The redistribution of refugees from Greece to Western Europe has begun. A first group of thirty people flew Wednesday with a commercial flight from Athens to Brussels. From Brussels they travel on to Luxembourg, where they are recorded, the government reported in Athens.
The wreck of the sunken freighter El Faro this week than can be found on the seabed, the data recorder is still missing. Such a recorder is similar to the black box in a plane.
The European Union must do everything we can to keep the Schengen area of passport-free travel intact. This is only possible through good management of Europe 's external borders. That said EU Minister Donald Tusk Tuesday.
Good morning! Today in the Sunday newspaper : trains run competition by making it a whole network of mostly luxury buses with electrical outlets and wi-fi.
Refugees have stayed in Hamburg at a special location : right in the entertainment district. Music Temple Docks, one of the largest concert venues in the northern German city, offered shelter to 150 asylum seekers spontaneously.
European sanctions against about 170 Belarusians are temporarily suspended. Their travel ban and the freezing of their funds to be eliminated, yet for four months.
Increasingly people are booking their holidays online. Last year, 81 percent of all holidays booked through the internet. Furthermore, we increasingly make composite holidays : transport and accommodation are booked separately from each other. The holiday is also increasingly luxurious, including through the advent of all-inclusive hotels. According to figures from research firm NBTC- NIPO.
King Willem-Alexander with a visit to the Chinese Internet giant Alibaba in Hangzhou headquarters Thursday ended his state visit to China. Alibaba was at the king witnessed the launch of a Dutch portal on the web store T-mall. There are more products Attentive and Ahold sale. The Netherlands is also now the first European destination recorded Alitravel where Chinese can directly control travel to China and books.
Of Dutch companies with ten or more employees 90 percent have their own website. In 35 percent of companies allow customers to order online, book or reserve. Also refer more and more on their website to social media in which they are active.
To get rid of a group of boat people, Australia has paid people smugglers to take away the refugees again. Amnesty International reported on the basis of its own research.
Austria will put a fence along the border with Slovenia. The intention is that the influx of refugees will then proceed orderly. That the Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl- Leitner told the Austrian radio station ORF.
China, Japan and South Korea love for the first time in three years a summit. That Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced Monday. The three countries will meet in the South Korean capital Seoul, presumably early November.
In Greece, this year 50000 childcare places created for refugees. Further along the Balkan route, along which migrants travel to richer European countries, there will be another 50000.
An Israeli is Saturday night with a paraglider crossed the border with Syria. It is an Israeli Arab who belongs to the Muslim minority in the country. The 23- year-old man will probably join the army, according to Islamic State or another militia.
The Balkan countries Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia threaten to close the borders as Germany and Austria do so. That is what the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said Saturday. He said the countries would be no "buffer zones" for refugees.
Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia Sunday discontinued. That's according to the BBC due to new sanctions from Kiev. Which are intended to punish the Russians for the annexation of the Crimea and supporting armed separatists.
The accident with the bus at Puisseguin in the Gironde department is the most serious since more than thirty years in France. In 1982 arrived at Beaune in eastern France 53 people in an accident with a bus were killed, including 44 children.
Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar has criticized the refugee policy of neighboring Croatia . In an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt , he said Wednesday that Croatia does not respond to the request for enhanced information exchange and cooperation in the field of refugees.
Slovenia has Monday received 5000 immigrants, twice as much as it can record in his own words . In addition, another 1200 refugees a train en route . That the Ministry of Interior in Ljubljana on Monday.
In Serbia, currently more than 10,000 stranded migrants. They can not travel further west because of the limits imposed on the number of Europe to take in refugees . That said UN refugee agency UNHCR Monday , who warned of a shortage of help.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is committed to a more flexible visa policy for Turkish nationals who wish to travel to EU countries . In return, they expect Istanbul refugee policy tightens .
CDA leader Sybrand Buma understands the fence that Hungary wants to keep refugees out of the country . Buitenhof he called morally acceptable measure.
CEO Rainer Wendt of the German Police Union ( DPolG ) , the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel called on to put a wall on the border with Austria to stop refugees. Wendt says in the newspaper Welt am Sonntag that the wall is necessary to prevent major social unrest and other domestic problems.
Thousands of refugees have arrived in Slovenia after Hungary joined in the night from Friday to Saturday to the border with Croatia. Around 2700 people came on Saturday . More refugees are expected. That the BBC reported Sunday . Many migrants try through Slovenia continued to travel through Europe , often with Austria and Germany as the intended final destination .
Slovenia puts the army to assist the police in border control, Prime Minister Miro Cerar said Saturday . The country is since the night of Friday to Saturday with more refugees because Hungary has closed the border with Croatia. Many migrants try therefore to travel through Europe on through Slovenia .
The German media giant Axel Springer has been on an acquisition in the European travel industry. In particular, the online rental of holiday homes is a priority.
Hungary decide Friday whether the Croatian border closes to stem the influx of refugees. That the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Brussels . EU countries agreed in the Belgian capital on an agreement with Turkey on refugees .
Dutch hardly do anything to not daily having to stand in queues and the government facilitates traffic congestion by putting more and more asphalt down .
The EU wants Turkey to give three billion - was three times more than previously agreed - to shelter refugees . From 2016 may Turks visa-free travel to Europe.
It sounds like a science fiction story but scientists are convinced that rockets off even on the moon to Mars in the future will stop to refuel. It is a relatively small detour , but in a rocket traveling through the moon is less than 68 percent of the weight saved.
