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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 – Air passenger arrivals grew 3.9 pct in 2019, totaling 21.5 million, or 803,000 more passengers compared with 2018, Insete Intelligence said in a report released on Friday. The Athens International Airport recorded a 12 pct increase in passenger arrivals totaling 6.4 million euros, up 685,000 from 2018. Passenger arrivals in the country’s regional airports totaled 15 million, up 0.8 pct, led by Thessaloniki (2.3 million passengers up 8.1 pct from 2018).
Insete Intelligence report said that international arrivals in the Dodecanese islands rose 0.4 pct to 3.6 million arrivals, but fell 2.0 pct in Crete to 4.4 million. Arrivals in the Ionian Islands fell 0.4 pct to 3.0 million of which half were in Corfu.
Road arrivals fell 1.6 pct to 12.3 million in 2019. Insete Intelligence said that Greece ranked top in the GRI hotel indicator with an 87.1 pct rate, followed by Croatia (85.5 pct), Cyprus and Spain (85.3 pct and 85 pct respectively), Italy (84.2 pct), Turkey (82.3 pct) and France (79 pct).
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said.
On Monday, April 22, 2024, history was being written in a Manhattan courtroom.
PARIS - With heavy security set for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games during a time of terrorism, France has asked to use a Greek air defense system as well although talks are said to have been going on for months.
PARIS (AP) — Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A tiny Philip Morris product called Zyn has been making big headlines, sparking debate about whether new nicotine-based alternatives intended for adults may be catching on with underage teens and adolescents.