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Capodistrias Museum nominated for European Museum of the Year Award 2022
CORFU. The only Greek museum in the running for this important award for 2022.

Scam with impersonation of Europol Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director
A scam involving impersonation of Europol officials has come to light.

€60,000 for the clean energy transition of the Diapontia Islands
CORFU. The study foresees the complete decarbonisation of the autonomous electricity systems of the islands of Erikoussa and Othoni, as well as the development of a “smart marina” on the island of Mathraki.

Annual Remembrance Day for the Serbs in Corfu
CORFU. Representatives from Serbia and the Serbian Republic of Bosnia who are at present in Corfu for the annual memorial events went to Vidos Island today.

Corfu Town historic centre closed to traffic this Sunday
CORFU. Central Corfu Municipality is taking part in European Mobility Week.

10 plastic products banned in Greece from today
ATHENS. Ban on 10 plastic products in accordance with legislation passed in October 2020.

«Se yon istwa men ansanm» - An interactive performance in the Capodistrias Museum garden
CORFU. Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 July, 11:00-14:00

Greek Digital Covid Certificate for Travel now activated
ATHENS. Greece is joining the first wave of European countries issuing their own Digital COVID Certificates and it can be implemented in cooperation with other countries that now accept it.

Provisional agreement on the EU Digital COVID Certificate
BRUSSELS. The certificate is expected to be ready for implementation at the end of June.

Free admission to Achillion Palace on Tuesday for Corfiots
CORFU. Visitors will be admitted free on production of their ID Card and between 08:00 and 20:00 there will be free guided tours.

EU Covid-19 certificate approved by European Parliament
The European Parliament says holders of an EU Covid-19 certificate should not be subject to additional travel restrictions, such as quarantine, self-isolation or testing.

Temploni Association: Corfu will face a huge bill for the plastic it doesn΄t recycle
CORFU. Temploni Association says that Corfu will have to pay several million according to the new EU Directive regarding tax on plastic that isn΄t recycled.

Capodistrias Museum taking part in 200th Anniversary of Greek Revolution
CORFU. "Ioannis Capodistrias, the Ionian Islands and the 1821 Revolution".

Profiteering behind lack of vaccines and medicines says Corfu Pharmaceutical Association secretary
CORFU. Association secretary Pericles Rarakos paints a grim picture in his statement to local media regarding the availability of vaccines and medicines in general on the island.

New North Corfu Community Centre
CORFU. The Centre will coordinate all community activities.

Memorandum of Cooperation between Foreign Ministry and Capodistrias Museum
CORFU. The aim of the Memorandum is the joint promotion of Capodistrias the man, the Ministry΄s archive and the Capodistrias Museum through scientific and cultural activities.

Ionian Islands and Epirus in green band (lowest positivity rate) on ECDC European map
Nearly the whole of Europe is red apart from Finland and most of Greece, which are orange. The Ionian Islands, Epirus, the Cyclades and the Dodecannese are the only green areas in the EU.

Ionian Islands one of the European areas with fewest Covid cases
BRUSSELS. Latest map from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) showing 14-day notification rate and test positivity for the EU.