Category - Europe

Marches, rallies, and counterdemonstrations to take place ahead of Independence Day on Nov 11th. Largest events to occur in Warsaw, coinciding with the UN Climate Change Conference at the National Stadium. Heightened security presence in the capital. Routes for events not yet disclosed. Clashes possible despite the additional security measures. Some political parties likely to […]

November 8, 2013 Harbor personnel, 24 hours for the main unions November 11, 2013 Meridiana airlines, 12 noon to 4 p.m. November 11-15, 2013 4-hour general strike across those dates, with different regions having it on different dates. Some sectors will have 24-hour strikes November 22, 2013 All airline and airport workers of the unions […]

ATHENS — Services across Greece were shutting down Wednesday as unions held a 24-hour general strike to protest further austerity cuts in the cash-strapped country. The strike disrupted public transport, halted ferry and train services, shut down courts, state-run schools and left state hospitals and the ambulance service functioning with emergency staff. Dozens of flights […]

More than 600 Norwegian Airline pilots are set to strike on November 4, if the company fails to reach an agreement on its new corporate structure by November 3. The strike is expected to ground flights in Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, Stockholm Arlanda and Copenhagen. http://www.thelocal.no/20131031/norwegian-pilots-may-strike-on-monday

Several countries in Northern Europe are recovering after a powerful autumn storm swept across the region on Monday night, leaving 15 dead in its wake, including seven in Germany. Northern Germany is cleaning up Tuesday morning after a powerful fall storm with hurricane-force winds battered the country and most of Northern Europe Monday. The storm, […]

– UK citizens advised that rail workers are staging a series of strikes until Oct. 31st. Confirm your travel plans. For more information, visit: Renfe website at: http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/index.html