Due to volatile economic conditions throughout Europe, Mayor Bogdanos and his council requested that we organise only two veterinary visits to Paxos, at the beginning and end of the season. We were...

| 23/01/2011 | Read more |

By Archduke Ludwig Salvator, eminent scientist and accomplished artist of the 19th century. 
Translation by Margarita Luzzatto

Much more than just a sociological, historical and ec...

| 24/12/2010 | Read more |

The Spinola Family, large property owners by Orkos beach and great lovers of Paxos donated their piano to the Municipal Music School to contribute to the island's efforts to offer high quality musi...

| 29/09/2010 | Read more |

Instruments taught: Piano, accordion, keyboards, violin, guitar (classical - electric), bouzouki, flute, percussion, vocals, singing, theory of music, children's choir, education in music for presc...

| 29/09/2010 | Read more |

PAWS the charity responsible for the much needed feeding stations & a neutering program on Paxos are planning to build more food stations all over the island and are asking for volunteers to ta...

| 29/09/2010 | Read more |

One more P.A.W.S. delegation left Paxos on the 21^st of June. A vet and a nurse came for a fortnight and nursed morning and afternoon hours pets of Paxos. They also neutered stray cats in...

| 03/07/2010 | Read more |

Everybody knows of the serious damages caused by heavy winter storms almost 2 years ago in two different spots of Gaios port; one is in front of Mediterraneo (Manesko area) restaurant and the other...

| 03/07/2010 | Read more |

The ex school building of Mastoratika will soon be turned into a Municipal Music School and that of Profitis Elias into a Public Nursery. Relevant architectural plans for both projects have already...

| 03/07/2010 | Read more |

A contract has been already signed so that new technology optical fiber be installed on Paxos. When the project is completed phone services and internet access on the island will seriously improve....

| 03/07/2010 | Read more |

The Prefecture of Corfu hosted a BBC delegation on Corfu and Paxos, with the purpose of filming a documentary on the legendary trip described by Homer in his Odyssey. The filming team stayed in Cor...

| 03/07/2010 | Read more |

The Cultural Villages project of Anchise for the elderly people, that took place almost 5 years ago, did not only produce the book about "The Paxiot workshop". The common wish of all the elderly pa...

| 03/07/2010 | Read more |

Professor Konstantinos Papanikolaou and researcher and photographer Kostas Vidakis after many years of research on behalf of the University of Thessaloniki managed to prepare a book on the flora of...

| 03/07/2010 | Read more |

"Earth hour' is an initiative by WWF which started in 2009 with great success. 88 countries all over the world and more than 4000 cities took part in this initiative against global warming and clim...

| 10/03/2010 | Read more |

Rusell & Zoe will be visiting in June from the 8th - 23^rd and then James probably in September or October 2010. They will be working at the house of Katina Kodari behind...

| 22/02/2010 | Read more |

“Poseidon” Cultural Association announces the beginning of the new season for the municipal music school. Lessons will start on the 1st of October. During the school years 2009-2010 the fo...

| 14/09/2009 | Read more |

The mayor of Paxos, mr Spyros Bogdanos proposed the foundation of a new cemetery in the public hearing of 16th of June 2009. During his speech he commented on the fact that every people are judged u...

| 04/08/2009 | Read more |

After the visit of some of the local council’s members to the Municipality of Thessaloniki last fall, the council voted in favor of a compost program of organic house waste for Paxos. The progra...

| 04/08/2009 | Read more |

Municipality of Paxos after installing a wi fi net connection in Gaios, decided to expand the net to all the main island’s ports. After repairing the internet antenna on St Nicholas’ islan...

| 04/08/2009 | Read more |

Two years have already passed after the Local Council’s decision to build a peripheral road around Gaios village, directed from south to west, which will liberate the village from heavy traffic....

| 04/08/2009 | Read more |

The north side of Gaios New Port, where the large ferries dock, has suffered serious damage during last winter’s storms. Municipal authorities had informed the Port Organization in Corfu (OLKE) ...

| 04/08/2009 | Read more |

The coincidental research in the olive grove of Alky Vellianiti in the area of Lagadia in the village of Magazia in 1995 uncovered a tomb of the Hellenistic period with a few jewellery items and the t...

