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Ryaniar passengers who were supposed to land at Beauvais (near Paris) after returning from holidays in Morocco were rerouted to Liege, because the Beauvais airport had closed already after the aircraft had left Fes three hours late. Furious as they were, they refused to disembark and stayed in the plane for four hours though the […]

An Air Baltic flight from Copenhagen to Riga was delayed due to a breakdown of the radar and air navigation system and a partial closure of the air space above Malmö. After more than two hours though the air space was open again, the airline decided to cancel the flight because otherwise the admissible working

The European Union has agreed to lift its visa requirement for citizens of Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina by mid-December. The EU decision means holders of biometric Bosnian and Albanian passports can travel freely for up to three months in the “Schengen zone”, which includes all EU member states with the exception of Britain, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria,

Upon reference by a Hungarian court (Budapesti II. és III. kerületi bíróság) the ECJ decided on Nov. 12, 2010 that a national court must investigate of its own motion whether a term conferring exclusive territorial jurisdiction in a contract concluded between a seller or supplier and a consumer, which is the subject of a dispute

All the main political parties in Scotland agree that the country needs to tackle its long unhealthy relationship with alcohol and on 10th November the Scottish Parliament approved the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Bill. However, the Scottish National Party (SNP) Government was disappointed that the main opposition parties failed to back proposals to introduce minimum pricing

On October 29,2010, two suspicious packages originating in Yemen were found in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. Following this incident, the Canadian Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and the Canadian Minister of Public Safety announced new aviation security measures to further enhance the safety and security of Canada’s aviation system, to come

The watchdog groupElectronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a law suit in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals urging the court to suspend the advanced imaging technology (AIT) body scanner program. Well-known consumer advocate Ralph Nader has also joined EPIC in urging Senate hearings on full body scanners at airports. The federal government’s

A New York State Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of online travel agencies, ASTA and the U.S. Tour Operators Association challenging the legality and constitutionality of New York’s amended hotel occupancy tax.The lawsuit targeted a city law, enacted in September of last year, introducing a tax which requires resellers

Italy was unanimously elected to the presidency of World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) during the 89th council meeting on the island of Kish (Iran) and will exercise its mandate, renewable, for the entire 2011. The ceremony of installation in office of Ms. Brambilla, as chairman of the executive council will be held in Madrid on November

UNWTO has called on delegates attending the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya, Japan, to recognize tourism’s role in safeguarding biodiversity as they shape and agree on a global strategy to save the world’s ecosystems. As part of the decisions adopted by the Parties,