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French Ryanair Passengers Stage Sit-In Protest

by National Confidential | 17 November 2010 | 11:22 am EST

Topics Belgium, France, Ryanair, Travel

Some 90 irate passengers staged a nearly five-hour sit-in on a Ryanair plane in Belgium early Wednesday, refusing to disembark after their flight was diverted due to fog. Authorities said some spat at airport staff. The passengers, mostly French tourists returning from a Moroccan vacation, refused to leave after the plane landed about midnight at [...]

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French Ryanair Passengers Stage Sit-In Protest

by National Confidential | 17 November 2010 | 11:22 am EST

Topics Belgium, France, Ryanair, Travel

Some 90 irate passengers staged a nearly five-hour sit-in on a Ryanair plane in Belgium early Wednesday, refusing to disembark after their flight was diverted due to fog. Authorities said some spat at airport staff. The passengers, mostly French tourists returning from a Moroccan vacation, refused to leave after the plane landed about midnight at [...]

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Flemish Separatists Win Belgium Election

by National Confidential | 13 June 2010 | 7:21 pm EST

Topics Belgium, European Union

“A party that wants to split Belgium won the most votes in a parliamentary election on Sunday, an outcome that could make it hard to form a coalition quickly and deliver austerity to contain a rising national debt. Belgium can ill afford drawn-out coalition talks because policy paralysis could make the country more vulnerable on [...]

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