News

Car overturns at Alikes junction (update)
CORFU. A road accident occurred at about 3 o’clock this afternoon when a car overturned on the traffic island at the Alikes junction (near Ekati and Lidl).

Hit-and-run driver has now been found
CORFU. The driver involved in Monday morning’s hit-and-run accident with a young motorcyclist has been found by Port police in Mandouki.

Paxos is preparing the first shipment of waste to send to Corfu
PAXOS. Transportation of the waste accumulated over a period of 8 months hasn’t begun yet.

Man to face prosecution for black smoke in Dassia
CORFU. A 61-year-old man has been charged with an environmental offence.

TEE report blasts the waste baling operation at Temploni
CORFU. Inspection by the Corfu branch of the Technical Chamber of Greece – The problems they found.

Search continuing for hit-and-run driver
CORFU. The search is continuing for the driver who knocked down a 23-year-old motorcyclist on 22nd January and drove off.

3-metre-deep ‘crater’ in the middle of the road in Temploni
CORFU. A crew from the Municipal Technical Services went this morning to examine the subsidence in the road in Akrokefalos, Temploni.

Local residents ‘suffocated’ by smoke from burning tyres
CORFU. Dense black smoke, visible from miles around, alerted local residents in the Dassia area this morning.

Two more auxiliary doctors at Corfu Hospital
CORFU. Another pathologist has been taken on at the hospital, taking the number of pathologists up to nine, providing some relief for the on-call doctors.

Municipality of Corfu: Budget increase for 2018 - increase in local taxes
CORFU. The Deputy Mayor for Finance discusses the budget. What is included for the technical programme and for the roads and what about local taxes?

Police seeking vehicle involved in road accident
CORFU. The port police and traffic police are trying to locate a gold coloured Daihatsu following the serious road accident late this morning on the coastal road at the port.

Protest demonstration at Temploni landfill with police presence
CORFU. The director of the Cleaning Services was not present. Residents demand that the waste packages be removed immediately.

Sailing vessel illegally transporting 70 Iraqis to Italy caught by Coast Guard
Following an operation lasting several hours last night, the Igoumenitsa Coast Guard was able to prevent the illegal transportation of 70 immigrants and refugees from Iraq who had set off from the Parga coast and were heading towards Italy.

Corfu Archbishop Nektarios: I don’t consent to the selling out of Macedonia
CORFU. At the church of Agios Nekatarios in Lefkimmi, Archbishop Nektarios spoke on Friday morning of foreign interests planning changes to our border.

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

Waste management: Corfu seeking arbitration from Environment Minister
CORFU. Meeting with Environment Minister, Panos Skourletis, in Athens tomorrow about waste management.