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Hotel rates in Europe soar with more travelers booking mini-breaks

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 15:01
In Europe, the end of winter and an increasing number of spring vacations and mini-breaks have led to rising hotel rates in several cities for the month of May, according to the Trivago-Relaxnews report. Compared with April, rates are going up in Venice (+38%) ahead of the Art Biennale (June 1-November 24), Prague (+35%), Istanbul (+29%) and Barcelona (+22%). Compared to May last year, however, rates are generally lower or stable with only Instanbul and Prague showing increases of double-digit percentages. Destination Average price per night

Hotel rates in Europe soar with more travelers booking mini-breaks

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 14:47
In Europe, the end of winter and an increasing number of spring vacations and mini-breaks have led to rising hotel rates in several cities for the month of May, according to the Trivago-Relaxnews report. Compared with April, rates are going up in Venice (+38%) ahead of the Art Biennale (June 1-November 24), Prague (+35%), Istanbul (+29%) and Barcelona (+22%). Compared to May last year, however, rates are generally lower or stable with only Instanbul and Prague showing increases of double-digit percentages. Destination Average price per night

Polish city offers lifeline to struggling German neighbors

May 15, 2013 20:33
By Christian Lowe and Grzegorz Szymanowski GARTZ, Germany (Reuters) - Like most people in Szczecin, a port city on the western edge of Poland, businessman Zbigniew Sawicki thought that when his country joined the European Union a decade ago, wealthier German neighbors would pour in and buy up the city.

Ice hockey: World championship results

Agence France-PresseMay 14, 2013 05:00
Results on Monday from the World Ice Hockey Championship in Stockholm and Helsinki: Preliminary round results Helsinki group Latvia 3 France 1 Russia 8 Austria 4 Stockholm group Denmark 3 Belarus 2 Canada 4 Slovenia 3 (OT) afp

Belfast peace walls coming down within a decade

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 06:30
Belfast's peace walls, dividing flashpoint Protestant and Catholic neighbourhoods, are to come down within 10 years, ministers pledged Thursday, in a major step for cross-community relations. The peace lines were intended to be temporary and protect people from violence during the 30 years of sectarian bloodshed which largely ended with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. However, the mixture of traditional walls, fences and gates that close at night remain criss-crossing the city in areas of sectarian tension.

Ice hockey: World championship results

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 18:17
Results on Thursday from the seventh day of the World Ice Hockey Championships being held in Stockholm and Helsinki: Preliminary round results Helsinki group France 2 Russia 1 Latvia 5 Slovakia 3 Stockholm group Czech Republic 2 Denmark 1 (SO) Canada 3 Sweden 0 afp

Gibraltar deports Turkish Al-Qaeda suspect

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 21:30
Police in Gibraltar deported to Spain on Friday a Turkish suspected Al-Qaeda member accused of plotting bombing attacks, who entered the British territory illegally, an official said. Cengiz Yalcin had been arrested in August in Spain along with two Chechen suspects who the Spanish interior ministry said were Al-Qaeda members plotting an attack in Europe. The three were released on bail by a judge in Madrid in March pending terrorism charges. Yalcin was arrested in Gibraltar on Wednesday, authorities said.

Ice Hockey: World Championship results

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 11:49
Results on Wednesday from the sixth day of the World Ice Hockey Championships being held in Stockholm and Helsinki: Preliminary round results Helsinki group Germany 2 Austria 0 United States 4 Finland 1 Stockholm group Switzerland 7 Slovenia 1 Sweden 5 Norway 1 afp

Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi

May 7, 2013 10:41
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo have arrested Naser Kelmendi, suspected by the United States of trafficking drugs to Europe through the Balkans, on an international arrest warrant, police said on Monday. Police spokesman Baki Kelani said Kelmendi and a second person were arrested on Sunday and taken to a detention centre. A senior police source said Kelmendi was arrested in Pristina.

Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi

May 7, 2013 10:30
By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo have arrested Naser Kelmendi, blacklisted by the United States on suspicion of trafficking drugs to Europe, on a warrant from Bosnia, officials said on Monday. Bosnia is seeking Kelmendi's extradition because of his suspected involvement in organized crime and his role in the 2007 murder of Ramiz Delalic, a Bosnian Muslim warlord who switched to organized crime after the wars in the Balkans.
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