Baltic Visitor

The Baltic Times reports on two separate incidents which resulted in the arrest of British nationals over the weekend. In the first, two members of a stag party were arrested for possession of cocaine – a third was detained but released uncharged. In the second incident, a Scotsman climbed the steps of the Freedom Monument [...]

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This afternoon the author of Bonjour l’Estonie posted an article on the British visitors brought to Estonia by cheap flights since October 2003. It starts off as mildly comical (indirectly comparing the British invasion to the 14th century arrival of the Teutonic Order), moves through being depressingly accurate (with its portrait of drunken Brits abroad) [...]

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According to a report in the Baltic Times, seven foreign tourists have been arrested in Riga for damaging Latvian flags:
The men were visibly drunk, and officers found more damaged Latvian flags on them, but the vandals had managed to throw some of the flags in the river. The young men have been taken to a [...]

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