Kyivpost.com reports that an employee of the consular department of the Ukrainian embassy in an eastern country, while registering over 300 visas for entry into Ukraine, included in a financial report misleading figures about the amount of the consular fee levied on foreign nationals, the press service of the Kyiv prosecutor’s office reported on July 16. Read article
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As reported by Annaharnet.com, Hungarian police began evacuating around 10,000 people in the central city of Szekesfehervar on Thursday after a World War II bomb was discovered next to a kindergarten. The 100-kilogram (220 pounds) Soviet-made bomb was found near a kindergarten sandpit in a densely populated housing estate in the city of 100,000 people, […]
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According to croatiantimes.com, a Norwegian tourist was robbed in southern Croatian town of Makarska. The unknown thief entered his camper at the parking lot in Vrgoracki Put street. Police revealed the total damage in money and belongings stolen was around 7,000 Euro. Read article
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CNN reports that a British woman on a charity swim across the English Channel died during her bid, according to a post on her fundraising Facebook page. Susan Taylor, 34, collapsed near the end of a 21-mile crossing from England to France about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a report from The Independent. Read article
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According to independent.ie, a businessman was feared dead last night after a gas explosion ripped through his launderette early yesterday. James Gleeson, who is in his 50s, remained “unaccounted for” nearly 12 hours after the explosion reduced his premises, in the heart of Killarney, Co Kerry, to rubble. The blast – shaking the town centre […]
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According to croatiantimes.com, ten British tourists and a Croat driver were injured on Friday morning when a van crashed at the A1 motorway close to Bosiljevo in western Croatia. According to police report two person were seriously injured, but their lives were not endangered. Read article
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According to interfax.com.ua, seven people, including one child, have been killed, 22 injured as a result of a collision of a regular bus and a tourist coach with a Bulgarian number plate near the village of Volia-Liubytivska, Kovel district, Volyn region. The accident occurred in the morning of July 11, the injured people were taken […]
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Kyivpost.com reports that two Ukrainian citizens have been killed in a car accident on a highway near the town of Vyskov in the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reported on its Web site referring to the Consulate of Ukraine in Brno. Read article
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According to focus-fen.com a 35-year-old Romanian tourist has drowned to death in the Bulgarian Sunny Beach resort, the District Interior Ministry Directorate-Burgas announced. The signal about the incident was filed to the police at around 5:37 p.m. on Saturday. The identity of the tourist has been ascertain – a Romanian citizen with initials P.T., aged […]
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Newsoficeland.com reports that a foreign female tourist was seriously injured when she fell off cliffs in Ásbyrgi in North Iceland last night. The cliffs in Ásbyrgi are very high in most places but the woman seems to have only fallen a couple of meters. When first observed, the woman seemed to have broken both her […]
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