Bulgarian Court Rules in Favor of Environmentalists
Magistrates in the northern Bulgarian city of Pleven ruled Thursday in favor of environmentalists who claim that bats were harmed during the recent shooting of The Expendables 2 inside Devetashka …
Europe Caving News
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Blue Grotto Commercialization Plans Anger Italians
The mayor of the tiny island of Capri is taking a lot of flak over his plans to install floating pontoon board walks 45 meters (150 feet) from the entrance …
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Construction Workers Discover Cave in Crete
Construction workers in a small village in Crete discovered a magnificent cave full of stalagmites and stalactites this past Tuesday. The workers, who were placing new biological treatment pipes, immediately …
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Oldest Cave Art Found in Spain’s Nerja Caves
Six paintings of seals in a Spanish Cave are now thought to be the oldest works of art ever found, surpassing those in Chauvet Cave in southern France by 10,000 …
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Results of January Expedition to Abysso Led Zeppelin
A return visit this past January netted the joint Hungarian-Italian team an additional 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) of horizontal passage in the Abysso Led Zeppelin, a cave in the Canin …
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News Crew Films Aftermath at Devetashka Cave
A recent visit by a BNT news team to Bulgaria’s Devetashka cave, the site of some recent filming for the Hollywood blockbuster “The Expendables 2“, offers a first glimpse into …
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Peak District Pub Raises Funds for Rescue Organizations
February 1, 2012 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeA fundraiser held just before Christmas garnered a generous donation for the Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation, and Buxton Mountain Rescue Team from locals who attended an event at the Wanted …
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French Caver Diver Dies in Mishap at Swiss Spring
January 31, 2012 / Switzerland, EuropeA French cave diver died this past Sunday, January 29th during an afternoon dive in the Chaudanne spring, near the town of Rossinière Vaud, Switzerland. While the 30-year-old dived alone …
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Poll: Are the Actors at Fault in Expendables 2 Bat Cave Fiasco?
Recently it came out that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are now getting flak from environmentalists for participating in the filming of their new movie, The Expendables 2, inside one …
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White Nose Syndrome Confirmed in Europe
January 28, 2012 / Czech Republic, EuropeAn article in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases confirms the discovery of white-nose syndrome in European bats. Although European bats had been seen exhibiting the …
