Russia

Tourists are afraid to go to Russia

The number of foreign tourists who choose to spend their vacations in Russia, including Moscow and St.

Fortress europe

Proposal for EU police in tourist areas

EU: France has proposed setting up European "police stations" in tourist areas staffed by officers from all over the EU.

eu makes airlines howl

EU lawmakers approve deal on airline CO2 emissions

STRASBOURG, France, July 8 (Reuters) - To howls of protest from airlines, European Union lawmakers approved a deal with governments on Tuesday to include aviation from 2012 in the EU's Emission Tradin

NHS

UK: No health tourism free-for-all

The Government has warned that it would not finance a "health tourism" free-for-all under plans to give patients rights to shop around Europe for the best and quickest medical treatment.

EU-US Airlines Talks

US surprises EU with global airline ownership plan

BRUSSELS - The United States proposed a deal on Tuesday to sweep away a global "spider's web" of airline ownership rules, taking the EU by surprise as it seeks a transatlantic deal for its airlines to buy their U.S. rivals.

EU-US Talks

EU and US to begin talks about airline takeover rules

LONDON - The European Union and United States will begin talks this week to pave the way for a wave of transatlantic airline takeovers, according to a report.

EU negotiators will urge their U.S. counterparts to press ahead with the creation of a comprehensive open aviation area between the EU and the United States, The Sunday Telegraph ... read more

EU

EU survey finds widespread abuses on airline and travel Web sites

BRUSSELS - One in three European airline and travel Web sites conceal the true cost of flights until consumers are close to booking, according to a report from the European Commission, which on Thursday is to threaten new measures against the industry if the abuses continue.

EU To Allow Sale Of Airline Slots, Potentially Helping Alitalia

Pulling Alitalia out of the gutter seems to be an all-European endeavor

MILAN - The European Union has issued a directive allowing European airlines to buy and sell from each other the takeoff and landing slots that they do not use, allowing Italy's troubled airline Alitalia SpA to potentially refurbish its distressed accounts, according to a report in Sunday's Corriere della Sera.

European Airspace Is Still Off Limit For TAAG

European Union keeps Angola's airline on blacklist

Brussels, Belgium – The European Commission Friday decided to keep Angola’s flag flyer, on its blacklist of airlines banned from European airspace for at least another three months, as it considered that “there continue to be significant deficiencies in the area of safety.”

The Sky's Opening On March 31

US-EU Airline Pact possibly hampered by economic tumult

The open skies agreement between the US and the European Union goes into effect this weekend. But more choices and cheaper fares for travelers may be a little ways off, analysts say.

Europe-Japan EU Probe

KLM says involved in EU probe on Europe-Japan airline routes

AMSTERDAM - A spokeswoman for KLM said the Dutch airline is among those companies involved in an EU probe into anti-competitive practices on routes between Europe and Japan.

'The airline is fully cooperating with the inquiry,' she added.

KLM's parent company Air France-KLM (NYSE:AKH WS) (OOTC:AFLYY) had earlier declined to comment ... read more

Serbia

Serbia faces months of instability and stark choice

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia faces renewed uncertainty on Monday under a caretaker government which will lead the country into its most important election since voters ended the era of the late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic

A deep division over the importance of Kosovo versus future European Union membership killed off the 10-month-old ... read more

Gulf

AGCC, EU to sign tourism pacts

MUSCAT — The first phase of the tourism sector sponsorship agreement will be signed today on the Tourism Ministry premises, as part of the Gulf Chambers Union’s endeavour to attract direct European investment under an MoU signed between the Gulf and the European chambers in November.

Bulgarian Tourism

EU gives EUR 215M to Bulgaria for tourism development

Bulgaria is to receive EUR 215 M for tourism development under the Regional Development operative programme of the European Union, director of the National Tourism Board (NTB), Poly Karastoyanova, announced on Wednesday.

EU

EU aiming too high with airline emissions

BRUSSELS - The European Union is aiming too high with plans to make all airlines flying into and out of the bloc buy pollution permits and it risks a backlash from other regions, the chief executive of British Airways said.

EU

New EU probe into Greek airline

(TVLW) - Olympic Airlines, the loss-making Greek carrier, faces a fresh blow today when the European Commission opens new investigations into whether it is receiving illegal state aid.