5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (80+ words) Nation-wide rail strike snarls Italian business travel as 2026 opens'VisaHQ Italian rail passengers woke on Saturday to mass cancellations after an eight-hour walkout by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) maintenance crews overlapped with a separate 24-hour strike by train drivers and conductors…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (905+ words) Ryanair Names Spain the Worst ATC "Grinch" After 197,000 Passengers Delayed Over Christmas'VisaHQ Low-cost carrier Ryanair escalated its long-running feud with European air-traffic providers on 9 January 2026, publishing a "League Table of ATC Grinches" that singles out Spain"s air-navigation service (ENAIRE)…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (302+ words) ETIAS Postponed Again: Travellers to Spain Won't Need EU Travel Permit Until 2027VisaHQ Holidaymakers and business travellers heading to Spain can breathe a little easier: the European Union has quietly confirmed yet another delay to its long-awaited European Travel Information and…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (232+ words) Air-traffic-controller walkout cancels 933 flights across France, triggering Europe-wide ripple effects'VisaHQ A nationwide strike by French air-traffic controllers on 9 January led to the cancellation of 933 flights, according to industry outlet AK&M citing data from Airlines for Europe Two of the…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (216+ words) Co-ordinated Airport and Local-Transport Strikes on 910 January Snarl Business Travel'VisaHQ Multiple unions representing ground-handling agents, air-traffic technicians, regional airline crews and urban-transit workers staged overlapping 24- and 48-hour strikes starting Friday, 9 January The action shut down baggage-handling services at Milan Linate,…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (328+ words) Spanish Watchdog Slams Residence-Permit Process as "Digital Lottery" After Appointment-Bot Scandal'VisaHQ Spain's Economic and Social Council (CES) issued a scathing opinion on 9 January 2026, describing the country's residence-permit appointment system as a "digital lottery" that leaves tens of thousands of foreigners…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (672+ words) Spain Crowned World's Top Destination for Digital Nomads in 2025 Rankings'VisaHQ Spain's decade-long push to lure location-independent talent appears to be paying off Two independent studies released on 9 January 2026the Global Digital Nomad Visa Index and Savills' Executive Nomad Indexboth placed Spain…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (304+ words) Coordinated Airport and Transport Strikes on 9 January Threaten Business Travel'VisaHQ Italy's first major labour action of 2026 will hit on Friday, 9 January, when airport ground-handling crews, easyJet and Vueling cabin staff, and urban-transport workers stage overlapping strikes The civil-aviation authority ENAC…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (332+ words) National transport strikes on 9-10 January threaten flight and rail schedules'VisaHQ Italy will kick off 2026 with a fresh wave of industrial action, as multiple unions have called 24- and 48-hour strikes in the aviation, rail and local-transport sectors for Friday 9 and Saturday…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (78+ words) Finnair Traffic Statistics Show Post-Strike Recovery in December 2025VisaHQ Finnair's latest traffic bulletin, released 8 January 2026, paints a cautiously optimistic picture for corporate travel planners: the airline carried 982,800 passengers in December6 % more than a year earlierdespite lingering softness in Middle-East demand Capacity, measured…...