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Musical protest in solidarity with Palestinians from Ionian University students
CORFU. University students expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people in a musical protest in Annunziata Square on Wednesday afternoon.
΄Cry for help΄ from the tourist guides: "Our profession is in danger of disappearing"
CORFU. Corfu tourist guides held a protest in Liston, demanding support from the State, which has forgotten all about them.
Tourist guides to hold another protest on Wednesday
CORFU. "We are protesting because the Greek State has basically forgotten about us."
Lack of bookings leads to delay in Corfu hotels opening
CORFU. According to the President of the Hoteliers΄ Association Babis Voulgaris, the level of bookings is low. Association campaign to encourage locals to be vaccinated.
Tutorial schools, courts and organised beaches reopening
ATHENS. Announcement from Civil Protection General Secretariat to follow with full details.
Corfu farmers on the streets in forest maps protest
CORFU. Corfu farmers took to the streets today in agricultural and private vehicle.
Tourism Ministry looking for quarantine hotels
ATHENS. The Tourism Ministry is repeating what it did in 2020 and is looking for hotels to accommodate tourists that test positive for coronavirus.
Grecotel buys 3 hotel units in Acharavi
CORFU. The Daskalantonaki Group has bought the Nostos, Vassilia and Gelina, which together will become a 350,000 sq.m. resort called Grecotel Costa Botanica.
Retail shops gradually opening in Athens
ATHENS. According to Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias, 1 customer per 25 sq.m. will be allowed up to a maximum of 20 customers.
Volotea opens new route between Thessaloniki and Zakynthos
BARCELONA. The airline announced that the new route will be operative twice a week, starting in June.
Musical demonstration by Ionian University students
CORFU. The students held a musical demonstration on Saturday 27 March.
Protest in Corfu Town against state authoritarianism
CORFU. Protest in Upper Square following the violent incidents in Nea Smyrni, Athens.
Save Erimitis ΄carnival΄ protest on bikes
CORFU. Colourful protest in Upper Square today.
TUI UK officially cancels all package holidays until 16th May
TUI UK has officially cancelled all holiday packages and flights until 16 May in a letter from Helen Caron, Group Purchasing Director to hotel partners in all markets.
Protest by tourism and catering workers demanding more support measures
CORFU. Thousands of seasonal workers have been left without unemployment benefit or have received very little financial support and are struggling to make ends meet.
Strict policing over the next two weeks
CORFU. On his visit to Corfu the Civil Protection Minister was not pleased with the Covid data from the 6th Health Region.
Civil Protection Minister: Corfu and Zakynthos to get more police
CORFU. 50 additional permanent police officers will be employed in Corfu immediately to help implement the safety measures. The Minister said that Zakynthos will also get more police.
Meropi Ydraiou asks Civil Protection Minister for regular testing in schools
CORFU. The Central Corfu & Diapontia Islands Mayor made several proposals that could help fight the pandemic.