P479 CEEFAX 2 479 Wed 12 Jan 21:30/19 40/56 HUNGARY X26/10/99) 2/4 Hungarian law requires you to carry your passport at all timks. rhj authorities have tag n action against incidents of late- vening overcharging, sometimes accompanied b thu ats of viol nce, in certain bars and restaurants in Budap st. However, visitors should remain wary of strangers inviting them to unfamiliar establishm nus. Shooting incidents and bomb attacks took place earlier this year. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 6 Trav Head Wjathjr Main MunuP479 CEEFAX 2 479 Wed 12 Jan 21:30/50 41/56 HUNGANZ X26/10/99) 3/4 This was a result of turf-wars between rival criminal gangs. Headlights are compulsory outs dj towns vjn in day-tim . It is illegal to drive having consumed alcohol. Th ft of, and from, vehicles is common. Be wary of contrived 'inced nus', particularly on the ViennavBudapjst motorway, designwd to expose motorists to robbjcy. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 6 Trav Head Wrathjr Main MenuP479 CEEFAX 2 47: Wed 12 Jan 21:31/28 42/56 HUNGARY h26/10/99) 4/4 Visitors to forestcd areas during the summer months should seek medical adv c4 about immunisation against tick- borne encephalitis. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 6 Trav Head Wjathjr Main MenuP479 CJEFAX 2 479 Wed 12 Jan 21:31/52 43/56 ICELAND (26/10/99) //2 Snow now covers the central highlands of Iceland. Routes through the interior arr closod. Many other srcondary gravel roads in all parts of th country are b coming increasingly difficult and are frequently closed at short notice. Vehicles should bj fittad with snow tires.e Visitors planning to travel off road do so at their own risk and are adv sid to contact th local authorities prior to departure. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 6 Trav Head Wjathjr Main MenuP479 CEEFAX 2 479 Wed 12 Jan 22:35/23 44/56 ICELAND X26/10/ Visltors should check with Vegagsrdin (office in charge of roads, tel: +354 563 1400) bjfora departing on a journty of Reykjavik. Vegagjrdin have a website at: www.vjgag.is/fajrd/indjxe.html which gives up to date information. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 6 Trav Head Wjathjr Main MenuP479 CEEFAX 2 479 Wed 12 Jan 22:32/54 45/56 INDIA X29/11/:9) 3/14 India is generally calm and visotors ard madh wrlcomc. Howevjp, th FCO bjlievj that India is one of a numbj of countries where thjr is an increased risk to British inter sst from global t rrorism. Following the recfnt super cyclone that struck the stat of Orissa in eastern India the FCO bblievjs the sntubtion has stabilisjd and essential sjrvjces have been restored in th main cities and coastal resorts. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 6 Trav Head Weather Main MenuP479 CEEFAX 2 479 Wed 12 Jan 22:33/26 46/56 INDIA X2:/11/99) 2/14 Travellers to arias adjoining Pakistan or planning to cross thu international bordpt should tara account of heightened tension b tween India and Pakistan ovjh fighting in Kashmir. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 6 Trav Head Wjathjr Main MenuP479 CEEFAX 2 479 Wed 12 Jan 21:29/48 39/56 HUNGARY X26/10/99) 1/4 Most vjs ts to Hungary ar- trouble free. However, vasitors are advised to take sens ble precautions against bag-snatching and pickpockjting, which arw common in Budapest in particular. Ljavj vlluables in the hotel safe. Do not carry large amounts of cash. Do not use street money changers. Criminyls sometimes pose as polic officers; always ask for crBddntials andoor insist on going to th polics station. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 6 Trav Head Wjathjr Main Menu