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The Istanbul fire department has released a report on an array of negligence that led to a massive fire at a nightclub in the Beşiktaş district claiming the lives of 29 people on April 2.

The incident took place during renovation work at Masquerade, a nightclub located on the ground floor of a 16-story building in the Gayrettepe neighborhood.

A yacht anchored at the port of Volos, in central Greece, caught fire Tuesday afternoon when festive Christmas lanterns fell on it.

According to web site newspaper.gr, the Fire Brigade had to intervene to put out the fire. The yacht's owners assisted using the boat's extinguishers.

A group of around 15 individuals carried out an attack on the building that houses the French Consulate in the center of Patra, in the western Peloponnese region, in the early hours of Thursday. The assailants caused damage to the building's facade and a parked vehicle. No injuries have been reported.

A 60-year-old woman died in an accident involing a Bulgarian bus near the Hungarian city of Kecskemet, Hungarian internet sites report.

According to the local police service, nine women were traveling in the bus to France.

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Two nurses and two nursing assistants of the Matei Bals hospital who were on duty at the ward where a fire broke out that killed five patients were questioned on Friday at the Bucharest Police headquarters. According to lawyer for the Matei Bals hospital Constantin Durgeru, the two assistants tried to put out the fire and managed to stop the oxygen supply, avoiding an explosion.

A building in the central Athens district of Thiseio that housed the historic Athenaeum Conservatory - organizer of the Maria Callas Grand Prix - for 22 years, suffered extensive looting in an act of barbarism by unknown assailants.

Checks conducted by 933 traffic police crews around Greece last week found that one in 10 drivers were not wearing a seat belt.

Specifically, of the 15,073 drivers checked from November 4 to 10, 1,502 were fined for not wearing a seat belt.

A student uses a fire extinguisher during clashes with riot police outside the Parliament building in Athens, Friday. Greek students were protesting reforms in the country's education system. [EPA]

Following the tragedy near Svoge, parliament obliged all buses to be fitted with belts.

"The penalties for non-compliance are big. If the passenger rides without a seat belt, the bus driver will have to pay a fine of BGN 1,500 and the carrier company - BGN 3,000, " Petar Zahariev, of the National Association of Bus Carriers, said for NOVA TV.