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The trench at Lefkimmi - access to landfill impossible
CORFU. Read what the President of Lefkimmi Cultural Society, Maria Kontomari, has to say.
Trench dug to blockade Lefkimmi landfill
CORFU. ΄Fortifications΄ were created over Easter in Mesorahia blocking the approach to the landfill facility. It is thought that the trench was dug on Good Friday.
The Ionian Islands in Blue Panorama Airlines inflight magazine
6,000 copies of the magazine will have a 3-page feature on the Ionian Islands over the next three months.
German Corfu lover gives gift of police patrol vehicle for use in the north of the island
CORFU. “We wanted to give something back to the island for all it has given us,” said Jorg Rockenhauser.
Travel agents meet with Regional Administration and Hospital in preparation for upcoming tourist season
CORFU. They expressed their satisfaction with the hospital’s readiness to respond to the increased demands of the summer season.
Pink flamingos at the mercy of human ‘civilization’
CORFU. Instead of being protected and promoted, the wetland at Alykes, Lefkimmi is threatened by pollution and apathy.
Lefkimmi Cultural Society continues to reject landfill
CORFU. The members of Lefkimmi Cultural Society had another meeting to coordinate their activities.
Ionian Islands Region takes part in FoodExpo for first time
Greece’s biggest food and drink exhibition took place 10 – 12 March at the Metropolitan Expo in Spata, just outside Athens.
Deputy Regional Governor sings at Moscow Tourism Exhibition!
MOSCOW. The Deputy Regional Governor for Tourism, Spyros Galiatsatos, Will do anything to boost tourism to the Ionian Islands.
Rare species of crane spotted in Kerentza Wetlands
During the monthly bird species count carried out in February by scientific personnel and wardens from the Managing Body for the straits and estuaries of the rivers Acherondas and Kalamas, a small group of a crane species rare to the area was observed in the Kerentza wetlands.
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Landslips - Here, there and everywhere
CORFU. There have been landslips at several locations on the island such as Glyfada, Ai Gordi, Pelekas, Yialiskari and others.
Temploni landfill: Gates open again, allowing refuse trucks to enter
CORFU. Following the written commitments from the Corfu Mayor regarding the road map for waste management, the Action Committee has agreed to a two-month ‘truce’ as was discussed at the meeting on Sunday.
Temploni landfill: Mayor gives written commitments
CORFU. The document that the Temploni Action Committee requested from the Corfu mayor as a prerequisite for the removal of the landfill blockade is now in their hands.
Action Committee meeting this evening to discuss the blockade at Temploni landfill
CORFU. "Give us two months," the Mayor told residents at the end of his meeting with them at Temploni landfill this morning.
Corfu Mayor visits Temploni landfill – hoping for the removal of the blockade
CORFU. Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos visited the Temploni landfill today to talk with those blockading the entrance and ask them to help relieve the difficult situation Corfu finds itself in with the roads full of rubbish.
Lefkimmi Residents’ Memo to the Athens meeting about waste management
CORFU. Spiros Kouris and Nina Pandi participated in the meeting chaired by the Minister of Interior, Panos Skourletis, as representatives of the Residents’ ‘Kinisis’ (Movement) against the South Corfu landfill.
Corfu Mayor to visit Temploni landfill today
CORFU. Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos will be visiting the occupied Temploni landfill today at 11:00.
Temploni protestors: “We’re not leaving!”
CORFU. 500 metres from the entrance to Temploni landfill the protestors remain adamant. “We won’t allow the landfill to open unless it’s to remove the waste bales.”
