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30
May

Do you want to know how much you’ve spent before you get to the border?

Simply Declare offers a simple, easy way to manage travel receipts for a stress free customs or border crossing experience. Simply Declare Travel App PRO and FREE, available only on the Appstore, help manage travel receipts, giving you an itemized list with the information you need to fill out your declaration forms upon returning home from a trip. There […]

30
May

Air France: pilots vote in favour of ‘long strike’ – no date set

Pilots at Air France voted on Monday in favour of a long strike, due to upcoming pay cuts.   The SNPL union – the company’s main pilots union – said the strike would go on for six days, although was not specific as to when it would begin.   The union’s spokesperson Emmanuel Mistrali said […]

30
May

Spain: Barcelona Metro four-day strike begins

Barcelona Metro is running at severely decreased capacity during certain hours on Monday as workers begin a four-day strike over their collective bargaining agreement.   On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the metro will be running a “minimum service” of 40 percent during rush hour – between 7am and 9am and between 4pm and 6pm – […]

30
May

Germany: Hannover airport: May 29:several flights diverted

An American bomb dropped during World War II has been defused at the airport in the northern German city of Hannover in an operation that forced dozens of flights to be diverted.   Local authorities decided last week to search for possible bombs on Sunday after experts carrying out soundings of the soil ahead of […]

27
May

Geckos Adventures: The perfect graduation gift

  There’s an old saying that goes something along the lines of “The student who worketh the hardest doest deserve the gift of adventure from their loved ones”. We’re pretty sure Aristotle’s parents coined the phrase, just before they sent him across Greece on the back of a donkey with a bunch of other studious […]