Almost 15 years have passed since Sea Diamond, a cruise ship operated by Louis Hellenic Cruise Lines (rebranded Celestyal Cruises in 2014), sunk after striking a reef, near Athinios, Santorini's main port, with the loss of two lives. An oil barrier has been placed over the shipwreck but the committee has produced pictures that indicate it is not fully effective, releasing oil, tar and heavy metals to the surrounding sea (Santorini Caldera) on a daily basis. The last development in the related 15-year legal saga was a court dismissal, in July 2021, of a request by the Municipality of Santorini that the ship owners be once more obliged to raise the ship. The court found that the Municipality is not the appropriate body to file such a request. An earlier court decision in 2014 has already ordered the shipowning company to raise the wreck and pay compensation of EUR 14m to the Municipality of Santorini, but neither happened. Various governments have also paid lip service to the need to raise the ship, which, left on site, will keep polluting for another 420 years. The Citizens' Committee announced their intention to take, once more, but this time as united citizens, the matter to the courts. Louis Group was founded in 1935 by the late Louis Louizou, considered the "father of Cyprus Tourism".

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