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A fire broke out on a boat off the Port of Zakynthos, for reasons unknown until now, yesterday afternoon. The Port Authority of Zakynthos fled to the scene.   According to the first information, two people were on board the boat. When the fire broke out they dived into the …

Press Release. Subject: “Extraordinary grant of 5,500,000 euros to the Municipality of Zakynthos” After the announcement by the Mayor from the Office of the Honorable Minister of Interior Mr. Theodorikakos that the Municipality of Zakynthos will be subsidized with the amount of five million five hundred thousand (5,500,000) euros for …

Today the Volunteer Group of Zakynthos took the initiative to honour those lost in the Great quake of 1953. At exactly the same hour, 11.23a.m on the 12th August the memorial service took place. The memorial service took place at the Central Cemetery of Zakynthos. Honouring those who had lost their …

Speaking on the sidelines of the event dedicated to the memory of the victims of the 1953 earthquake, Mr. Aktypis told those present to observe the protection measures in regrds to covid-19. He sincerely spoke of concern adding to take care, since all the evidence shows that we have already …

During the last twenty-four hours in Zakynthos and Corfu, during the police checks, four locals and three foreigners were arrested for drug possession.   In particular, in Laganas, Zakynthos, four different cases were identified:   yesterday (06-08-2020), by police officers of the Crime Prevention and Suppression Team (OPKE) of Corfu, …

https://zakynthosinformer.com/remembering-the-great-ionian-earthquake-of-1953/The VOLUNTEER GROUP OF ZAKYNTHOS invites residents of our island and also visitors who know its history, next Wednesday, August 12 at 11.30 am. ( The day and time when the great earthquake occurred in 1953). To commemorate those who passed away during the earthquake of 1953, a day that …

Unfortunately with the news of COVID cases on our Island,  the guessing game as to how many COVID patients we have has started. A report by Andreas Papadimitriou puts things into perspective. All in all we have actually have a total of seven active cases. In detail. From July 25th …

Following information from the supervising Ministry (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs), visits to the Ionian Islands Social Welfare Centre – ODAZ are suspended until 15/8/2020.   The measures were deemed necessary due to the increase of covid19 cases in the territory and as our structures are considered to be …

An employee of the well know store in Giatani, Kaperelis Electronet, has tested positive for COVID-19. The store made the announcement today and has made the decision to close the store from Monday 3rd August in order to carry out testing on all staff as well as full cleaning and …

An unbelievable accident in Laganas. All four passengers safe. An unbelievable accident took place in the early hours of this morning in Laganas. The rental car of 4 young British tourists, rolled after crazy high speed driving. The 4 young men who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol …