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Central Corfu Municipality in sea and coastal clean-up project
CORFU. The Municipality is taking part in the European Commission 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge in the category ΄Waste Management and Circular Economy΄.

Ionian Islands Museum Network
CORFU. The Ionian University is coordinating the establishment of a cooperative network for all the museums - and not just during the pandemic.

Ionian University: "Designing the new Corfu School Museum together"
CORFU. An Ionian University Museum online project to reopen the permanent collection at the former Skripero school.

TUI received €3bn aid from Germany but isn΄t paying Greek hoteliers
BRUSSELS. PASOK Euro MP Nikos Androulakis put a question to the European Commission regarding the financial difficulties faced by Greek hotels due to TUI΄s unwillingness to pay its dues.

΄Driving without alcohol΄ in Liston - European Night Without Accident
CORFU. Corfu took part in European Night Without Accident - a collaboration between the ΄Pavlos Milonas΄ Road Safety Institute, Equal Society and the Scout Civil Protection Team.

Capodistrias Museum 3 years old today
CORFU. The Capodistrias Museum reopened on 15 October three years ago.

Free admission to Capodistrias Museum on Sunday
CORFU. On the anniversary of the assassination of the first Governor of Modern Greece, 27 September, admission to the Capodistrias Museum will be free from 10:00 to 16:00.

Serbs displeased with sunbeds on Vidos Island - Spyros Neratzis΄ response
CORFU. According to recent articles, the placement of sunbeds and umbrellas by Central Corfu Municipality on the small beach on Vidos has caused displeasure amongst Serbs.

Greek PM: "Over 70bn Euros for Greece from Recovery Fund"
BRUSSELS. "Europe has shown that it can rise to the occasion," said Kyriakos Mitsotakis and added that Greece had taken an active part in all the negotiations.

Europeans looking to buy homes in Greece - considered to be a safe country
BERLIN. British demand alone has increased by 200%! - 50% increase in German investments- Interest in Greek real estate from Austria, Switzerland and France.

SWAN - new online platform for solid waste management
Recycle, Reuse, Circular Economy. Information about the Balkan online platform for Solid Waste Reuse and Management which has been launched by the Attica Region΄s solid waste management organisation.

€10m for Acheillion Palace - the first place Mitsotakis will visit in Corfu
CORFU. The funding is for inside the building itself as well as the garden and surrounding area.

Europe opening its borders to 15 countries from 1 July
ATHENS. The borders remain closed for USA, Russia, Brazil, Albania, North Macedonia and Turkey as their average number of cases is higher than that of the EU.

΄Photographing the Anemomylos suburb΄ - amateur photography competition
CORFU. Anemomylos Cultural and Environmental Society and Corfu Photography Club are organising an amateur photography competition.

ERT3 Awards Ceremony for School Radio Message & Song Competition to be held at Corfu 4th Junior High
CORFU. For the first time the ΄Make It Heard΄ Competition will be televised.

95.7% of Greece΄s bathing waters of excellent quality
ATHENS. According to the European Environment Agency΄s annual assessment of bathing waters in 27 countries, Greece is in 4th position as regards cleanliness and quality of bathing waters.

Sotiris Tsiodras: R Value in Greece at 0.3
ATHENS. Sotiris Tsiodras presented detailed epidemiological data for the pandemic in Greece at the first meeting of a series of online discussions as part of the Greek Chairmanship of the Council of Europe.