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Photos of the destruction at Lefkimmi landfill
LEFKIMMI. Photos of the burnt and vandalised facility.
Charter flight from Corfu makes emergency landing in Italy.
BRINDISI. A charter flight which had taken off from Corfu Airport had to make an emergency landing in Brindisi on Saturday 5th May.
Regional Governor: Police Chief should be suspended
CORFU. Strong words from the Regional Governor, Theodoros Galiatsatos, in a post on Facebook regarding the Lefkimmi landfill arson.
Barricade taken down at Lefkimmi landfill
LEFKIMMI. The tyres that had been placed as a barricade blocking access to Lefkimmi landfill were removed today in the presence of the police.
Corfu MP Fotini Vaki: Police knew about the arson!
CORFU. Corfu SYRIZA MP Fotini Vaki loudly denounced the police on a Corfu TV channel on Sunday night, saying that they had had information concerning the arson attack at Lefkimmi landfill.
Lefkimmi Association considers the fire to be at the least ΄suspicious΄
LEFKIMMI. The Association considers the fire that destroyed three buildings at the Lefkimmi landfill to be the work of provocateurs. The following statement was issued:
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.
Three buildings burnt down at Lefkimmi landfill
LEFKIMMI. Three buildings were destroyed when fire broke out at Lefkimmi landfill at 11:30 this morning.
Lefkimmi protesters at landfill road junction
LEFKIMMI. Photos and video of protesters and the barricade of tyres blocking the road and preventing access to the municipal facility.
Protesters find Temploni landfill closed
CORFU. Residents who had decided on Thursday to block access to the mountain of rubbish within the facility found the Temploni facility padlocked.
Action Committee decides to blockade the overfull unit at Temploni landfill
CORFU. It was decided at a meeting of the Action Committee members late on Thursday night to block access to the overfull unit in Temploni landfill facility.
Municipality suing those responsible for today΄s incidents in Lefkimmi
CORFU. The Municipality of Corfu has lodged a complaint about what happened this morning when work crews from the Power Company (DEDDIE), the Municipality and the Water Company (DEYAK) went to Lefkimmi.
On the alert in Lefkimmi - discreet police presence
LEFKIMMI. Local residents have gathered on the access road to the Lefkimmi landfill facility on stand-by and ΄keeping their powder dry΄. Access has been blocked with lorry tyres.
Ferry service connecting Ionian Islands commences Wednesday 2nd May
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday the ferry will go from Corfu to Paxos, Lefkada, Ithaca, Cephalonia and Zakynthos. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday it will go in the opposite direction from Zakynthos to Corfu.
Don΄t you dare open the road to the landfill in the south!
LEFKIMMI (CORFU). If the town council decides to asphalt the road leading to Lefkimmi landfill, then the Lefkimmi Cultural Society will organize a large demonstration in the area.
Lefkimmi Salt Lakes: Volunteers take it upon themselves to clean up the area
CORFU. Environmentally conscious members of the public decided to take action and cleaned up the wetland, removing the plastic waste.
Ionian Islands Region present at American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) Conference
Deputy Regional Governor for Tourism, Spyros Galiatsatos, said the ASTA conference being held in Greece was of major significance.
Video of landfill from Temploni residents
CORFU. This is a short video that Temploni Cultural Society made.
