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Protesters find Temploni landfill closed
CORFU. Residents who had decided on Thursday to block access to the mountain of rubbish within the facility found the Temploni facility padlocked.

See the condition of Temploni Landfill (video)
CORFU. Blockade of one of the units at the Temploni facility and a protest rally in Lefkimmi at 19:00 on Saturday.

8th Kassios Dias Trail Run
CORFU. On the first Sunday in May every year Kassiopi Cultural and Sports Society organizes the Kassios Dias Trail Run.

What’s on (Exhibitions-Theatre-Events)
CORFU. Find out what΄s on in Corfu this weekend.

New York Corfiots following the drama with the rubbish on their home island.
NEW YORK. Corfiots in New York are following the island΄s problem with rubbish with concern. Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos΄ recent visit to New York where he updated them on what was happening helped them understand but...

Concert to celebrate the establishment of the ΄Second Chance΄ school at Corfu Prison and to collect books for the library
CORFU. The Psychologists Association and Friends of Corfu Prison ΄Second Chance΄ School are organizing a concert with the Funky Organ Trio.

5-day Corfu Food & Wine Festival almost with us – come and enjoy the taste of Corfu!
CORFU. A 5-day culinary feast awaits tens of thousands of visitors to Corfu as well as residents – Greek and foreign. In the island’s restaurants, village squares and the largest square in Greece – Spianada, they will be able to experience the history of Corfu cuisine from Homeric times to the present day and discover modern creative trends and new products.

Action Committee decides to blockade the overfull unit at Temploni landfill
CORFU. It was decided at a meeting of the Action Committee members late on Thursday night to block access to the overfull unit in Temploni landfill facility.
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Ionian University welcomes award-winning filmmaker Steven Bernstein
CORFU. The visit of the award-winning filmmaker Steven Bernstein to Corfu began with an open seminar at the Ionian Academy on Thursday 3rd May.

Municipality suing those responsible for today΄s incidents in Lefkimmi
CORFU. The Municipality of Corfu has lodged a complaint about what happened this morning when work crews from the Power Company (DEDDIE), the Municipality and the Water Company (DEYAK) went to Lefkimmi.

Restrictive conditions imposed on man charged with death of Eleni but he is not remanded in custody
CORFU. The man charged with the death of the woman at the celebration in Ag. Ioannis about ten days ago has not been remanded in custody.

On the alert in Lefkimmi - discreet police presence
LEFKIMMI. Local residents have gathered on the access road to the Lefkimmi landfill facility on stand-by and ΄keeping their powder dry΄. Access has been blocked with lorry tyres.

Protest rally if there are attempts to provide power supply to Lefkimmi landfill access road
LEFKIMMI. Call for protest demonstration against the Power Supply Company (DEDDIE) crews attempting to restore power supply to the landfill facility in Lefkimmi.

Eth. Palaiokastritsa Rd streetlights - turned off at night and on during the day!
CORFU. Only in a bankrupt state should we expect something like this. We ΄re talking about the public streetlighting on Eth. Palaiokastritsas Rd - where it΄s turned off at night and large sections of the road are pitch black.

One in three have taken up their job at the Cleansing Services
CORFU. SYRIZA MP Kostas Pavlidis met with former contract staff from the Municipal Cleansing Services, who spoke to him about the operational problems which have been created by the recent recruitment process.

Road accident at Sotiriotissa. Car overturns, goes into opposite lane and ends up in the ditch. 29-year-old driver freed from car.
CORFU. Drivers who have been stopped by the traffic police watch anxiously as firefighters attempt to free the driver from his crashed car.

New ΄wave΄ of school trips to Corfu from Thursday
The number of 5-day school trips to the island has risen again due to the governmental decision to limit the number of trips abroad. Corfu business people welcome the fact that there hasn΄t been time for them to be manipulated as they were in the past.

Shark caught in Gulf of Patras - fishermen couldn΄t believe their eyes!
PATRAS. Fishermen from Kato Achaia couldn΄t beleive their eyes when, on of their usual fishing trips in the Gulf of Patras, they caught a long, heavy shark in their nets, which they dragged carefully back to the small harbour.