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Young film directors get a head start on Syros

Boats bob around on the gentle waves in Syros port. Then the first narrator starts to speak about the sea, something they all have in common. The fisherman, the priest and the boy each explain the role it plays in their lives. The child talks about its grandeur, explaining how he "sometimes loves it, but other times fears it."

Two injured as ferry crashes into Sifnos pier

Two passengers were slightly injured on Wednesday when a ferry struck the pier at the port of Sifnos island in the Aegean Sea.

The accident took place as the Sea Jet 2 vessel carrying 196 passengers sailed into the island's harbor on its regular route from Piraeus to Serifos, Sifnos, Milos, Folegandros, Santorini, Koufonisi, Naxos, Mykonos, Santorini.

Fernando Alonso’s exclusive interview to Proto Thema (photos)

“I fell in love with Greece”, Formula-One super star Fernando Alonso told “Proto Thema” journalist Frixos Drakontidis in an exclusive interview from Mykonos, where the two-times F-1 champion spent time to recharge his batteries and mull over his future in the sport.

Alonso with Proto Thema reporter Frixos Drakontidis 

Tourism-related real estate dominant on European map

Greece is the dominant European market for investors looking for high returns in tourism-related luxury property, new market data have highlighted.

Nine of Europe's 10 leading investment locations, in terms of high rates of return on upscale holiday homes, are Greek destinations, according to an annual report by international property consultants Algean Property.

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