Checks on tables and chairs in public areas to begin 1st February

CORFU. The new Deputy Mayor of Culture, Old Town and Commerce, Kostas Vousolinos, requests businesses to confine themselves to the designated licensed areas.

Sit-ins at six Corfu schools

CORFU. Second day of sit-ins at 1st and 2nd High Schools and Agros Junior and High School.

Former Desyllas factory to come under the hammer for second time

CORFU. Online auction to be repeated on 21 February.

Pupils΄ outcry about police intervention in high schools

CORFU. "We΄re pupils, not criminals," shout pupils.

Union of Parents΄ Associations complains about police actions at the high schools

CORFU. "They knew very well that it was a nationwide day of protests - However, the orders they received were to proceed with the arrests of underage children as if they were criminals!"

Pupils΄ sit-in at 1st and 2nd High Schools

CORFU. At 11:30 in the morning, there will be a protest at the High Schools in the aftermath of the events of January 18th, with the support of the Central Corfu Parents΄ Association and the Teachers΄ Union (ELME).

Bookings begin for hotels and rental accommodation

CORFU. The first charter flights are expected in the last week of March. Positive signs for the new tourist season.

Power cuts Sunday 21 January

The Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE) has announced that there will be power cuts on Sunday 21 January in order to carry out necessary maintenance work.

Donation of equipment to Corfu Ambulance Service from Goggakis company

Deputy Mayor presents Central Corfu Municipality tourism promotion plan

CORFU. The Tourism Promotion Programme for 2024 was presented to stakeholders by the Deputy Mayor for Sustainable Tourism Development, Spyros Halikiopoulos.

Regional Union of Municipalities takes part in Vakantiebeurs tourism exhibition in Netherlands

CORFU. The Vakantiebeurs 2024 exhibition took place successfully with over 70,000 visitors.

Restoration work on Mantzaros monument in Garitsa Cemetery completed

CORFU. The monument was crafted by the sculptor Evangelos Kallos (1861-1931) and was completed in the early 1890s, the fiftieth anniversary of the ΄Old΄ Philharmonic Society.

Negative developments for Corfu waste treatment plant

CORFU. The Independent Authority for Pre-judicial Appeals has accepted the three objections of the interested groups of companies.

Fire Service acquires vehicle specially equipped for earthquakes

CORFU. The vehicle is equipped with special gear, such as a geophone that provides additional search and rescue means.

Possible €300k budget for promotion of Ionian Islands tourism

CORFU. The Ionian Islands Regional Council is meeting today to approve the 2024 programme.

Six high school pupils holding sit-in detained by police

CORFU. Charges were filed against them for disrupting the operation of a service, and they were then released.

Meeting of Greek and Georgian cultures in Corfu

CORFU. The event is under the auspices of the Georgian Embassy and the Greek Section of CIOFF and is supported by the Ionian Islands Regional Authority and the Municipality of North Corfu.