Austria has imposed a 10-day quarantine on all arrivals from countries with high cases of COVID-19 from 7th December to 10th January, essentially closing its borders over the Christmas and New Year period. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz made the announcement in the capital Vienna on 2nd December. The threshold for…
A family who claims to be from the ancient kingdom of Thracia are planning legal action after saying they were beaten and abused when they tried to force their way across the border from Hungary into Romania. The family attracted the attention of border control officers when they turned up…
Friends of a British artist found shot dead in Bulgaria apparently by his girlfriend's estranged husband have launched a crowdfunding page to bring the 54-year-old man’s body back to the Scottish Borders. The body of Andy Forsythe, who came from the village of Ancrum in the Borders area of Scotland,…
A young hiker has sadly died during a mountain trek when she lost her balance and plummeted 150 metres (492 feet) onto the rocks below. Giulia Tita, 29, had been ascending the Peak of the Souls in The Passeier Valley, in the mountains of South Tyrol, in northern Italy on…
A young hiker has sadly died during a mountain trek when she lost herbalance and plummeted 150 metres (492 feet) onto the rocks below. Giulia Tita, 29, had been ascending the Peak of the Souls in The Passeier Valley, in the mountains of South Tyrol, in northern Italy on 15th…