Croatiantimes.com reports that three waiters in Croatia were detained after beating up German tourists who allegedly did not want to pay their bill of ten Euro in a club in western town of Medulin. The two beaten up German tourists, both aged 24, insisted to police they were first told drinks were for free in the Bella Vista club in Medulin but when trying to leave they were forced to pay and beaten up. Read article
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The BBC reports that Polish police have charged two people with assault after a group of Mexican sailors were involved in a brawl with Polish football fans on Sunday. Dozens of fans attacked the Mexican navy cadets on a beach in the town of Gdynia, on the Baltic Sea coast. Some accounts said the fans […]
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As reported by Focus-fen.net, a 51-year-old Russian tourist (woman) was rescued from drowning in the Bulgarian Golden Sands seaside resort close to the coastal city of Varna. Dr Ivan Ivanov, head of the Diagnostic and Consultative Centre I, in charge of the medical aid at the beaches announced the news for Radio FOCUS – Varna. […]
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According to the Croatian Times, a Romanian tourist and a Croat driver have both died in a traffic accident in Popovaca central Croatia. The two drivers collided resulting in the deaths of the 71-year-old Romanian citizen and the 31-year-old Croat. The 44-year-old Italian passenger in the Romanian’s car was slightly injured and was offered help […]
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According to scmp.com, two people were killed and several seriously injured on Monday when two buses, one Norwegian and one Swedish with foreign tourists aboard, collided in western Norway, local authorities said. The NTB news agency said that a woman from Norway and a woman from Taiwan had died. The frontal collision took place late […]
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Croatiantimes.com reports that two Czech tourists were saved in the southern Croatian town of Makarska after parasailing and then accidentally getting entangled on a crane for bungee jumping. The tourists were stuck at the height of over ten metres and were hanging like that for half an hour. Rescuers saved them, helping them to get […]
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Foxnews.com reported that, France’s famous Eiffel Tower has reopened after being evacuated of all tourists and staff Friday, due to a bomb alert. Reuters is reporting that hundreds of tourists evacuated the 1,062-foot iron tower around 2 p.m. (12:30 GMT ) in response to a bomb scare, according to police. But investigators found it to […]
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Kiyvpost.com reports that eleven Russian, three Ukrainian and two Belarusian citizens were hurt as a result of a large road accident on the Kerch highway in Crimea, which involved a GAZ 3309 truck, a Daewoo Lanos, a Mazda car and a Mercedes Sprinter minibus. Read article
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As reported by News.com.au, a truck has caught fire in Norway’s second-longest tunnel, leading to the evacuation of 160 people – 55 of whom were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation and other injuries The truck caught fire 3.5 kilometres into the tunnel, Gudvangatunnelen, in a district east of Bergen on Monday, police spokesman Jorn Lasse […]
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As reported by Cbc.ca, France is closing its embassy in Yemen on Sunday, which follows in the wake of the United States, which issued a global travel alert yesterday citing an al-Qaeda threat. That alert also caused the State Department to announce it would close its embassies this Sunday around the Muslim world. Read Article
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