Syros

The international animation festival Animasyros 8.0 will get underway this week on the Cyclades island of Syros, with a tribute to noted Israeli director Ari Folman and screenings of his works a highlight of events.
Folman is also set to premiere a short segment of his new animated work based on the Anne Frank’s Diary.

Let a child guide you around Syros in the tour guide project that is to run on the island in August. The program runs from Monday to Friday between 11 am to 1.20 p.m. and at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday evenings.

The Sea Geology and Natural Oceaanography laboratory of the University of Patras for WWF Hellas explored the maritime ecosystem of Gyaros island, which it was found to be a place of exceptional natural beauty and unique ecological value.

Two German nationals arrested at Milos airport on Saturday after an ancient amphora was discovered in their luggage were to face charges over the weekend of illegally trading in antiquities.

Two men are to appear before a prosecutor on Syros on Tuesday in connection to the death of a 10-year-old boy on Myconos a day earlier.

The boy was killed after he fell off a ride at Kalo Livadi beach and was hit by the speedboat that had been hauling the ride. The two suspects are the speedboat driver and the owner of the firm offering the rides on the Cycladic island.

The Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) has arrested a 50-year-old nightclub owner on the Aegean island of Myconos on charges of tax evasion.

Authorities said that an inspection found that the business had failed to issue 11,225 euros’ worth of receipts to its customers.

The suspect was to face a prosecutor on the island of Syros.

By Anna Mazarakis

While film buffs in Greece normally circle September and November on their calendars for the Athens and Thessaloniki film festivals respectively, there is one more event trying to break out: the Syros International Film Festival.

By Dimitra Manifava

The government has decided to extend the pilot scheme concerning year-round Sunday opening for retail stores to 10 areas around the country, prompting the resignation of the head of the National Confederation of Greek Commerce (ESEE), Vassilis Korkidis, from the commerce department of the larger of the two coalition parties, New Democracy on Monday.