| 30/11/-0001 | Read more |

The local council decided on the 16th of June 2009 to vote in favor of the plans enlarging the current space of the Folk Museum in Gaios. Architect, Marilena Koskina – of local origin – pr...

| 04/08/2009 | Read more |

In 2004 the municipal authorities had made an agreement with the University of Thessaloniki for the later to conduct a research on the flora of all the islands of the Paxos complexity. The research wa...

| 04/08/2009 | Read more |

We have all seen old dilapidated vehicles at the small port of Agrapidia or in various spots all over Antipaxos, hidden under thick bush or used as rubbish “bins” by people, who could not ...

| 04/08/2009 | Read more |

The next visit organized by P.A.W.S. of two volunteer vets, named Clare and Jenny, will take place between the 5th and the 19th June on Paxos staying and working at the house of Giorgos Kodaris behind...

| 15/05/2009 | Read more |

One more dellegation of volunteer vets will visit Paxos from the 2nd of May 2009 until the 12th of May. A team of 2 vets and 2 nurses will be mainly working at Mr Kondaris's house behind Remego Bar...

| 08/04/2009 | Read more |

Reporter, Pavlos Zafiropoulos and his crew from Sky tv visited Paxos today to film locations and locals' activities. He spoke with fishermen, with members of the Loca Youth Council and the Youth Commi...

| 26/03/2009 | Read more |

“Earth Hour” is a worldwide initiative of the non governmental environmental organization WWF against climate change. WWF asks every inhabitant of our Planet to switch of their house lig...

| 11/03/2009 | Read more |

A bit of the Paxos spirit filled “D. Mitropoulos” hall of the Athens Megaron on the 24rth of January 2009, when the Ergon Ensemble, the new music ensemble created from the June 2008 Paxos ...

| 11/03/2009 | Read more |

The International Ensemble Modern Academy presents with the support of Megaron Athens, Paxos Festival Trust, J.F. Costopoulos Foundation and the island of Paxos a two-week summer course 'New Music in ...

| 08/03/2009 | Read more |

After many years of neglect, the Malethonas cistern was cleared from debris and wild plants by municipal workers. Nikos Kolovos, a Paxiot living close by volunteered to supervise the works. After the ...

| 11/03/2009 | Read more |

The scientific Commitee of the 9nth Panionion Conference, which will be organized on Paxos for the first time in more than a century, has officially started its preparation works this month. The Panio...

| 11/03/2009 | Read more |

According to Greek Law 2946/01 municipal authorities should choose public locations were advertising boards should be put up for the public to advertise their businesses etc under a small fee. Our L...

| 27/12/2008 | Read more |

A well loved inhabitant of Paxos, Mrs Margarita Luzzato announced early in November 2008 to the Mayor, Mr Spyros Bogdanos and to her English publisher that she has finally completed the translation of...

| 30/12/2008 | Read more |

Paxos Folk Museum in Gaios (by the port road) is one of the most visited buildings every summer season. Because of the large number of exhibits our museum possesses, the increasing donation of paintin...

| 30/12/2008 | Read more |

The rubbish dump on the west coast of Paxos is officially closed and sealed for some time now. Municipal authorities have entered the particular area in a project to restore its natural environment an...

| 02/01/2009 | Read more |

“Up until some time ago I used to hunt with a sparrowhawk as partner. He was aware of my preferred location and hour of day and he waited for me there. The first few birds were his. In any case ...

| 30/12/2008 | Read more |

Vasilis Romanos, our fellow islander and well known painter with many successful exhibitions in Athens, Milan, Lecce, Paris and N. York was recently distinguished at an international painting exhibiti...

| 30/12/2008 | Read more |

Municipal authorities offer a rich set of training programs for all ages for 2009 to all the island's inhabitants. Main projects are: sports for women, sports and youth, sports for the elderly. For 20...

| 30/12/2008 | Read more |

An Athens chartographic firm, called “Anavasi”, came to Paxos to create the first walking map of the island in Greek. Penelopy Matsouka, owner of the firm, came to Paxos on the 8th of Dece...

| 30/12/2008 | Read more |