanuni drill ship would also go to the Mediterranean later this year, he added, a move which could add to the growing tensions that have put Greece and Turkey at odds and near conflict stage at times.
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.