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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 – Under the threat of facing Turkish warships if they venture into waters claimed by Turkey, the US energy giant ExxonMobil and its partner Qatar Petroleum began drilling operations off the coast of Cyprus.
It is in block 10 of the island’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ,) parts of which have been seized by Turkey which is defying soft European Union sanctions and warned other vessels to steer clear.
The US State Department earlier said ExxonMobil wouldn’t venture into the territory claimed by Turkey whose warships previously had scared off an Italian enegy research vessel with no response from Italy.
According to reports, the consortium will drill an appraisal well in the Glafcos gas find inside block 10 which is estimated to carry a reservoir between 5 and 8 trillion cubic feet with results expected in the first quarter of 2022, said Kathimerini.
That came as the EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell, who has been near-deferential, said Turkey should nevertheless sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) it doesn’t recognize unless invoking to its advantage.
Responding to a question by Greek Member of the European Parliament Manolis Kefalogiannis, Borrell said that being a candidate for EU membership, Turkey must harmonize its national legislation with the bloc’s “acquis communautaire” – the laws, regulations and court decisions by which all members agreed to abide.
The EU has signed and ratified UNCLOS but Turkey doesn’t abide by other block policies, and refuses to recognize Cyprus – a member – and bars its ships and planes with no sanctions.
Borrell said that a deal Turkey signed with Libya in 2019 dividing the seas between them, unaccepted by the UN or or any other country, violates the rights of third countries but the EU still won’t do anything about it.
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.
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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".
ATHENS - Disregarding the recommendation of a prosecutor who said there wasn’t enough evidence, an Athens Mixed Jury Court found a 55-year-old man guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl but found her mother innocent of pornography.