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TNT Express cuts jobs after takeover blocked Dutch delivery firm TNT Express is to cut 4,000 jobs – six percent of its work-force – and focus on Europe after a failed takeover bid by United Parcel… 25/03/2013
Investors back UPS hopes for TNT bid Will new concessions by American company UPS overcome European objections to its proposed takeover of Dutch rival TNT Express? Investors certainly chose to… 18/12/2012
Bags of water A waterbag is a flexible container system for freshwater transport. Engineer Samuele Ambrosetti explained: “You can see here a water bag made from supple… 06/12/2012
The alpine tunnel dispute Soldiers and armed police patrol the woods, the region’s walls sport angry-looking graffiti. Welcome to the Suse valley in Italy, where a transalpine rail… 30/11/2012
Alstom’s fund raising raises eyebrows An unexpected move by Alstom to increase its capital in order to fund acquisitions has raised concerns about its financial strength. The French transport… 02/10/2012
Paris pushes petrol price cuts The French government seems to have scored an early victory in its campaign to help drivers by reducing the cost of fuel. On Monday two French supermarket… 27/08/2012
Train, plane or automobile: what’s the cheapest way to go on holiday?Many holiday-makers may be forgiven for feeling that taking the car is the most expensive way to travel that doesn’t involve booking tickets with NASA. It… 14/08/2012
High-speed Burgundy bullets glide into service Italy’s brand new high speed train ‘Italo’ has glided into service described as a “Ferrari on tracks.” It is Italy’s first privately owned high-speed train… 28/04/2012
Europe Weekly: strikes, flights and websites In this week’s Europe Weekly we report on the four day strike that paralysed Brussels’ transport network following the death of a worker. We also take a… 13/04/2012
Tomorrow’s bus on today’s streets Welcome aboard as we take a ride on what the designers say is the ‘European bus of the future’. They claim it is more efficient and more ergonomic, with more… 23/03/2012
Delivering to Europe a merger to challenge the market United Parcel Service, the world’s largest package delivery company, has bought Dutch rivals TNT in a bid to dominate the market in Europe. The deal is… 19/03/2012
Petrol prices pile pain on European consumers The centre of Paris is not the best place to buy petrol, as hypermarkets are far away in the suburbs and a lack of competition means some filling stations are… 14/03/2012
Costa, bad luck cruises Three days on the top deck of the cruise ship Costa Allegra in the Indian Ocean. Tropical heat, a thousand people, minimal comfort… Swiss television … 02/03/2012
Scania cuts jobs and investment A slowdown in truck orders has led Scania to cut jobs and delay investment in the business. The Swedish lorry maker saw a boom in demand in 2010 and early… 01/02/2012
Full speed ahead for UK high speed rail network The British government has given the go ahead for a high-speed rail network initially linking London and Birmingham and later cities further north. The… 10/01/2012
Indian cars vie for smallest, cheapest title India seems to be locked in a contest to produce the world’s tiniest and cheapest cars. The latest, the Bajaj RE 60, has just been unveiled at the New… 05/01/2012
Air Berlin gets help from Etihad Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is to spend 73 million euros to increase its stake in Air Berlin to almost 30 percent and loan it nearly 200 million… 19/12/2011
Pop on a pod They call it the ‘Heathrow Pod’, and it is a new way of getting around the urban jungle. Rather than waiting for a bus, business travellers just take one a… 14/12/2011
Italy: anti-high-speed rail demo – nocomment Demonstrators clashed with police near the Italian village of Chiomonte on Thursday after several thousand protesters marched towards the construction site of… 09/12/2011
Sun, sea and uncertainty at Thomas Cook The troubled holiday giant Thomas Cook is reported to be ready to cut 1,000 jobs and shake up its boardroom after securing yet another emergency cash… 28/11/2011
Finmeccanica results warning Finmeccanica has lowered its full-year earnings forecast and is anticipating a loss of around 200 million euros before interest and taxes. Italy’s biggest… 15/11/2011
Swedes say intelligent trucks on our roads soon Critics say that the transport of goods by road damages the environment, because of the high levels of pollution and high fuel consumption. Researchers in… 31/10/2011
Italian train tunnel protest – nocomment In Northern Italy thousands turned out to protest against the contruction of a high-speed train tunnel between Lyon in Franace and Turin. 23/10/2011
EU’s Barroso unveils 50 billion euro growth plan The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled plans to spend 50 billion euros on improving Europe’s transport, energy and internet networks. Commission… 19/10/2011
Scania puts brakes on production Swedish lorry maker Scania is to cut back production in Europe due to weakening demand. It will reduce output by 10 to 15 percent from November compared… 10/10/2011
