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Mar

Germany: Hannover airport: closed due to bomb alert

Hannover Airport closed due to bomb alert on Turkish Airlines plane   http://en.protothema.gr/hannover-airport-closed-due-to-bomb-alert/   Hannover Airport in northern Germany has been closed due to a bomb alert involving a passenger plane of Turkish Airlines which took off from Istanbul, according to German authorities.   According to information, all flights have been postponed and pilots of […]

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Mar

Berlin: car bombing

Berlin car bombing a murder, police say (CNN)An explosion — described as “murder using a car bomb” by a local prosecutor — rocked a residential area of western Berlin Tuesday morning, killing a 43-year-old Turkish citizen.   The blast occurred around 8 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) along the main thoroughfare of Bismarckstrasse in Charlottenburg, a […]

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Mar

Brussels: counterterrorism raid

Counterterrorism Raid In Brussels Sparks Gunfire And A Standoff Updated March 15, 20162:11 PM ET   NPR: After at least three outbursts of gunfire in Belgium, police are now in a standoff with suspects who may be linked to last November’s Paris attacks. Both Belgian and French police are involved in the operation, which has […]

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Mar

Spain: Spanish rail workers strike March 22-23

Visitors and Spaniards looking to travel by rail over the Easter holidays face disruption after a decision by Spanish rail workers to call a 23-hour strike during peak holiday travel, it was reported Tuesday. The strike, which has been confirmed by the labor union Comisiones Obreras begins at midnight on Tuesday, March 22 and will […]

14
Mar

Zika virus update for Canadian citizens

Travel updates These Country travel advice and advisories pages have been updated in the last 24 hours: Antigua and Barbuda Latest update: The Advisories tab was updated – removed information on Zika virus infection. Risk level: Exercise normal security precautions Updated on 2016-03-14 10:08:01 Anguilla Latest update: The Advisories tab was updated – removed information […]