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Quantas Director Resigns Amid Wrongdoing Allegations

2013-03-03 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

According to news from Qantasm, the Director of Quantas Airways Limited has stepped down. Corinne Namblard’s involvement in Italian court procedings was stated as the reason for her resignation in light of alleged involvement in a scandal involving Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world’s oldest bank.

Tags: airline boards, airline news, airlines, Australian airlines, corporate wrongdoing, EU, European commission, price fixing, Quantas

EU & Armenia Sign Simplified Visa Agreement

2012-12-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

EU-Armenia cooperation council meeting and the signing of the visa facilitation agreement

The European Union and Armenia have agreed to vastly simplified visa procedures for Armenians entering Schengen area countries. According to the news, some populations of Armenians will benefit from easier entrance restrictions. Armenian students, scientists, journalists, enterprenuers, and some other groups will be able to obtain visas for Schengen destinations much more easily. Foreign Minister […]

Tags: Armenian travelers, Armenian visas, EU, EU visas, Schengen visa

Croatia Airlines Gets Speedy Government Aid before EU Entry

2012-11-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

National carrier Croatia Airlines has just received a capital boost of EUR 106 million from the local government. The funds injection has been approved just before the Easter European’s country would join the European Union as a means to avoid strict competition regulations. The funds will be given to Croatia Airlines as a capital increase […]

Tags: Croatia, Croatia Airlines, EU, state aid

Russia’s Lavrov Paints Free Visa Discussions Pure Political

2012-10-13 by Phil Butler

Sergey Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov echoed concerns that the European Union is stalling on a decision on the long awaited EU-Russia free visa issue. Lavrov, speaking at a meeting of the Association of European Businesses last Monday, suggested the delays have been purely political.

Tags: EaP, Eastern Partnership, EU, EU Commission, European commission, free visa, visa

Single European Sky Meetings Take Off in Cyprus

2012-10-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Turkish Airlines

Yesterday key officials began a conference in Limassol (Cyprus) to try and get back on track in important transportation initiative for Europe, the so called Single European Sky aviation project to create a single European airspace. Despite widespread support and the logic of unifying European airspace however, nearly a decade has passed with mediocre progress toward this end.

Tags: air traffic, BALTIC FAB, EU, EU Airspace, Europe airlines, FAB, Limassol, NEFAB Estonia, NUAC Denmark, SES

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