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Open letter of protest about Roda-Acharavi road and Agios Stefanos beach
CORFU. Proposed measures from the Friends of Agios Stefanos, Episkepsi Beach Group – Next step: the prosecutor
Russian journalists meet with Mayor of Corfu
CORFU. Russian journalists from specialist yachting tourism magazines met with the Mayor at the Old Town Hall on Monday afternoon.
Chinese Ambassador to Greece meets with Corfu Mayor at Old Town Hall
CORFU. The Ambassador will donate 20 silk costumes from his personal collection to the Corfu Museum of Asian Arts to add to its exhibits.
Opening of new permanent exhibition of Uzbekistan Folk Art.
CORFU. Yesterday saw the opening of both the exhibition and conference, which hope to develop relations between Corfu and Uzbekistan. The exhibits have been donated by Yiannis Sartzetakis and Ruth Dayton
The Art of Uzbekistan Carpets and Textiles at the Museum of Asian Art
CORFU. Bukhara, the lucky city of Uzbekistan, has become identified with the carpet cottage industry.
AM Hoch to give a talk ΄In/Visibility of Women in the Arts΄ at the Public Library
CORFU. The Central Public History Library in cooperation with the Ionian University and the Educational & Cultural Department of the US Embassy Athens is organizing a talk in English ΄In/Visibility of Women in the Arts΄ by the New Yorker AM Hoch.
Corfu Museum of Asian Art: Photography exhibition ΄The Unruddered Ship΄
CORFU. The exhibition is part of the 2nd Corfu PhotoMarathon 2018.
Ionian School of Music students in concert
CORFU. Concert with students from the Middle and Advanced classes at the Ionian School of Music.
Tension between Temploni residents and work contractors
CORFU. Residents were alerted when a contractor΄s refuse truck entered the Temploni landfill this morning and emptied the rubbish onto the mountain of waste at Unit 3, which residents had wanted to blockade.
Restrictive conditions imposed on man charged with death of Eleni but he is not remanded in custody
CORFU. The man charged with the death of the woman at the celebration in Ag. Ioannis about ten days ago has not been remanded in custody.
One in three have taken up their job at the Cleansing Services
CORFU. SYRIZA MP Kostas Pavlidis met with former contract staff from the Municipal Cleansing Services, who spoke to him about the operational problems which have been created by the recent recruitment process.
Mayor says that refuse collection will be completely back to normal in 2-3 days
CORFU. The Mayor held a meeting on Monday afternoon to discuss the best possible way to start the tourist season, as regards refuse collection.
Greek Musical Tradition in Southern Italy: Concert by the School of Music
CORFU. The School of Music and Percussion Group are organizing a concert at the Municipal Theatre.
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΄.
