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Corfu 7th Junior High School hosting pupils from Australian diaspora
CORFU. The 7th Junior High School is hosting 12 Greek diaspora pupils and 2 teachers from the High School of Adelaide from 28 April to 3 May.
Municipality Employees΄ Union opposes the contracting out of refuse collection to private companies
CORFU. The Municipality Employees΄ Union sent a long letter in which it expresses its opposition to the contracting out of cleansing services - even temporarily - to private companies.
Hellenic Navy vessel to attend opening of Erikousa port
CORFU. A special celebration is being prepared for the opening of Erikousa Port. The Corfu Port Authority (OLKE) President, who had been ‘guardian’ of the ‘orphan’ port, has asked the Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff for a Navy vessel to come in order to give the event greater prestige, whilst also placing emphasis on the national importance of the infrastructure at the northwest Greek border.
Talk by Dr. Jennifer Germann at the Ionian University
CORFU. The Department of Museology at the Ionian University is organizing a talk by Dr. Jennifer Germann from the Department of Art History at Ithaca College, New York.
Painting by artist Spyridon Trousas on display at Russian art exhibition
MILAN. The art critic Mattea Micello chose the painting ΄Ιmmortalitá΄ by Spyridon Trousas to be exhibited at the conference ΄Modern Art as a Means of Global Communication΄.
American travel agents see Mouse Island on their first day in Corfu
CORFU. Deputy Mayor for Tourism, Vassilis Kavadias, and fedHatta representative, Vassilis Kontos, were the hosts.
Suffocated by African dust
CORFU. The light northeast wind expected on Tuesday morning won΄t be enough to rid us of the dust from Africa that has filled the atmosphere.
New flights to Corfu from Lufthansa Group
The Lufthansa Group is increasing the number of flights to popular destinations in Greece and is adding new routes for the coming tourist season, the company announced.
Proposal to contract out refuse collection passed with majority vote at Town Council meeting
CORFU. The motion was passed with a majority vote by Corfu Town Council.
Until the recruitment of new personnel is finalized we will have to resort to contracting out the refuse collection
CORFU. Kostas Nikolouzos talks about the problems with the Cleansing Services temporary personnel list.
Kastania: Mountain of rubbish tumbles onto road
CORFU. The mountain of rubbish which had been piling up for days collapsed under the weight and blocked most of the road.
Privatization of regional airports: The Serbs are smarter than the Greeks
By Dimitris Roussos*
Refuse collection service working double shifts in Corfu
CORFU. “By early this evening at the latest the problem with refuse collection in the town and the island as a whole will have been dealt with,” a local authority representative told Enimerosi when it passed on complaints received.
Mt. Olympus: Corfu Search & Rescue Unit in the Home of the Gods!
Corfu Special Search and Rescue Unit (EMED) were at the top of Greece΄s highest mountain - Mt. Olympus.
78-year-old man takes his own life in Karousades
CORFU. He left a note saying it was for personal and family reasons.
Pupils from Corfu 1st Junior High School visit Croatia with the Erasmus+ Programme
CORFU. Bol School hosted groups of teachers and pupils from their partner schools in the Erasmus+ programme.
Corfu Easter: Lazarus Carols at San Giacomo
CORFU. The Churches of St. Nikolaos and St. Lazarus (who is celebrated today) were the first of many choirs from all over the island to sing today.
