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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.
With more arrivals rising on Greek islands, Turkey’s Coast Guard said it caught 203 illegal migrants along the Aegean shore as they were trying to sneak onto Greek islands already holding more than 15,000 of them.
Thirty-nine migrants, including children and babies, were seized on a small inflatable boat off the Bodrum district in Turkey’s southwestern province of Mugla, while 53 Syrians were detained off the provinces of Aydin and Canakkale, the officials said.
On land, 111 illegal migrants preparing to head for Greek islands via sea routes were caught in three locations in Izmir, the Coast Guard said in a statement on its web site, adding that five human traffickers among the many that have been allowed to operate during a suspended European Union swap deal were also caught.
A total of 4,451 migrants have attempted to reach the Greek islands via Turkey this year, up from 3,781 over the same period in 2017, according to figures released by the Turkish Coast Guard.
Under the deal that began in 2016 and markedly reduced the numbers, Turkey is supposed to take back those not eligible in Greece, where another 50,000 are being kept in detention centers and camps on the mainland. Only a relative handful have been returned.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
ATHENS – The Divani Palace Acropolis, nestled in the heart of Athens, is set to elevate the city's dining and nightlife scene with the grand opening of its much-anticipated rooftop restaurant and bar next month.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez may seek exoneration at his May bribery trial by blaming his wife, saying she kept him in the dark about anything that could be illegal about her dealings with New Jersey businessmen, according to court papers unsealed Tuesday.
It was a close brush with death but a 40-year-old British tourist bitten by a deadly viper while at a yoga retreat on Cyprus is recovering after getting swift hospitalization to counteract the venom.
ATHENS - After Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system - with help from French, American and British fighter jet pilots - knocked Iranian missiles and drones from the skies during an attack, Greece is looking to create a similar protection method.