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A flight to the Swiss city of Basel had to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Skai reported on Tuesday.

The EasyJet flight's pilot radioed in for assistance after smoke was seen in the cockpit a few minutes after take-off from the city's Makedonia airport.

Mercer released its annual report on the Quality of Living Index. The ranking is one of the most detailed and it conducted to aid multinational companies and employers in order to provide employees some fair benefits when placing them in cities around the globe.

Switzerland has won a case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) permitting it to compel Muslim parents to send their daughters to mixed swimming pool lessons. The panel of judges agreed that although freedom of religion had been “interfered with”, the move was acceptable due to the aim of “social integration”.

A last-gasp header from Mehmet Topal gave Turkey a 1-0 victory over Montenegro on May 29, as well as a boost to the team's morale ahead of Euro 2016. 

Midfielder Arda Turan, likely to be key to Turkey's prospects in France, set up the goal with a cross in the fourth minute of stoppage time and Topal charged into the area to head it past the diving Montenegro keeper. 

BASEL - Kosovo football clubs will be playing in next season's Champions League (CL) and Europa League (EL) qualifications, the Executive Committee of European football's governing body UEFA decided in Basel on Wednesday.

The Greek city of Kalamata, Peloponesse, is among 13 European cities you never thought to visit – but really should – according to Telegraph.

The Greek island of Hydra is included in the secret getaways for the art world’s super rich, according an article published on Forbes magazine.

Greek Cyprus was expected to deport six French citizens to Switzerland on Nov. 23 after they were detained at the island's main airport and suspected of links to extremist groups, authorities said.

Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's best male tennis player, was defeated by Rafael Nadal (Spain) in the second round of at ATP 500 tournament in Basel, Switzerland.

Dimitrov lost on Wednesday evening 4:6, 6:4, 3:6.

In the first two sets, he managed to reach 4:0 before Nadal caught up.

This is Nadal's seventh, out of seven, defeat over Dimitrov.

A male crew member of Turkish Airlines (THY) has been detained for a bomb hoax on a plane flying from Istanbul to Basel in April.