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Corfu Chronicles

Corfu Chronicles

http://corfuinfo.blogspot.com

Various thoughts, musings and stories from the island of Corfu, Greece plus some serious information about the island.

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  • Greek Students Win UN Video Prize

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 06:19 in education, news, greece

    Mariangelina Evilati and Stella Karavazaki - students at the University of Athens - won first prize recently for their short video for the Global Model United Nations contest.Students participating in the first Global Model United Nations in Geneva ...

  • Lost City Discovered In Greece

    Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 05:56 in news, greece, greek history

    The ruins of a submerged town covering an area of 30,000 square metres off the southern Peloponnese in Greece has now been surveyed by marine archaeologists. Although it was discovered by an oceanographer 40 years ago, it is only now that it can be p...

  • George Papandreou - The Right Person At The Right Time?

    Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 05:12 in news, people, greece

    Now I don't normally get involved in politics - I haven't seen much there to really inspire me, but I do get the feeling that George Papandreou, the new Greek prime minister (seen above arriving at the first ministerial meeting yesterday), is sincere...

  • European Mobility Week - Greek Immobility Week!

    Posted on Saturday September 19th, 2009 at 05:45 in sustainability, greece

    16 - 22 September is European Mobility Week. Hundreds of towns and cities from countries across Europe are participating, except for - Greece! Well, actually, one town is participating (in a half-hearted way) - Lamia. But apart from that, the traffi...

  • Socrates Would Definitely Be Turning In His Grave

    Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 06:29 in education, greece, socrates

    I previously posted about education in Greece here, but some recent reading has made me want to post again. The reference to Socrates is because 2.500 years ago he was teaching people by asking them questions and encouraging them to think and find th...

  • Corfu Prickly Pears

    Posted on Saturday September 5th, 2009 at 04:07 in corfu life

    In a previous post - 10 Corfu Trees - I mentioned the Prickly Pear Tree. We are now busy eating the prickly pears here! Prickly pears here are called either Frangosyka (Frankish Figs) or Pavlosyka (Paul's Figs). The latter name is used only in Corfu ...

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