The week in review
corfu news
21 Jan 2018
/ 09:41
CORFU. Catch up on what happened in Corfu this week.
Corfu was hit by strong winds this week. The Fire Service was called out to dozens of incidents where trees and other objects had been blown down. There were, of course, power cuts in several areas of the island and in Garitsa one of the electrical power poles was snapped by the wind! You can see the video of the repair crew dealing with it here.
It wasn’t only trees and poles that were blown down by the gales – large rocks were loosened from the mountainside and slid onto the road!
Talking of roads, it seems that the condition of the road network in Corfu is getting worse and worse – so much so that even the simple act of driving has become like an extreme sport! We are assured, however, that action is being taken. We had news of 4 projects this week for the repair and maintenance of the island’s roads. Contracts were signed for work to be undertaken on the main road at Solari, as well as the networks in the north and south of the island (contracts worth 350,000 Euros each) and also for the central region of Corfu (contract worth 350,000 Euros).
The issue of rubbish and waste management never seems to be far from the forefront of the news in Corfu. This week we heard from the Mayor, Kostas Nikolouzos, and the Regional Governor, Theodoros Galiatsatos, that they will be seeking arbitration on the matter from the Minister for the Environment, Panos Skourletis and will be meeting with him in Athens this weekend.
Two men were arrested in Corfu for drug trafficking, when they were found with 1 kilo of cocaine in their possession. However, one of them suffered a heart attack just before he was due to appear at the investigator’s office. He was taken to Corfu General Hospital, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
The hospital was also in the news for another reason. The hospital administrator, Phivos Kakavitsas, reported a man to the police for verbally abusing one of the Emergency Department doctors earlier this month.
Good news again on the tourism front. The Deputy Mayor and others from Corfu met with representatives of ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) at the HATTA conference in Athens this week. The Americans seem to be very keen to promote Greece and Corfu – it looks like Homer’s Corfu will be a great attraction for them.
In other news, the Corfu Archbishop Nektarios made his views on the Macedonian issue clear.
The Greek Red Cross also announced that it will be conducting a free crash course for volunteers who would like some nursing training.
It wasn’t only trees and poles that were blown down by the gales – large rocks were loosened from the mountainside and slid onto the road!
Talking of roads, it seems that the condition of the road network in Corfu is getting worse and worse – so much so that even the simple act of driving has become like an extreme sport! We are assured, however, that action is being taken. We had news of 4 projects this week for the repair and maintenance of the island’s roads. Contracts were signed for work to be undertaken on the main road at Solari, as well as the networks in the north and south of the island (contracts worth 350,000 Euros each) and also for the central region of Corfu (contract worth 350,000 Euros).
The issue of rubbish and waste management never seems to be far from the forefront of the news in Corfu. This week we heard from the Mayor, Kostas Nikolouzos, and the Regional Governor, Theodoros Galiatsatos, that they will be seeking arbitration on the matter from the Minister for the Environment, Panos Skourletis and will be meeting with him in Athens this weekend.
Two men were arrested in Corfu for drug trafficking, when they were found with 1 kilo of cocaine in their possession. However, one of them suffered a heart attack just before he was due to appear at the investigator’s office. He was taken to Corfu General Hospital, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
The hospital was also in the news for another reason. The hospital administrator, Phivos Kakavitsas, reported a man to the police for verbally abusing one of the Emergency Department doctors earlier this month.
Good news again on the tourism front. The Deputy Mayor and others from Corfu met with representatives of ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) at the HATTA conference in Athens this week. The Americans seem to be very keen to promote Greece and Corfu – it looks like Homer’s Corfu will be a great attraction for them.
In other news, the Corfu Archbishop Nektarios made his views on the Macedonian issue clear.
The Greek Red Cross also announced that it will be conducting a free crash course for volunteers who would like some nursing training.
