Ryanair, unions at odds in Spain and Denmark
Ryanair, the leading low-cost air carrier in Europe has its hands full on labor issues these days.
Ryanair, the leading low-cost air carrier in Europe has its hands full on labor issues these days.
Lisbon—a winner as the Greek crisis cuts into Greek vacation bookings One man’s famine is turning into another man’s feast. As tourist bookings for Greece stumble in the midst of the Euro crisis and uncertainty about supplies of money,…
If you’re driving in Spain anytime soon, keep your hands on the wheel. Spanish police are taking a very literal view of “keep your hands on the wheel and your eye on the road.” In two recent cases in the Salamanca area, drivers were fined for…
Apparently spurred into action by the shame of having Spain claim the title for an Italian standard, pizza chefs in the town of Rende, in
Today is the second day of a planned 4-day series of short strikes by Spain’s air traffic controllers, who are angry over punishments meted out for a strike in 2010. Monday’s first day of the strike, which was expected to cause issues for up to…
Spanish air controllers are on a two-hour strike this morning, the first of four planned (See Gumbo’s report of the plans). Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the airport operator AENA estimate up to 5300 flights could be affected. …
Ryanair’s ground workers at Madrid’s airport are on an “open-ended” strike against plans to cut their wages 25-30% as well as issues over inadequate safety equipment, work shifts and holidays. They’ve accused the company of refusing to negotiate with…
This is about those moments when you look at something as you walk about a city (or outside one) and you see something so odd, or at any rate odd enough, that you just need to tell someone about it, or show them.
Fighting a local anti-nudity ordinance in a town north of Barcelona, the Catalan Naturist Club, having lost its appeals all the way to Spain’s highest court, is now appealing to the European Human Rights Court at Strasbourg. The Spanish high…
A skinny walkway crossing a mountain face above a gorge in Spain has been rebuilt and re-opened; it was closed in 2001 after five deaths,
Ryanair, the leading low-cost air carrier in Europe has its hands full on labor issues these days.
Lisbon—a winner as the Greek crisis cuts into Greek vacation bookings One man’s famine is turning into another man’s feast. As tourist bookings for Greece stumble in the midst of the Euro crisis and uncertainty about supplies of money,…
If you’re driving in Spain anytime soon, keep your hands on the wheel. Spanish police are taking a very literal view of “keep your hands on the wheel and your eye on the road.” In two recent cases in the Salamanca area, drivers were fined for…
Apparently spurred into action by the shame of having Spain claim the title for an Italian standard, pizza chefs in
Today is the second day of a planned 4-day series of short strikes by Spain’s air traffic controllers, who are angry over punishments meted out for a strike in 2010. Monday’s first day of the strike, which was expected to cause issues for up to…
Spanish air controllers are on a two-hour strike this morning, the first of four planned (See Gumbo’s report of the plans). Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the airport operator AENA estimate up to 5300 flights could be affected. …
Ryanair’s ground workers at Madrid’s airport are on an “open-ended” strike against plans to cut their wages 25-30% as well as issues over inadequate safety equipment, work shifts and holidays. They’ve accused the company of refusing to negotiate with…
This is about those moments when you look at something as you walk about a city (or outside one) and you see something so odd, or at any rate odd enough, that you just need to tell someone about it, or show them.
Fighting a local anti-nudity ordinance in a town north of Barcelona, the Catalan Naturist Club, having lost its appeals all the way to Spain’s highest court, is now appealing to the European Human Rights Court at Strasbourg. The Spanish high…
A skinny walkway crossing a mountain face above a gorge in Spain has been rebuilt and re-opened; it was closed