Ride the – private – rails in France The launch date has been announced for the first private passenger rail service in France competing with the state owned SNCF. An Italian and French joint… 07/10/2011
China: 64 kids in a 8-seat school minivan – nocomment Qianan traffic police stopped a 8-seat school minivan overloaded with 66 children. 12 police cars were used to send the kids home. 14/09/2011
Chinese cab drivers strike in Hangzhou – nocomment Thousands of cab drivers strike in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou over rising fuel costs and low taxi fares. 04/08/2011
EU truck sales edge up in June Commercial vehicle sales in the European Union were up in June, but by just 1.5 percent; that is slower growth than in previous months. Fewer vans and buses… 26/07/2011
Cheap and healthy: forget the car! In this edition of U talk our guest answering your questions is from the European Cyclists’ Federation. “Hi, my name is Dora Pinto and here’s my question… 07/07/2011
Fighting driver fatigue A lorry driver falls asleep at the wheel, a stark reminder of just how dangerous it is to drive when you are tired. Fatigue is one of the main causes of road… 07/07/2011
China opens latest high-speed train line China is going railway crazy with the opening of the new express line between the country’s two most important cities – Beijing and Shanghai. Tickets for… 27/06/2011
Belgium launches Europe’s first solar train Europe’s first ever solar-powered train is being launched in Belgium. The energy comes from 16,000 solar panels, installed on the roof of a rail tunnel… 16/06/2011
Trucks to pay more to use EU roads New EU rules to allow governments to charge trucks for air and noise pollution have received final backing from the European Parliament. They are expected to… 08/06/2011
Airlines say business travel demand holding up The airline industry says it is seeing signs of business confidence and a recovery in world trade. The International Air Transport Association’s chief… 07/06/2011
Schneider Electric buying Spain’s Telvent French energy management company Schneider Electric is moving to buy Spain’s Telvent for 1.4 billion euros. Telvent makes information technology systems… 01/06/2011
Paving the way to cleaner air Too many cars in our city centres can make for a pretty unpleasant atmosphere. Toxic nitrogen levels often exceed the maximum permitted limits in several… 23/05/2011
Private business plane travel recovering More business travelers are taking to the air on privately owned and chartered planes. The European air safety body Eurocontrol saw a 5.5 percent rise in… 18/05/2011
Oil demand slackens on price peaks says IEA The International Energy Agency has said high prices are eroding demand for oil and threatening the West’s economic recovery. The IEA – which is the energy… 12/05/2011
EasyJet hit by fuel price rise Rising fuel prices and tough economic conditions caused low-cost airline easyJet losses to almost double in the six months up to the end of March. Its… 10/05/2011
Cyclists demonstrate in LimaHundreds of cyclists ride through Lima in Peru to promote cycling and to draw the authorities’ attention to the need to construct bike paths. REUTERS/Mariana… 06/05/2011
Back in the Day: Channel tunnel links Britain and FranceMay 6, 1994. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French president François Mitterand officially open the Channel Tunnel, the first fixed link between… 05/05/2011
Going fast and still going strong – TGVs hit 30 France is marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of the country’s high-speed rail service, the TGV or Train à Grande Vitesse. At a ceremony at a Paris… 07/04/2011
German trains hit by drivers strike German train drivers at private regional rail companies went on strike for 24 hours on Monday in Berlin and the states of Brandenburg and Saxony. The walkout… 28/03/2011
Uniting Europe’s skies In this edition of Fly, euronews takes its cameras inside the cockpit of a cargo plane, during a night flight. We are on board to discover how new routes… 22/03/2011
Debt costs push Eurotunnel to a loss Eurotunnel slipped back into the red in last year. Its 57 million euro loss came as the cost of servicing its debt rose by more than a quarter. It is also… 04/03/2011
Bus and coach passenger rights More than 70 million Europeans travel by coach each year. What legal guarantees of service, similar to those of plane, train and boat passengers, are they… 21/02/2011
An helicopter in Vienna ÖAMTC helicopter just before take off in Liesinger Platz in Vienna. By Selim Babacan 20/02/2011
Bus of the future In Rouen in France, engineers have been working within EBSF- The European Bus System of the Future Project to make public transport a bit easier for people… 27/01/2011
New fuel cell could mean cleaner, greener boats Researchers in Europe have come up with a cleaner alternative to power some of the world’s biggest polluters: cruise-ships and ferries. They have developed… 25/01/2011
