EU opens door to Schengen visa-free travel for five Gulf countries, step could benefit French exporters
France-Visas portal offline for scheduled maintenance, visa applicants urged to plan around 4-hour outage
France-Visas website offline this morning for scheduled maintenance
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Nation-wide airline crew strike notice expires without disruption after unions suspend action
The threatened 17-21 October airline crew strike was officially lifted without service disruption, averting what could have been thousands of flight cancellations during France’s school-holiday week. Unions paused action after the government offered fresh talks on pension reform, but warn they could strike later if concessions are not secured.
Paris RATP unlimited strike continues into late October, low-level disruption on metro and RER lines
CGT-RATP’s open-ended strike, active since 28 September, continues to cause minor but chronic delays on Paris metro, RER and bus services. Travellers should build contingency time into itineraries, particularly given overlapping night-time curfews and dense road traffic.