The week in review
CORFU. Catch up on what happened in Corfu this week.
The ongoing saga of the rubbish in Corfu continues. The Action Committee in Temploni continued its blockade of the landfill there, declaring that they would only allow trucks carrying waste from the hospital to enter. The prosecutor visited the facility for an inspection on Tuesday. On Wednesday a representative committee from Corfu met with the Ministers of the Interior and Environment in Athens and got the response they didn’t want. Lefkimmi residents remain adamant that the facility there isn’t going to open and this is what they proposed at the Athens meeting. In the meantime, the Municipal Cleansing Services issued a guide to let people know how best to deal with the accumulating rubbish that we are already seeing.
The weather early in the week wasn’t too kind either. Fallen trees in Corfu town and elsewhere including Viros and there was flooding on the poor island of Paxos. The other ‘R’ problem in Corfu – roads – manifested itself again due to the bad weather. Repairs were carried out at several points of the island – in Viros and by the Kaiser’s Bridge as well as Neohoraki and the main road in Marathia, although this last was actually to repair damage done in November.
There seems to be a lot of neglect, an example of which is the village of Pelekas and in response to last weekend’s flower-planting in the town’s potholes, the Mayor called it an insult to the institution of local authority.
On a more positive note, Corfu chef Botrinis and his restaurant Etrusco came out top at the Golden Cap Awards in Athens. Other good news is the relaxation of Capital Controls as things gradually ease their way back to normality.
Parliament also ratified the four contracts granting hydrocarbon exploratory and exploitation rights – one of which is in the Ionian Sea.
