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French football club Olympic Lyon has warned its supporters about security over a Europa League round of 16 second leg game against Turkey's Beşiktaş in Istanbul on April 20, citing a terror attack near the stadium in December 2016, according to Radio Scoop. 

The club called on fans not to go to the game at Beşiktaş Vodafone Arena as organized groups. 

Sónar, an international festival of electronic music that has been celebrated in cities around the world for the past 23 years, will meet audiences in Turkey for the first time later this month. 

Beşiktaş will take on Lyon of France in the Europa League quarterfinals after knocking out Greek team Olympiacos on March 16.

The draw on March 17 pitted the defending Turkish league champion against the French league runner-up, with the first leg scheduled to be played on April 13 in Lyon. 

Istanbul's Beşiktaş, the sole Turkish team left in European competition, beat Greece's Olympiacos 4-1 late on March 16 to qualify for the quarterfinals of the UEFA Europa League. 

Turkey's Beşiktaş secured a draw 1-1 away against Greece's Olympiacos late on March 9 in a UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first-leg matchup that provides the Black Eagles with a slight advantage before next week's second leg.

Two Turkish teams will be at home on Feb. 23, hoping to advance to the next round of the Europa League competition.

Spor Toto Super League leader Beşiktaş will play Israel's Hapoel Beer Sheva in Istanbul in the return leg following a 3-1 victory, while Osmanlıspor will play Greek side Olympiacos in Ankara following a goalless draw in the first leg.

A number of protests were held in major European cities over the weekend following the arrest of nine deputies of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over terror charges on Nov. 4, while some Turkish diplomatic missions faced attacks. 

A French cardinal accused of covering up for a pedophile priest, in a scandal that has rocked the local Catholic Church, admitted April 25 to "errors in the management and nomination of certain priests."

Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports has appointed Belgian artist Jan Fabre director of the annual Athens & Epidaurus Festival for the 2016 – 2019 period and Greek artists expressed outrage as Fabre unveiled his plans for the following four years of the festival at a press conference held at Acropolis Museum in Athens.

ΕasyJet airline has decided to add a flight between the Greek island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea and Stansted Airport in London to its Greek destinations this summer, the airline announced on Thursday.

With the addition of the new flight, Zakynthos will now have a direct link to two London airports, Stansted and Gatwick.