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Aegean Rebreath: Anemomylos seabed was relatively clean but Paleokatritsa was an eye-opener!
CORFU. Conclusions following the clean-up of the seabeds at Anemomylos and Paleokastritsa.

Aegean Rebreath divers clean up seabed at Anemomylos
CORFU. All kinds of objects were removed - tyres, plastic and glass bottles, rotted ropes and nets.

Aegean Rebreath to clean up seabeds beginning with Anemomylos and Paleokastritsa
CORFU. Corfu volunteer divers will take part in the project and interest has also been expressed by winter swimmers.

First hydroplane flights expected this year
ATHENS. Corfu and Paxos ports have already been given permission, Diapontia Islands ready to receive permission and procedures are well underway for the remaining Ionian Islands.

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.

Corfu Seamen΄s Union: 48-hour strike 23 & 24 February
CORFU. The strike follows those held in September and November 2020.

Garitsa shore road closed due to flooding
CORFU. The sea level has risen and there is nowhere for the water to go other then onto the shore road - something that didn΄t use to happen before the sea wall was repaired!

Corfu seamen on strike Thursday 26 November
CORFU. No sailings from 06:00 on Thursday until 06:00 on Friday 27 November.

Corfu Hospital Infectious Diseases Unit half full
CORFU. 12 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised in the Hospital Special Infectious Diseases Unit today (7/11) - 5 of them are elderly women from Ioannina.

Hole opens up in shore road wall next to Mayor΄s Steps
CORFU. An astonished reader told Enimerosi of the damage to the sea wall along the shore road.

Tourist, 78, dies in sea in Sidari
CORFU. Efforts were made to resuscitate him but to no avail.

Dead foreign national, 63, pulled out of the sea in Paramonas
CORFU. The 63-year-old man was pulled out of the sea on Friday afternoon, 9 October.

Dead woman, 65, pulled out of the sea in Benitses by Coast Guard
CORFU. The Coast Guard pulled the foreign national out of the sea in Benitses on Monday morning (21/9).

British man dies in sea at Issos beach
CORFU. The 63-year-old man was pulled out of the sea in Issos, South Corfu.

Kidney sufferer who tested positive for coronavirus to be transferred to Ioannina
CORFU. The kidney sufferer, who is a non-permanent resident of Corfu, tested positive.

Fire Department search and rescue operation for two German tourists
CORFU. The tourists got lost in the area between Nymphes and Sfakera and firefighters were needed to locate them and rescue them from the rough area in which they they had become trapped.

Municipal Council votes to press Ministry of Finance regarding Corfu Town seafront
CORFU. The proposal from Giorgos Karydis was passed unanimously at last night΄s Central Corfu & Diapontia Islands Municipal Council meeting.

Corfu seamen request water ambulance from Ministry of Health
CORFU. The seamen have written to the Ministry to request a water ambulance to cover the needs of the Ionian Islands.