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Travel Europe News Archive11-Apr-2006
Compass agrees to sell travel services business (International Herald Tribune)The world's largest caterer said it had agreed to sell its Travel services business to a group of investors for £1.82 billion.
Europe Imposes Travel Restrictions on Belarus Officials (New York Times)The European Union today blocking their entrance to much of Europe as punishment for election tampering and violent crackdowns.
Pensioners of Europe Campaign for Security (KiplingerForecasts.com)With cheap health care, easy travel, and generous retirement benefits, many European pensioners enjoy the good life.
European travel: Do a little research first (USA Today)Just in time for high season for travel to Europe, the dollar is up 12% against the euro roughly $1.22 to a euro. If you're planning to head over in the next few months and you want to visit more than one destination on the continent, do a little research before you go about how to travel once you're there.
Europe: Many Options for Plane and Train (AP via Yahoo! News) Just in time for high season for travel to Europe, the dollar is up 12 percent against the euro ? just over $1.20 to a euro ? a dramatic recovery from the low rates of March 2005.
Pensioners of Europe Campaign for Security (AP via Yahoo! Finance) With cheap health care, easy travel, and generous retirement benefits, many European pensioners enjoy the good life. But shrinking birth rates and a rapidly aging population mean that seniors face an uncertain future -- prompting governments to think hard about how to ward off a looming pension crisis.
Belarus hits back at EU travel ban (Aljazeera)Belarus has responded to a travel ban imposed on the country's leaders by the European Union with a vow to reciprocate with similar restrictions.
Make tracks in Europe (Guardian Unlimited)Travel: Mark Smith, aka 'the Man in Seat Sixty-One', explains how to cross Europe without getting on a plane.
Catering group Compass sells travel concession arm (AFP via Yahoo! News) British caterer Compass Group informed stock market authorities of the sale of its travel concession catering unit, Select Service Partner, for a total of 1.822 billion pounds (2.627 billion euros, 3.180 billion dollars).
Europe's lunar vision blossoms (BBC News)Planting flowers on the surface of the moon is among the ideas being considered by Europe's space scientists.
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