The outage also had serious implications for emergency services, disrupting access to the EU-wide emergency number 112 in several regions. Authorities quickly responded by issuing alternative contact ...

Juanita emailed VERIFY to ask if a chain message urging readers to dial 112 when stopped by an unmarked police car is true. The message included a story about a woman who called the number when an ...

A WORCESTER Member of European Parliament has backed a campaign to raise the awareness of an emergency telephone number. Liberal Democrat Euro MP Liz Lynne has been out promoting 112, the Europe-wide ...

The emergency services received almost 500,000 calls on the dedicated 112 number last year, but 7,200 calls were hoaxes. The high number of fake calls prompted Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela this ...

Many people in Kosovo do not know the quickest way to call police for an emergency. Experts say that's because there have been three different emergency numbers over the past 20 years, and there has ...

Almost a week after the launch of Delhi Police’s 112 emergency number, it’s flooded with blank calls — 10,000 per day on average. The cops have, however, managed to zero in on the prime triggers — ...

Good news! Just like the '911' all-in-one emergency number in the US, India gets its official National Emergency Number '112'. TRAI, in April 2015, had proposed this helpline number that can integrate ...