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Hopes for the decongestion of Temploni and the roads
CORFU. It was announced at the Town Council meeting that the Solid Waste Management Service (SYDISA) has obtained (it is not known how) a second machine for the selection and baling of mixed waste - an absolute necessity for the decongestion of the Temploni facility and the Corfu roads.
΄The Music Ark΄ live at Temploni
CORFU. The first live musical performance in combination with screened audio visual material about Greek Music!
5th Karousades Choir Festival
CORFU. Karousades ΄Dinos Theotokis΄ Choir is organizing the 5th Karousades Choir Festival on Saturday 30th June.
British tourism professionals, concerned about the refuse situation, visit the Mayor
CORFU. Travel agents and professionals involved in Corfu tourism visited the Mayor΄s office today for an update on the waste problem.
Man found dead in well in Evropoulous
CORFU. A Bulgarian man was found dead in a well in Evropoulous on Monday afternoon.
΄NO to Drugs΄: Performance of ΄Dust in the Wind΄ at the Old Palace
CORFU. Special event for the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
Large turnout for the protest about the rubbish
CORFU. The rally with Corfu residents in the pedestrianised area in town to protest about the situation with the huge piles of rubbish was much larger than at any other time.
St. John΄s Eve celebration (Lampata) in Kastellanous Giro
CORFU. Kastellanous Giro Cultural and Educational Society is organizing the traditional ΄Lampata΄ on Saturday 23rd June.
Tension in Temploni again this morning
CORFU. The police were called and the driver of the bulldozer disappeared.
Strong letter from the ΄Old΄ Philharmonic Society about the situation with the rubbish
CORFU. The letter from the board of the ΄Old΄ Philharmonic Society says that things have never been like this in Corfu before and residents have never been so exasperated by a Municipal problem.
World Music Day in Corfu: The ΄sirtaki΄ as you΄ve never heard it before!
CORFU. All day yesterday groups of musicians from the island΄s Philharmonic Societies performed in various central locations.
British travel agents call for Corfu to get cleaned up
According to an article in Travelweekly, ABTA - the Association of British Travel Agents & Tour operators - has joined hoteliers and tourism professionals in Corfu to take swift action to clear up piles of dumped rubbish in Corfu.
International Day of Yoga celebration at the Old Palace
CORFU. The Museum of Asian Art will be hosting an event for the International Day of Yoga on Thursday 21st June.
More rubbish pile fires early on Thursday morning
CORFU. Fires are continuing to break out in rubbish piles in Corfu despite warnings from the Medical Association and Technical Chamber of the dioxin toxicity produced by burning.
Three proposals put forward for temporary relief of Temploni facility
ATHENS. Yet another meeting in Athens without a result - The Government΄s silence is deafening.
Tour operators are expressing their concern about the image of Corfu with its refuse problem
CORFU.The noose is tightening around the Corfu tourist economy as not a day passes without tour operators, large and small, expressing their concern.
Police, Regional Administration and ΄Stirixi΄ talk about International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
CORFU. An event will take place outside the Old Palace, where the public will have the chance to see the musical ΄Dust in the Wind΄.
Tourism professionals ready to ΄freak out΄
CORFU. Tourism professionals went to the Mayor΄s office yesterday morning to express their anxiety at the distressing state of the island with thousands of tons of rubbish piled up on the roads.