Parisian subway by Michael Mouilleron 21/01/2011
Bologna curbs traffic by improving urban mobility As the northern Italian city of Bologna continues to grow, so does the number of vehicles on its roads. Its historical centre, however, has very limited… 11/01/2011
Safer roads for freight in Bavaria Each day, thousands of trucks ply one motorway between Munich and Salzburg. But one section,in Bavaria, Germany, is a bit special. Little do drivers know, but… 04/01/2011
Fewer blues for the Danube? There is a long history of cooperation in the region through which the Danube river flows. A new macro-regional European strategy for the area will take… 03/01/2011
Snow in Brussels Philippe Wanet 24/12/2010
Afghan graffitiAn Afghan artist paints graffiti on the wall of an industrial park in Kabul. A bus with no wheels and crammed with passengers is a stark comment on war-torn… 22/12/2010
Towards cross-border traffic fines EU figures show that while foreign drivers account for only five percent of traffic on Europe’s roads, they are responsible for 15 percent of speeding… 13/12/2010
Shifting cargo from road to water The traffic saturation of Europe’s roads is making it more important than ever to find alternatives for transporting freight. Although moving it by water is… 12/11/2010
Stuttgart 21: dividing a city In the German city of Stuttgart, for many months thousands of citizens have been protesting against a train station project called Stuttgart 21. What is it… 28/10/2010
Electric cars that buy and sell their own power Getting the most out of power consumption. That’s the idea behind the Edison Project: programming the recharging of electric vehicles at night and controlling… 05/10/2010
Towards a clearer European sky? Improving air transport, what to do about it: Europarliamentarians Isabelle Durant and Dominique Baudis — Belgian Green on the one hand, and French… 25/06/2010
European car makers rev up at Washington showThe motor industry has been gearing up for the Washington Auto Show, one of the biggest car events in North America. When the public walk through the doors… 01/02/2013
Steam engine helps mark London Tube anniversaryOne of the oldest surviving trains to plied the London Underground during the 19th century has been pulled out of retirement. On Sunday the steam engine ß… 13/01/2013
European transport strikes set to cause travel miseryThe ‘European Day of action and Solidarty’ is threatening transport chaos across several European cities and for international travellers. As hundreds of… 14/11/2012
Sacked South Africa miners demand jobs backSouth African miners have called on Anglo American Platinum to reverse a decision to fire 12,000 workers who took part in wildcat strikes. Several hundred… 06/10/2012
South African miners fired for illegal strikeTwelve thousand workers in Rustenburg South Africa were told on Friday they are without a job. The miners have been fired by the world’s largest platinum… 05/10/2012
Brittany Ferries ‘faces bankruptcy unless deal signed’The future of Brittany Ferries in France is in the balance, says the company, amid a stand-off between management and employees who went on strike over… 29/09/2012
Brussels goes green on no-car dayBrussels goes green as thousands have taken to the streets on foot, bicycles, skateboards and scooters as the Belgian capital celebrates car-free day. The… 17/09/2012
Rail fare hike prompts protests in UKRail passengers have been protesting in the UK at the news that ticket fares in England are to rise by an average of 6.2 percent from January. The leap is… 14/08/2012
British bicycling booms on back of OlympicsIt is a great time to be in the bike trade in Britain. Business is booming on the back of London’s hire bike scheme and the success of British cyclists in the… 10/08/2012
Poland: Nine dead after train hits minibusNine people have been killed after a train hit a minibus on a level crossing in central Poland. The force of the impact hurled the vehicle 30 metres down… 30/07/2012
London transport worries as Olympic road lanes openRoad lanes reserved for Olympic traffic open in and around London today, and this could mean fines and delays for motorists in the capital. Restrictions… 25/07/2012
London: Government ministers told to use public transport during OlympicsLondoners have been urged to rethink their travel plans during the Olympic Games, now ministers and government officials are being told to do the… 21/07/2012
London’s black cabs protest at Olympic lane banControversy continues to dog the London Olympics. First it was security concerns now the capital’s strained transport network is in the spotlight. Drivers… 17/07/2012
Olympic transport fears in LondonThe London Olympics are less than two weeks away and there are fears the capital’s transport system will not be able to cope with the influx of athletes and… 15/07/2012
California: Iconic bridge celebrates 75th birthdayIt is one of the most recognised, and most photographed, man-made wonders. The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is celebrating its 75th birthday. The… 27/05/2012
