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΄CERN΄ Exhibition in the Municipal Theatre Foyer
CORFU. The exhibition ΄CERN΄ will be held in the foyer of Corfu Municipal Theatre presenting CERN experiments and research into Elementary Particle Physics.

4th Ionian Islands Guitar Festival in Corfu
CORFU. The 4th Ionian Islands Guitar Festival will take place on Friday 6 September.

Firefighters quickly put out fire in Ipsos
CORFU. Fire broke out in Ipsos this afternoon.

Chamber of Commerce and Municipal Department for Voluntary Work pay tribute to 120 Recycling Centre volunteers
CORFU. Corfu Chamber of Commerce and the Central Corfu & Diapontia Islands Department for Voluntary Work organised a meeting at the Chamber.

Death of 79-year-old woman at Lefkimmi beach
CORFU. A 79-year-old woman was pulled out of the sea in Molos on Thursday evening.

BBC: "On Greek islands locals have nowhere to live because of Airbnb"
UK. A BBC article talks about the negative effects of Airbnb on the residents of Greek islands who "have nowhere to live".

Healthy Little Eaters - Almyros beach clean-up
CORFU. For World Cleanup Day 2019.

13 foreign nationals arrested at Corfu and Zakynthos airports
CORFU. 13 foreign nationals aged between 22 and 47 who were trying to board international flights were arrested.

Early Warning System for extreme weather conditions at Agious Deka
CORFU. The Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development has set up a 4th generation meteorological radar system at Agious Deka for four months.

΄The Smile of the Child΄- School Bazaars
CORFU. The Smile of the Child invites friends and supporters to visit the school bazaars being organised throughout Greece.

Power cuts in Corfu Town on Saturday morning
The Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDIE) has announced that there will be power cuts on Saturday 7 September in Corfu Town from 07:30 to 11:30 in order to carry out repairs at the central substation.

Chamber of Commerce supports volunteers at Green Spots
CORFU. The former and present Deputy Mayors for Cleansing, Corfu Chamber of Commerce and Spyros Neratzis in close cooperation to support the recycling initiatives throughout the island.

Boats prohibited from Chomi Bay, Paleokastritsa
CORFU. Corfu Central Port Authority has prohibited boats from entering Chomi Bay in Paleokastritsa.

Temploni fire burns 3 stremma of grassland
CORFU. Four vehicles with eight firefighters along with other firefighters on foot were able to quickly get the fire under control.

΄Ancient΄ water pipe in Kanoni bursts three times in 24 hours
CORFU. Water supply has been restored.

Meropi Ydraiou meets with Ionian Islands Regional Police Chief
CORFU. The Regional Police Chief Theodoros Athanasopoulos met with the Mayor of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands this morning.

Mayor Meropi Ydraiou places emphasis on dealing with basic problems to begin with
CORFU. Municipal crews are busy with road markings.

Meropi Ydraiou:"For us there are no political parties...there is only Corfu"
CORFU. The new Mayor of Central Corfu & the Diapontia Islands said, "We are not going to turn the Municipality into an arena for party politics with fruitless confrontations..."