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Naked man wearing only balaclava and plastic clogs terrifies tourists
Sky News Australia
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August 6, 2025
A man wearing nothing but a balaclava and plastic clogs — and carrying a sex toy on a stick — has been startling tourists while wandering around a historic castle in Slovakia. The unidentified intruder posed for a picture carrying his bizarre prop...
Tourists warned they could be fined £5,000 for buying these 5 items
Stoke-on-Trent Live
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August 6, 2025
Brits looking to set off abroad this year have been warned they could face penalties of up to £5,000 if caught transporting 5 specific items through customs - even if they were purchased from duty-free stores. The government introduced strict new...
S.Korea to grant visa-free entry to Chinese group tourists for 9 months from late September
Global Times
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Chinese tourists shop at a store in the Shilla Duty Free Shop in Jeju, South Korea on July 9, 2025. Photo: Liu Yang/GT South Korea will grant visa-free entry to Chinese group tourists for nine months beginning in late September as part of efforts...
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Passport Stamps Are Disappearing Across 29 Countries This Fall—Here’s What Travelers Need to Know
Travel + Leisure
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There's nothing more exciting than examining a passport stamp after entering a new country, seeing the barely-dry ink on the page and creating a tangible memory you can hold in your hand. But that experience will soon go by the wayside as...
Travel adviser's advice to any Brit heading to European destinations from October
Belfast Live
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August 6, 2025
Alan Johnson Social News Reporter 14:06, 06 Aug 2025 A travel expert has issued a cautionary note to all British passport holders planning a European getaway from 12th October onwards. Vix Aguilera, an ATOL and ABTA protected UK travel agent, took...
Exact date UK tourists could face delays arriving in EU under new rules
Birmingham Live
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August 6, 2025
UK holidaymakers will soon face new rules to enter EU countries and the Schengen area. The European Union ’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES) will come into force on October 12, 2025, bringing in a digital border process for British citizens...
UK travellers face £5,000 fines for buying five items from duty free under new rules
Edinburgh Live
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August 5, 2025
Travellers have been warned they could be hit with fines reaching £5,000 for trying to bring five items through customs - even if they bought them from duty-free. The government brought in tough new rules earlier this year to tackle an outbreak of...
Slovak and Croatian Interior Ministers on Strengthening Cooperation
Radio Slovakia International
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Slovak Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Hlas-SD) met with his Croatian counterpart Davor Božinović on Monday in Crikvenica to discuss strengthening cooperation between police and fire services. Eštok visited Slovak police officers stationed in...
British passport holders urged to check new October rule before travelling in Europe
Bristol Post
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August 6, 2025
Alan Johnson Social News Reporter 15:02, 06 Aug 2025 A travel expert has issued a warning to all British passport holders who are planning a trip to Europe from October 12th onwards. Vix Aguilera, who is an ATOL and ABTA protected UK travel agent,...
Urgent warning for British passport holders travelling to Europe after October 12
Glasgow Live
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August 6, 2025
A travel expert has issued a warning to all British passport holders who are planning a trip to Europe from October 12 onwards. Vix Aguilera, who is an ATOL and ABTA protected UK travel agent, took to TikTok to outline alterations being...
After traveling the world, I moved back in with my parents. It shattered my ego, but I've learned to look at success differently.
Business Insider
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August 6, 2025
For most of my life, my success felt easy to measure. I tied my worth to numbers like grades and salaries or concrete achievements, like fancy job titles or awards. But after two years of building a fast-paced career in New York City, I reached a...
Naked man wearing only balaclava & armed with a sex toy on stick has spent 5 YEARS terrorising tourists at hols hotspot
The Scottish Sun
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August 6, 2025
A NAKED man wearing only a balaclava and plastic clogs has been terrorising tourists with a sex toy on a stick. The chilling masked nudist is feared to have spent the past five years stalking hikers around a European holiday hotspot. 4 Two female...
Brits face £5,000 fines for bringing five items back from holiday in UK customs crackdown
Wales Online
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August 5, 2025
Holidaymakers have been warned they could be hit with fines reaching £5,000 for trying to bring five particular items through customs - even if they bought them from duty-free stores. The government brought in strict new rules earlier this year to...
Naked man wearing only balaclava and plastic clogs — and carrying sex toy on stick — terrifies European tourists
New York Post
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August 5, 2025
A naked man wearing nothing but a balaclava and plastic clogs — and carrying a sex toy on a stick — has been startling tourists while wandering around a historic castle in Slovakia. The unidentified intruder posed for a picture carrying his...
UK travellers could face £5,000 fines for buying these 5 items from duty free
Daily Star
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August 5, 2025
Next time you're heading to the airport ready to raid duty free to snag yourself some tax-free deals, be careful, as holidaymakers have been cautioned that moving through customs with these five items could land you with a hefty £5000 fine - even...
A fortress town on the Danube hopes tourism will bring it back to life
The Slovak Spectator
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August 5, 2025
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The 5 items from duty free that can result in £5,000 fines for UK travellers
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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August 5, 2025
Holidaymakers returning from some of the UK's favourite summer destinations have been issued an alert over fines for bringing five items through customs. And the warning is for things travellers may even have bought in duty free. Penalties of up...
Rapid surge of ‘dirty hands disease’ in EU stag do hotspot – as millions of tourists given urgent advice after 10 deaths
The Sun
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August 5, 2025
PEOPLE heading to a popular stag and hen spot have been urged to get jabbed amid a rapid surge of ‘dirty hands disease’. At least 10 people have died and more than 900 have fallen ill as hepatitis A sweeps through parts of the Czechia - including...
Travelers are choosing Madeira over the Algarve for their next island escape
FOX 11 and 41 - Washington State
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August 4, 2025
In April 2025, Madeira, off the coast of Portugal, recorded over 1 million overnight stays, setting a new tourism record for the island. That milestone came alongside a 22% rise in tourism revenue, which underscores a growing interest in Madeira’s...
I travelled across the breadth of Europe on trains over six weeks
The Age
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August 4, 2025
Amsterdam Centraal Station.Credit: iStockThere’s something delightfully atmospheric about waiting on a chilly platform for a sleeper train to distant parts. After a few days exploring Amsterdam and a scenic side-trip to pretty Utrecht (a handy use...