Corfu

Located on the western side of Corfu, Agios Gordios is a large bay surrounded by green cliffs

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) are co-funding a sustainable assessment program for the tourism destinations of Corfu and Iraklio, with the essential participation of the local authorities.

The arrests of foreign nationals at regional airports in western Greece and on the Ionian islands with forged or stolen travel documents have increased drastically since Greece opened its borders 35 days ago at the end of the lockdown.

Short-term property rentals in Greece via leading online platform Airbnb are more or less an exclusively Greek affair these days.

A convicted serial rapist released early from a half-century prison term was under police guard in hospital on the Greek resort island of Corfu Monday after suffering severe injuries trying to evade arrest on new rape charges.

The years-long and sometimes violent dispute between the state and locals over the latter's opposition to the creation of a landfill near the village of Lefkimi on the Ionian island of Corfu came to an end on Thursday after the Environment Ministry announced it has scrapped the plan.

A coroner on Corfu is on Wednesday expected to release a report on the cause of death of a 29-year-old woman who collapsed on Tuesday during a visit to the pediatric clinic at the Ionian island's general hospital, where her son is receiving treatment for a urinary infection.

Corfu was the European holiday destination with the biggest decline in revenues from Airbnb per unit last year, according to alternative accommodation monitoring platform AirDNA, showing how fragile the short-term rental market is.

Greece hopes to welcome back tourists from July, but hoteliers expect a bleak season, fearing the coronavirus pandemic will keep visitors away and beaches empty.

Archbishop Ieronymos blessed thousands of parcels containing food and basic necessities that were distributed on Tuesday by the Archdiocese of Athens to people in need.

The parcels were given to about 10,000 families, following an initiative of the General Philoptochos Fund and the Apostoli charity of the Archdiocese of Athens.