Twenty one Czechs missing abroad

Twenty one Czech citizens are missing abroad, a foreign ministry spokesperson told the CTK news agency on Sunday. The number has increased by six since last year. Four Czechs have disappeared in the U.K. where they were seeking employment, and two Czech nationals have gone missing in Turkey. According to the ministry, no new information exists in the cases of three young Czechs who disappeared in the mountains of Albania in 2001 and a Czech woman who was last seen in Ecuador in the same year. In related news, 52 Czech citizens have died abroad since June, the foreign ministry informed. Most of them - twelve - died in Croatia, the most popular tourist destination for Czech holidaymakers.