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  1. A Turkish court has rejected a lawsuit from jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu challenging the cancellation of his university degree, his legal team said, in a further blow to his plans to run for the presidency in the next election.
  2. Greece is set to suffer a new round of rainstorms and gale-force winds in coming days, paradoxically accompanied by unseasonably high temperatures of up to 20 degrees Celsius, forecasts said Friday.
  3. You feel, roughly, like the prophet Jonah inside the belly of the biblical whale. Space to stand and move among cables and circuits is extremely limited. After a short while, the body adapts.
  4. Police have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of having repeatedly filmed himself driving a red motorbike dangerously in Athens and posting the videos on social media to show off.
  5. The assault on a journalist in the Thessalian city of Volos on Thursday evening has drawn widespread condemnation from institutions, political groups and individuals across the region.
  6. National Bank of Greece has complied with a court order to provide data on transactions made with a pre-paid bank card allegedly linked with the Predator phone spyware scandal that targeted politicians, journalists and others.
  7. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said the transatlantic relationship is becoming more complex and must be managed differently, following discussions at an extraordinary EU summit in Brussels.
  8. Police in western Greece have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a widespread but efficient form of telephone fraud that targets elderly people for cash and valuables, authorities said Friday.
  9. Bulgaria’s constitutional court has approved the resignation of President Rumen Radev, opening the way for him to step down from the post.
  10. Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni has rejected allegations that a last-minute legislative provision was added to an unrelated bill to allow her to use it in an ongoing custody dispute with her former husband.