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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.
NICOSIA – Foreign officials who spoke at the conference of the International Coordination Committee “Justice for Cyprus” (PSEKA) held within the framework of the 18th World Conference of Overseas Cypriots (POMAK) and the Executive Council Meeting of Young Overseas Cypriots (NEPOMAK) emphasized prospects for a settlement of the Cyprus problem in the context of UN negotiations for Cyprus re-unification, energy matters, and the role of overseas Cypriots.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken presented a televised message to the conference and noted the deep engagement of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State John Kerry with efforts for a Cyprus settlement.
Blinken said the prospects for a lasting settlement are the best that have been seen in more than a decade.
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.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.
ATHENS - The European Union needs to get involved in the case of the two-year jail sentence given ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri who was elected Mayor of the seaside town of Himare and said the trial was a farce to get him and protect Prime Minister Edi Rama’s business friends.
Brace yourself for what could be another scorching summer in Greece as scientists are anxious that a warm winter - the warmest January recorded - and climate change will continue to bring weather anomalies.
Mykonos’ run has been going on for a long time, bringing hordes of tourists, but it’s being cut down by its reputation for being rowdy, expensive, overcrowded and gouging diners while businesses evade taxes.