General News
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.
NEW YORK – Yia Mas is hosting the last dance class of the season on Tuesday, June 6, 7:30 PM, at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Undercroft, 337 East 74th Street in Manhattan. Yia Mas is teaming up with dance teacher Niko Kazanjian of Niko’s Dance Academy for this special class which is all-levels friendly. Dances from a variety of regions will be taught. Wear comfy shoes and clothes you can move in. Register online: https://shorturl.at/gmrxz.
Yia Mas also curates a list of Greek and Greek-inspired books over on Bookshop.org. More information is available online: https://bookshop.org/shop/yiamas.
Yia Mas’ Logos Book Club recently read and loved Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe’s Oldest Surviving Folk Music by Christopher King and is excited to dive into the novel Correlli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres next.
On Saturday, June 3, 12-5 PM, Yia Mas hosts its first-ever experience in Chicago at the Periptero pop-up shop featuring curated Greek brands and music by DJ Yianni at Artopolis Bakery, 306 S Halsted Street, where you can also enjoy a treat.
Learn more about Yia Mas online: https://www.yia-mas.com/.
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.
NICOSIA - A meeting between the ministers of energy for Cyprus and Israel - George Papanastasiou and Eli Cohen - led to an agreement that the countries would make an underwater electric cable link a top priority, linking them to Europe.
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.