Cyclists demand safe roads in London, Edinburgh and RomeCyclists have converged on three European cities to demand better road safety for those in the saddle. Thousands denounced the dangers they face in pedal… 29/04/2012
Italy’s first private-run train service launchedRail passengers in Italy now have an alternative to state-run services when travelling between Milan and Naples and cities such as Rome in between. The… 21/04/2012
Strike hit Italy rages against Monti’s labour reformsThousands have taken to streets of the Italian capital Rome to protest over government plans to introduce legislation that will make it easier for companies… 20/04/2012
Mixed memories for returning Costa passengersCosta Allegra passengers have been arriving home at the end of a holiday that was memorable for all the wrong reasons. More than 600 people endured a… 02/03/2012
Taxi strike in Italy in protest at ‘liberalisation’Row upon row of taxi sat empty and idle in Milan on Friday, as drivers called a one-day unauthorised strike in Italy. Vehicles were not taking fares in… 13/01/2012
Strike halts Portugal’s trainsThere were hardly any trains running in Portugal on Sunday because drivers went on strike in protest at disciplinary measures. They were disciplined for… 01/01/2012
Turkey and Russia reach deal over gas pipelineTurkey has reached agreement with Russia to allow a pipeline to be built under the Black Sea to transport Russian gas to Europe. The deal, removing a major… 28/12/2011
Giant outdoor escalator built in Colombian shantytownA huge outdoor escalator has been unveiled in one of the poorest districts of Colombia’s second largest city. Until now residents of Medellin’s Comuna 13… 27/12/2011
French PM defends use of police in airport strikeThursday has seen delays at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, but this time no cancellations. More than 250 police and gendarmes were brought in to carry… 22/12/2011
Strike action sparks Christmas travel disruptionWith the Christmas rush underway, travellers are facing widespread disruption in Belgium, as rail unions join a public sector strike. Trains ground to a… 22/12/2011
Wildcat strikes stop trains in BelgiumThere will be at least two days of disruption for rail passengers in Belgium after a series of wildcat strikes the day before a planned general strike… 21/12/2011
Police could be used to break French airport disputeThe French government has warned that if there is no let up in strike action by airport security workers they will send in the police to aid passengers and… 21/12/2011
Go-slow protest over Eastern European truckersThere has been a go-slow on roads in several European countries. The action has been staged by lorry drivers in Denmark, Holland, Sweden and Norway. The… 12/12/2011
To Russia by railState-run Russian Railways (RZhD) seems to be on the right track, as it has just launched a regular train service between Moscow and Paris. The route was… 12/12/2011
Germany: Vote on controversial rail projectVoters in the German state of Baden-Württemberg have been casting their ballots in a referendum on the controversial, multi-billion euro, Stuttgart 21 rail… 27/11/2011
Strike brings transport system to a halt in PortugalMetro stations were empty across Portugal as transport workers staged a strike in protest at the government’s austerity package. The measures include longer… 08/11/2011
Rail link between North Korea and Russia inauguratedA ceremony has been held in North Korea to mark the start of a new train service to Russia. The repaired railway route links the economic zone of Rajin to… 14/10/2011
Attack on guard paralyses French trainsFrench railways have been brought to a virtual standstill because staff are on strike after a colleague was stabbed eight times on an intercity service. The… 07/10/2011
‘Pay as you go’ electric cars unveiled in ParisA fleet of fully electric cars you can rent by the hour has been unveiled in Paris. The eco-friendly vehicles have been produced by French conglomerate… 01/10/2011
Work begins on high-speed train network in MoroccoIt is the first of its kind in Africa and the Arab world. Work has begun on a new high-speed train network in Morocco. At a cost of three billion euros… 30/09/2011
No lights for landing planes in Mexico CityA power blackout has disrupted traffic at Mexico City’s international airport. Lights along the runway were among those to go out. Passengers were left… 29/09/2011
No buses, no trams, no metros – another day in AthensAnother weekday, another Greek transport strike. In Athens buses, trams, metros and taxis are all paralysed for the second day running on Tuesday. The… 27/09/2011
Fires as Belgian binmen strikeRefuse collectors in the Belgian capital set piles of rubbish on fire on Thursday during a wildcat strike to protest local government reforms. Around half… 23/09/2011
Putin pledges to re-open Arctic trade routeRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has predicted that the Arctic shipping routes along the northern coast will soon rival the Egypt’s Suez Canal. At a… 23/09/2011
