According to independent.ie, two female tourists from the USA had cash stolen at knife point moments after leaving a bureau de change at the border last week. The women had just changed a small amount of cash at the Carrickarnon bureau and were getting back into their hire car on Friday at around 3 p.m. when they were approached by a lone male who opened the driver’s door and threatened them with a knife. Read article
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Gulftoday.ae reports that a teenage British tourist has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Bulgaria’s popular tourist resort of Sunny Beach, local police said on Sunday. Investigators said the victim was a 19-year-old man, who had arrived in the Black Sea resort on June 10. He reportedly took a taxi and ran up […]
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According to a report from rte.ie, emergency services are at the scene of a crash between a bus and a car in Co Wicklow. The driver of the car, a man in his mid-20s, has been airlifted to hospital from the scene at Devil’s Glen, near Ashford. The only passenger in the car, a female, […]
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Bizjournals.com reports that Arthur Dobson, a prominent Buffalo attorney, died following a bicycle accident while in Slovenia. Dobson, 66, died June 11 one week after being injured while on his annual summer bike trek with longtime friends Carl Montante Sr. and William Huntress. Dobson was injured while swerving to avoid a car. Read article
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Deredactie.be reports that Belgian air traffic controllers affiliated to the socialist and liberal trades unions have announced work to rule action for Wednesday. Employees are protesting together with colleagues at other European air traffic control centres and the action could cause disruption in aviation across the continent of Europe. Liberal trades unionist Rudy Tourlamain: “Work-to-rule […]
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According to a report from irishmirror.com, on Saturday evening a Lithuanian man drowned after going for a swim with friends at Ballyquirke lake in Moycullen, Co Galway. The man got into difficulty at around 7.30pm. The Shannon-based rescue helicopter was alerted and then the Casla Bay Coastguard Unit was scrambled and it recovered the man’s […]
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The Police have arrested four people who allegedly committed near thirty tourists robberies when they were driving on the highways Catalan s, as reported by the Catalan police Monday. Those arrested were part of what policing is known as ‘criminal battery’, a group of people dedicated to specialized thieving what each member has an assigned […]
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According to thelocal.se, a British man’s attempt to gain Swedish citizenship has been marred by a bureaucratic black hole that has left him stranded in the country without a valid ID. “It’s a total Catch-22. I really don’t know what I’m going to do,” UK-native Marcus Bush told The Local. Earlier this year, Bush, who […]
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Thelocal.de reports that experts are warning that the worst flooding seen in Germany for over 500 years could be followed by a plague of mosquitoes. With so much stagnant water lying around and the possibility of warmer weather on the way, experts say many areas could be about to be invaded by swarms of the […]
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Ruvr.co.uk reported that parts of central Europe have been hit by floods with parts of the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary hit hardest. The Bavarian town of Passau saw river levels at their highest for 500 years. VoR’s Scott Craig spoke to Jessica Ware of the online news site thelocal.de. Read Article
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