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Conde Nast Traveler, the largest travel magazine in the world, presented the best beaches in Greece for 2017.The article focuses on the best beach holidays in Europe for 2017, by country. According to the editors of the magazine, Greece’s beaches that stand out are in Crete, Falassarna, Vai and Elafonissi.

An undersea quake, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, struck the area between Kyllini and Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea at around 8 a.m. on Monday.

According to the Athens Observatory's Geodynamic Institute, the quake's epicenter was located eight kilometers northwest of Kyllini.

There were no reports of damage or injuries.
 

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Melissani Cave, Kefalonia

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A 38-year-old man has been accused of cheating tourism businesses on the popular Greek holiday island of Mykonos out of at least 38,000 euros' worth of goods and services, police said on Tuesday.

The suspect, who faced a prosecutor on Syros, the capital of the Cycladic islands, is said to have presented forged bank deposit statements in order to purchase room and vehicle rentals.

A total of 135 migrants and refugees have arrived on Greece's eastern Aegean islands in the past 48 hours, authorities said.

Fifty-four arrivals were recorded on Lesvos, 41 on Samos and 40 on Chios, authorities said.

A total of 9,171 asylum-seekers are currently stranded on the islands, according to official data Wednesday.
 

Fifteen new investment initiatives by business groups in the tourism sector for the creation, expansion and modernization of hotel units at popular Greek destinations are currently unfolding. Kathimerini understands that local authorities have already issued a series of permits for the implementation of the investment programs, while other projects are well under way.

A total of 390 migrants and refugees have entered Greece by sea in the past five days, the Athens-Macedonian news agency said on Monday.

According to the agency, 157 landed on Samos, 131 on Chios, and 102 on Lesvos - all islands in the eastern Aegean.

Authorities say a total of 9,137 migrants and refugees are currently stranded on these islands.

UPD-One child suffered a fracture when a school bus from the Vamvakofyta primary school was run off the road by a truck and capsized on the 39km of the rural road between Serres and Kavala in northern Greece Friday morning.

Small but multi-faceted, Folegandros offers plenty of variety to travelers despite its size.