In total, 16 flights have not been possible today, and more are expected tomorrow as strikes continue.Cancelled flights departing the Côte D’Azur Airport include six Air France flights to Paris Orly (6.30am, 10.35am, 2.15pm, 2.55pm, 4.55pm, 9.55pm), a Flybe flight (6.30am) and an Easyjet flight (6.55pm) which was heading in the direction of Paris Orly. A midday transit to Metz-Nancy has also been cancelled. Read article
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Tourism bosses in Northern Ireland are confusing potential visitors from North America because they don’t understand that there is a border, the industry has been told. Marketing ‘Northern Ireland’ instead of ‘Ireland’ can befuddle would-be visitors from the US and Canada, a tourism conference in Belfast has been told. Read article
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Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel endured a heartbreaking task Thursday: identifying the bodies of their loved ones ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children. Family members, some sobbing, were driven from a hotel in the southern Swiss town of Sion to […]
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From media reports: The Connexion reported dozens of flights to and from Lille Airport in northern France were disrupted on Thursday because of a strike by local air traffic controllers. The striking staff began the industrial action to push their demands for a new radar control room and more controllers to handle an increased work […]
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Gulf passengers travelling to Germany face delays and flight cancellations as a result of strikes by baggage handlers and security staff at the country’s main airports. Around a third of flights were cancelled at Frankfurt airport, Germany’s biggest and the third busiest airport in Europe, operators Fraport said on Tuesday. Airports in Berlin, Munich, Cologne, […]
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Frankfurt, other large and small airports affected. Strike could widen in April if no pay deal soon-union (Adds detail from trade union, Lufthansa, background). Read article
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There is a general threat from terrorism. Attacks could be indiscriminate. You should remain vigilant in public places including on public transport. On 21 March 2012, a bomb exploded outside the Indonesian Embassy in Paris. There have been no reports of any casualties. It is not clear at this time if the Embassy was the […]
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SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) – A bus carrying Belgian children home from a school ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said on Wednesday. The bus, transporting 52 people, mostly school children aged about 12 from Lommel and Heverlee in […]
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Four people were killed and one person was missing Monday after an avalanche buried six foreign skiers in northern Norway, police said. One person was dug out alive and taken to a local hospital after the snowslide near Tromsoe on Norway’s Arctic coast, police spokesman Morten Pettersen said. Read article
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There is a general threat from terrorism. Attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places frequented by expatriates and foreign travellers. High profile British interests in Greece should remain vigilant and regularly review their security measures. Attacks have involved the use of explosive devices against Greek institutions, commercial interests and diplomatic targets. Some attacks have included […]
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