Tue, 21-Oct-2025

G7 meets as new Russian strikes hit Ukraine

G7 meets

After Russian bombings on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure for a second day, the G7 is convening a virtual summit. According to the mayor of Lviv, three strikes on the city’s energy facilities, today resulted in power outages. People have been warned to stay in shelters and not to disregard air raid sirens across the nation. … Read more

British Airways workers at Heathrow call off strike, vote to accept new pay deal

British Airways

Check-in staff at Heathrow Airport went on strike after airline agreed to improve its pay offer. GMB union said 75 percent of workers voted to approve the offer on Friday. Workers will receive an 8 percent pay increase, a one-time bonus and reinstatement of shift pay. LONDON, 22 July (Reuters) – Hundreds of British Airways … Read more

Over 115,000 Royal Mail workers vote for strike – UK union

Over 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail (RMG.L) have voted in favour of a national strike, British trade union CWU said. Union demands the London-listed company enter negotiations for a “straight, no-strings” pay rise. Reuters, July 19, LONDON – According to the British trade union CWU, more than 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail (RMG.L) … Read more

TUI anticipates record levels of tourism to Greece this year

TUI

Tourism accounts for about 20% of Greece’s gross domestic product. A higher number of visitors than before the COVID-19 pandemic, when it was 2.8 million. TUI expects to become profitable again in 2022 as countries lift restrictions on movement. TUI, a holiday group expects the most elevated level of interest for Greece on record this … Read more

Ryanair lodge group in Spain declare 12 additional long stretches of strikes

Ryanair

Ryanair cabin crew in Spain announce 12 more days of strikes. Unions call for Ryanair to resume negotiations over issues including minimum wage. The announcement comes on the final day of the current strike, which began on Thursday and forced the cancellation of 10 Ryanair flights. Ryanair says less than 2% of its flights were … Read more

British minister condemns rail strikes as ‘huge mistake’

Britain’s transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has described planned train strikes as a “big blunder”. More than 50,000 train workers will strike on June 21, 23, and 25 in a dispute over pay freezes and job losses. The RMT union has described it as the sector’s largest strike in more than 30 years. LONDON – Britain’s … Read more

Russia says five dead in strikes on Donetsk in eastern Ukraine

European Council

Russian investigators reported Monday that strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine’s separatist-controlled city of Donetsk killed at least five people, saying the attack was carried out by Kyiv’s military. “On May 30, Ukrainian security forces shelled the center of the city of Donetsk. According to preliminary information, five civilians were killed, including a teenager born … Read more

Trading strikes as tension builds in Ukraine no-man’s land

Trading strikes

The blaze in a soccer discipline-period storage building had been burning for at least a day — however, there are no firefighters in Temyrivka due to the fact all people have evacuated, leaving the black smoke to upward thrust unhindered. This is certainly one of a string of southeastern Ukrainian villages in no man’s land … Read more