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According to ANSAmed Greek Elafonissi beach, near Hania on Crete island, has ranked among the world’s top 10 beaches, as shown by a recent survey conducted by international travel website

By Stathis Kousounis

Elafonissi beach, near Hania on Crete, has ranked among the world?s top 10 beaches, according to a recent survey conducted by international travel website Tripadvisor.

Elafonissi placed at number 10 in the world and number 3 in Europe.

Fifteen airmen from the 52nd fighter wing at Spandahlem Air Base, Germany, were so amazed by Chania, Crete, that they decided to give something back to the local community. During their downtime from training deployment between the U.S. and Hellenic Air forces at Souda Bay, they volunteered to take part in and organize a beach cleanup.

A 16-month-old boy was being treated in a children?s intensive-care unit at the University Hospital of Iraklio on the island of Crete on Saturday, with symptoms of meningococcal septicaemia, a life-threatening disease.

The toddler had been transferred to the Iraklio medical facility from Hania last Friday.

Three people died and one was seriously injured in a road accident in Hania, Crete, early on Tuesday.

The accident occurred near the village of Nea Hora when the car, carrying all four people, crashed into a wall.

It was not immediately clear what caused the vehicle to veer off course.

CHANIA - Serbia defeated Greece 2-0 in a friendly match in Chania, on Crete, on Tuesday.

Radoslav Petrovic scored the first goal 60 minutes into the game after a pass from Zoran Tosic, while Nemanja Gudelj scored in extra time.

AP Photo/Bastian Parschau

Two men drowned off the coast of Hania in Crete, on Saturday, with authorities at the popular tourist destination saying both were foreign visitors to the island.

Former honorary president of New Democracy, former Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis was being treated for a respiratory infection at a hospital in Hania, Crete, on Wednesday.

According to a statement released by the health facility the senior Greek politician was in stable condition.

An MP had to intervene to get the electricity supply restored to the home of a man who requires a machine to help him breathe just days after a woman on life support died in Hania, Crete, as a result of her power being cut over unpaid bills.

The family of a 56-year-old quadriplegic woman on life support who died on Wednesday, allegedly after the Public Power Corporation cut electricity supplies to her home due to unpaid bills, had allegedly submitted an application for special status conceded to people on life support.