Disaster

Six Bulgarians Die in Heavy Road Accident Near Berlin

Six Bulgarian citizens - three men and three women were killed in a heavy road accident after a minibus and a truck collided near Berlin on Friday.

According to local media, the road accident occurred on a dry surface and in good visibility, private NOVA TV reports.

Another four Bulgarians were injured in the accident and have been transported to hospital.

Strong Blast at China Port City of Tianjin, Dozens Injured

A strong explosion rocked the port city of Tianjin in northern China on Wednesday night, shattering windows and sending dust dozens of metres into the air, Xinhua reported.

At least 50 people have been admitted to hospital to be treated for injuries, China's state news agency said.

No fatalities have been reported so far.

Japan Airlines jumbo crash remembered 30 years later

Hundreds of people attended ceremonies on Aug. 12 marking the 30th anniversary of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 people on board, the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history.

The doomed Boeing 747 had begun the hour-long flight from Japan's capital to Osaka when it crashed into a mountain about 120 kilometers northwest of Tokyo on August 12, 1985.

VIDEO: 10 Syrians, one Turk die in overcrowded minibus crash in northwest Turkey

At least 11 people, including 10 Syrian nationals and one Turkish citizen, have died and 29 others were injured when an overcrowded minibus they were traveling in hit a wall in the northwestern Turkish province of Bal?kesir on Aug. 8. The Syrians were thought to be migrants on their way to an Aegean seaside town where they would begin an illegal voyage to a Greek island.

Greek ports note a decrease in passenger traffic

Passenger traffic in Greek ports fell by half a percentage point in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared with the same period in 2013, said the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Friday. Domestic passenger traffic totaled 6,114,935 in the fourth quarter of 2014, falling from 6,023,531 in 2014, a decline of 1.5%.

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