Category - Europe

AP: BRUSSELS – Officials say that a 24-hour strike by Belgian rail workers will disrupt the train traffic to Brussels from London and Paris as of late Tuesday. Both Thalys and Eurostar announced they would cancel services to the Belgian capital. Eurostar said its traffic from London would have a reduced schedule up to Lille, […]

summerinitalhy.com Local buses and trams Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Local Transportation personnel will be on strike for 24 hours. Trenitalia Saturday, October 13, 2012 Trenitalia personnel will be on strike for 24 hours, starting 9 pm on October 13th. Alitalia Friday, October 26, 2012 Alitalia personnel will be on strike for 4 hours, from 1 […]

Message for U.S. Citizens: Rome (Italy), Transportation Strike Alert (October 2) Transportation Security Europe > Italy > Rome 9/28/2012 Various Italian unions have called for a 24-hour transportation strike Tuesday, October 2. The strike will affect Metro, buses, trams, and all other local transport (Roma-Lido, Termini-Giardinetti, and Roma-Viterbo). All runs will stop from 08:30 and […]

From Living in Greece: Flights to/from Greece, international and domestic, will be impacted with Greek air traffic controller strike from 10:00-13:00 local time. — Flights arriving/departing outside this 3-hour window will be unaffected. At most, they may be delayed because of the disruption. It is NOT an airline strike or airport strike. When ATCs strike, […]

Summerinitaly.com Milan: Airport personnel Friday, September 21, 2012 SEA and SEA HANDLING airport personnel in Milan Airports will be on strike from 10 am to 6 pm. Please check with your ticket office whether this will affect your flight, in case you are departing/arriving/transiting at Malpensa Airport (Milan). Meridiana airlines Friday, September 21, 2012 Meridiana […]

U.S. consulate in Amsterdam closes due to anti-Islam demonstration THE HAGUE, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — The American consulate in Amsterdam closed its doors on Friday afternoon due to a planned demonstration against the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims”. According to the consulate, the Dutch police forces were informed of the two demonstrations that are […]