Disaster

Four dead, two seriously injured in car crash

ŠABAC -- Four persons died while two others were seriously injured when an Italian license plates Audi Q7 drove off the road and crashed in Šabac, western Serbia.

The daily Blic is reporting on its website that the traffic accident happened at around 14:00 CET on Monday.

The behavior of the captain and crew of the South Korean ferry Sewol that capsized last week is unacceptable and "tantamount to murder", the country's President declared.

State of emergency in parts of Serbia due to flooding

BELGRADE -- The West (Zapadna) Morava River overflowed its banks on Monday morning, the Interior Ministry's Sector for Emergency Situations has said.

11 municipalities in Serbia, including Kursumlija, Prokuplje, Doljevac, and Žitorađaare in a state of emergency due to floods.

According to reports of public broadcaster RTS, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, the local Red Cross unit announced that it had sent aid to the affected areas, including Kursumlija, Doljevac and Prokuplje.

A 2.6 Richter scale earthquake was registered near Bulgaria's town of Chirpan  at 2.39 AM. 
There are no reported damage or victims. 

Fatal car crash near the town of Sandanski, accident on Hemus motorway, heavy rains and floods marked the Holy Saturday in Bulgaria.

Four young people - two boys and two girls were killed in a car crash on the main road E-79 near Sandanski, BGNES reports.

A powerful earthquake has hit Mexico City, shaking buildings for at least 30 seconds and causing widespread panic.

A magnitude 7.2 quake was registered at a depth of 24km in the western state of Guerrero, near the seaside resort of Acapulco, according to the US Geological Survey.

The death toll from the capsized South Korean ferry has climbed to 28, while 271 people are still unaccounted for.

Aegean Airlines will provide an additional two aircraft to distribute the Holy Fire to different parts of the country once it arrives in Athens from Jerusalem on Easter Saturday, the firm said yesterday.

A 14-month-old child sustained fatal injuries on Thursday after being hit by a truck that accidentally reversed into her in the Thessaloniki suburb of Kordelio.

The girl had been with her father but slipped away momentarily at the moment that a 35-year-old local man was reversing his truck.