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Imprisoned former deputy leader of Golden Dawn, Ilias Kasidiaris, officially submitted his candidacy on Friday to run for the position of Mayor of Athens in the upcoming municipal elections scheduled for October. He will be contesting under the banner of the political party Free Athenians.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan spent the night at a high-security prison after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, a development that could end his future in politics.

The newly appointed Supreme Court prosecutor has ordered judicial inquiries into reported violations of the public's right of access to the beach, a right that is protected by the Greek Constitution.

Former US president Donald Trump -- who has pledged to pursue his White House bid if convicted and sentenced in one of the cases engulfing his comeback bid -- on Friday shared a stage with his Republican rivals for the first time in Iowa.

One of the chief investigative magistrates in the trial against the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn organization, Ioanna Klapa, has been appointed as the new president of Greece's Supreme Court.

Klapa became a judge in 1984 and joined the country's highest criminal court in August 2020 after distinguishing herself in the widely publicized trial.

Jailed former Golden Dawn deputy leader Ilias Kasidiaris announced on Thursday that he intends to run for the mayorship of Athens in October's municipal elections. 

Kasidiaris will run with the political party Free Athenians and aims to make it to the second round and be elected, he said  in a statement presented by his lawyer, Vassiliki Pantazi. 

"The project to amend the Constitution is legally illiterate and politically wicked. This is seen by both constitutionalists and citizens", announced  President Rumen Radev after his participation in the forum "The Automotive industry against the government".

Israel's parliament on Monday approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the country's justice system, triggering a new burst of mass protests and drawing accusations that he was pushing the country toward authoritarian rule.

The government is due to select a new president and prosecutor for the Supreme Court by the end of the month, responding to the urgent need for reform, given the enormous problems in justice system, and in particular delays in issuing judgments.

Five presidents of the Greek soccer Super League were betting on fixed matches last season, according to allegations made in an anonymous letter received by the Supreme Court, the website dikisports.blogspot.com claimed on Thursday.