Recently, the Court of our island adopted a decision on two applications for temporary injunctions, that had been deposited by the Bank of Piraeus, and were heard recently. The Court accepted the request for the interim injunction. According to the Bank, there are ongoing investigations...

It is an indisputable fact that we have a tourism crisis. Mr Costas Kapsaki, (the Secretary of the Association of bars and cafés), argues that the main cause is the Euro. He made comment, that May and June have already disappeared from the summer season, and that, basically, these days, businesses...

Regarding the operation of the hydroplane, which we have previously reported, the news is-It should be operating within a couple of months.
This, hopefully, means that by the end of August, we should see some routes in operation. The aim is to link our Island with Patras, and the other Ionian islands...

Specialists have been tackling the problems in the Harbour regarding pollution, and oil spillage. An exercise has been carried out, which involved a hypothetical scenario, to do with the pollution from a passing ship. This was held during this week, together with the Port of Zant,e and Fire Department...

Local business people in Argasi are very disappointed this year, so far, with tourism. One of the reasons for blame is the exchange rate between the pound and the euro. This makes a great difference in the spending power of visitors. Also, there are fewer British tourists this year in Argasi...

At around midday on Sunday a difficult situation arose, after a fire broke out in a speedboat. Six people were involved in this incident, two adults and four children. This happened in the area which was once the open sea area of Alikes. The boat caught fire, and the lives of those on board were...

Recently, a pensioner suffered a severe shock, after receiving a rather large electric bill. When the due bill was expected to be something around 550 Euros. Instead, the Electricity Office had billed the pensioner for 1300 Euros! This was “way over the top”, as generally, the this person’s bill...

The night before cookin, place the beans in some water to soak. The following day, bring them to the boil, and cook until tender. Drain them well. Peel and chop up the tomatoes, adding the salt and pepper and the parsley. Mix well, then spread the beans out into a baking dish, and top with the...

Maybe the numbers of arrivals do not show a reduction, or in the best of cases, even to show a slight increase over last year, but the tourist economy of the island seems to be going through a profound, and very dangerous crisis. This is the feeling of traders in several areas, including the Alikanas area...

On 17th of July the Court case will be heard, that is between the Commercial Bank, and the Zakynthos Council. They will present data on the nullity of a loan of 5.5 million Euros, which was not asked for last week. Precautionary measures tabled by the Commercial Bank versus the Council of Zakynthos...

Earlier this week, an accident happened in the area of Lagana (Agrilia). The incident involved a 20year old man from the U.K. According to Police reports, the accident took place around 05:30 in the morning, when the young man lost control of the four wheeled bike (Quad). Police said that he was not wearing a a crash helmet at the time...

Season the meat with salt pepper and oregano, toss with lemon juice and oil to coat. Cover, and marinade in the fridge for 1-2 hours. Meanwhile, blanch the peas and carrots in lightly salted water for 5 mins, and drain. Toss with the butter. Heat half the oil in saucepan, and add the meat, brown all over. Add the garlic season slightly...

Two people were killed, and more than 100 injured last Sunday, when the worst earthquake to hit Greece in almost 10 years struck in the north-western Peloponnese, destroying a number of houses, and spreading panic across much of the country.The tremor, measuring 6.5 Richter, struck at 3.25 p.m. and was felt in most parts of...

Proposals for the use of and construction of a ski lift and hotel complex for the whole year in the area of the ship wreck.This was the main topic at the board meeting that took place this week, the idea behind this is to enhance the natural beauty, but also the development of tourism to the region, the Municipal...

This week saw a disruption take place in the main Zakynthos town after a fire broke out in a ware house in the Ag. Gerasimou area.The incident happened at about 9:54, at which the Fire Department was contacted, who immediately rushed to the area. The fire occurred on a small warehouse owned...

There seems to be no end to the incidents involving dogs killing goats this year, as yet another dog has been reported of killing more animals.As you can well imagine this kind of incident might not sound that bad to some people but when you think that the animals...

Sauté the onions in a teacup of oil, until they turn golden. Add the minced meat ,and sauté it with the onions, stirring constantly, until all the lumps of meat are discovered.Add the tomatoes, the bay leaf, the pinch of basil, salt, pepper and some water. Let everything cook over a medium fire for...

A chase was made by Police officers, when two people in a car refused to stop at a Police Check point. The two men, who were arrested, are of Albanian nationality, according to information given to us this week. Things could have been even worse, as one of the two men entered the School playground of the...

After speaking with many friends who have businesses here. Many are worried about the Summer. All have said the first week of the season was good, and the second week was “so so”, and from there it has gone down hill. Some of the resorts still look a disgrace. Recently on driving through Kalamaki,I saw a business still doing work...

The Municipality of Lagana has begun work in the area. The project is to protect the beach along the resort of Lagana, they that intend to do this is to completely close the beach for all vehicles, something which has not yet been done. In order for this to happen new...

At a time when things from the English market are not go well, it appears that the eastern countries show a increase regarding tourism to our island.
This week, saw the first flight from St. Petersburg, with the Boing 737/500 carrying 117 Russian tourists. As stated to our newspaper by the tourism...

The EOT office of Patras which is currently dealing with Zakynthos did a few checks and discovered that 7 room owners were not complying with the current rules and regulations. The reasons given for the recall of the 7 licenses was that they had not renewed their fire safety permits for the summer of 2008. Mr. Kotsonis president...

Soak apricots overnight in 2 cups cold water, or cover with 2 cups hot water and soak until swollen and softened, 2 to 3 hours. Prepare Masala: In a small bowl, combine hot pepper flakes, cumin, coriander, cloves, cardamom, garlic and ginger. Add 1/4 cup water, and stir to make a paste...

Most Zakynthians will be running dry by the end of this week, after the Association of the Water Company will implement the decisions of the Governing Council and will thus reduce the water supply by 50%, to all those municipalities that have not paid their dues, which correspond to debts for...

It is obvious that we live in an era of dramatic changes, and to top all that we are now paying 1,25 €. Per litre of petrol, all this has clearly influenced the speed with which we are moving in our daily lives. We have always faced problems but now things seem to be getting worse, at the same time, public opinion, as witnessed by the survey...

After a successful meeting that was held last week, It was decided that the road from Ano Volimes to Skinari will be resurfaced. The Mayor of the area Mr. Voutos said that this is something that should have been done a very long time ago. The Mayor of the Elation council Mr. Tsoukalas said that the total estimated cost of this project is to be...

According to information given to our newspaper, the ship "Ougo Foskolos" will shortly be removed from the main port of Zakynthos, after ANEZ had made the decision to sell the ship; it still took an awful long time before they actually managed to sell the vessel to Panagopoulos, Alexander. Panagopoulos...

Intensive checks are taking place this week to determine whether all types of sunflower oil have been withdrawn from the market of Zakynthos, whether sold on the shelves, or wholesale, and also by health shops. The department of traders and the Department of Agriculture will be making...

You will also need a 10 inch (25.5 cm) spring form cake tin, lightly greased and the base lined with greased silicone paper (baking parchment).
First, cut the oranges into chunks, removing the pips. Then tip the whole lot – flesh, pith and zest – into a food processor and whiz it to a thick purée...

Some 40 people who had no driving licence were arrested in recent checks, carried out on the roads of our island. These are mostly foreign drivers, who either did not have driving licences from their country of origin, or those of Greek issue. According to the Governor of the Board, these controls...