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Iceland volcano ash: German air traffic resuming
May 25, 2011Air traffic over northern Germany is returning to normal after being disrupted by volcanic ash from Iceland. Planes are once again taking off from and landing at Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin airports after they closed for several hours. About 700 flights...
Thousands face volcanic ash cloud flight cancellations
May 24, 2011Thousands of passengers have had their flights cancelled because of drifting ash from an Icelandic volcano. Airports affected include Londonderry, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Prestwick, Durham Tees Valley, Newcastle and Carlisle, air traffic services company...
Iceland volcano: Grimsvotn eruption hits flights
May 22, 2011Iceland has closed its main international airport and cancelled domestic flights after its most active volcano, Grimsvotn, began erupting. A plume of smoke has risen 20km (12 miles) into the sky from the volcano. But Iceland's Meteorological Office...
Volcanic ash from Iceland continues to disrupt air travel around the world
April 17, 2010Air travel throughout Europe and around the world is still disrupted Saturday as thick clouds of ash from a volcano eruption in Iceland continue to drift across the continent. Some European nations have completely closed their airspace, while others...
Iceland volcano massively disrupts air travel
April 16, 2010International air traffic is in chaos for another day as the massive ash cloud from Iceland's volcano eruption spreads across Northern Europe. The Brussels-based Eurocontrol, the European air navigation agency, says the air-traffic disruptions from the...
Iceland volcano ash disrupts UK air travel (video)
April 15, 2010Volcanic ash that spewed from a volcano in Iceland Wednesday has drifted over to Britain where it has forced authorities to close several airports and cancel flights. More than 150 flights at London's Heathrow Airport and hundreds more across England...
EU visa centre in Moldova to issue Belgian visas after 1 October
September 23, 2009Starting from 1 October 2009, Moldovan citizens will be able to apply and receive short-term visas for Belgium at the EU Common Visa Centre at the Hungarian embassy in Chisinau. Last week, Finland also announced plans to join the centre starting 1...
Luxembourg joins Chisinau-based common visa issuing center
June 02, 2009Moldova's citizens will be able to apply for and get visas for Luxembourg at the Chisinau-based common visa issuing centre, after this country on 1 June joined the centre placed at the headquarters of Hungary's embassy in Moldova. Luxembourg will...