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Lefkimmi Society agrees to participate in committee to visit Athens
CORFU. Following its 3-hour general assembly, Lefkimmi Cultural Society agreed to send a representative with the waste management committee to visit Athens.
Corfu and Novi Sad (Serbia) Municipalities: Friendship and Collaboration Agreement
Last Friday 2nd February, the Municipality of Corfu and the Municipality of Novi Sad, Serbia completed the signing of a Friendship and Collaboration Agreement.
Paving being repaired at the bus stop in San Rocco Square
CORFU. A crew from the town council is replacing the paving stones that have been lifted up by the roots of the large trees.
Temploni: A ‘powder keg’ with residents standing firm
CORFU. The Central Corfu Residents Action Committee is calling for a public meeting along with the Temploni Residents’ Cultural Society ‘Panayia Sparmiotissa’.
Deputy Mayor visits Kozani: Our proposal wasn’t rejected but we didn’t get any promises either
KOZANI. “There’s still a long way to go,” Deputy Mayor for Finance, Georgios Pantelios, said following his meeting in Kozani with the Managing Director of DIAYMA A.E. to discuss Corfu Municipality’s verbal proposal to transfer the waste bales from Temploni.
Supreme Court President visits Capodistrias Museum
CORFU. The President of the Greek Supreme Court, Vassilios Peppas, visited the Capodistrias Museum on Monday morning.
Corfu Mayor: Transportation of the waste away from Corfu is the final option available!
CORFU. “We need to deal with this dead end we find ourselves in calmly and prudently,” said the Mayor following a meeting at the town hall.
‘Clouds’ gathering over the Temploni landfill
CORFU. Residents are adopting a tougher stance and are threatening action.
Temploni disappointed: Nothing has changed
CORFU. Magda Papanikolopoulou, President of Temploni Cultural Society, told Enimerosi, “We didn’t leave feeling satisfied,” following the Council meeting which decided unanimously to seek funding for the removal of waste bales out of Corfu.
Lefkimmi vindicated by the decision to transport waste out of Corfu
CORFU. Maria Kontomari, President of Lefkimmi Cultural Society, told Enimerosi that she considered last night’s unanimous decision – following hours of discussion at the Council meeting – to be a step forward.
Paxos: Request to Minister of Interior for ‘divorce’ from Corfu Cleansing Services
‘We do not wish to be an extra burden on Corfu or to have to deal again with the waste accumulation problem we have at present,’ stated Paxos Mayor, Spiros Vlahopoulos, at his meeting with the Minister of the Interior, Panayotis Skourletis, and the General Secretary for Solid Waste Management, Evgenios Capetanios.
Council meeting reversal: Proposal to transport the waste passed unanimously
CORFU. Temporary relief for residents of south Corfu with agreement not to use Lefkimmi landfill.
Town Council: Hall packed out for the meeting on waste management
CORFU. The Town Council hall at Mon Repos is completely packed out for the meeting on waste management now in progress.
The ‘mother’ of all meetings is expected tonight in a desperate effort to find consensus
CORFU. The Mayor and his partners will be laying all their cards on the table at tonight’s council meeting on the subject of waste management.
Temploni Cultural Society: If 2016 pledge isn’t honoured, there will be ‘war’
CORFU. Temploni Cultural Society reminded local authorities of their pledge that Temploni won’t be included in the Integrated Waste Management programme.
Corfu Integrated Waste Management studies included in ESPA funding programme
The Ministry of Economy and Development and the Ministry for the Environment have announced funding for 10 regions.
Vehement opposition to Lefkimmi landfill
CORFU. Residents of south Corfu along with other organizations were out in force to contest the proposed licensing of Lefkimmi landfill.
Paxos is preparing the first shipment of waste to send to Corfu
PAXOS. Transportation of the waste accumulated over a period of 8 months hasn’t begun yet.
