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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.
ATHENS — Addressing the Economist Conference in Athens on Friday, North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expressed great satisfaction with the signing of an agreement with Greece for the construction of an natural gas pipeline to connect the gas grids of the two countries. The signing of the agreement is to take place on Friday.
"I am very happy that that an agreement will be signed today between Natural Energy Resources of North Macedonia and Greece's DESFA [Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator S.A] for a major project of 100 million euros," Zaev said, noting that North Macedonia's share for the interconnector is 54 million euros.
He said the pipeline will create great opportunities, not just for North Macedonia but also for the Western Balkans in general, as it will be in the diversification of energy sources.
Zaev highlighted the need for cooperation and solidarity in the Western Balkans, especially with member-states of the EU, and said that Greece was the first country to launch "green corridor" projects with North Macedonia.
"I am very grateful that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took the first step for opening the first green corridor and encouraged other European countries to continue and follow Greece's example," he said. He also welcomed 15 new investments worth 100 million euros that were made by Greece during the pandemic, adding that more were in the process of being agreed.
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.