Emma Pearson

2 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Emma Pearson

It's more than a week since the UK's new ETA travel visa waiver was rolled out to European nationals - and over a month since the system was first opened for applications from EU/EFTA citizens. But many of the thousands of dual national Brits living in Europe say the British government has still failed to provide clear and consistent advice on the rules for them.

2 weeks ago | thelocal.fr | Emma Pearson

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3 weeks ago | thelocal.fr | Emma Pearson

Among the countries hardest hit by new US tariffs announced by Donald Trump on Wednesday are unusual ones - the small African nation of Lesotho and the French autonomous territory of Saint Pierre et Miquelon, which both now have a 50 percent tariff placed on all exports to the US. It's not quite as funny as the tariff placed on the Heard and McDonald islands - inhabited exclusively by penguins - but it's still an unusual choice.

3 weeks ago | thelocal.fr | Emma Pearson

When budget airline easyJet initially announced the closure of its Toulouse-Blagnac 'hub', scheduled for spring 2025, it insisted that this was just an organisational change that would not affect destinations to and from the southern French destinations. However, since then there have been repeated announcements of closures of flight routes on both domestic and international lines.

1 month ago | thelocal.fr | Emma Pearson

On Friday, Eurostar announced two extra services to try to accommodate passengers stranded after Heathrow airport was forced to suspend all flights due to a fire in an electricity substation. Eurostar will run an extra London-Paris service, departing at 3pm, and an extra Paris-London service, departing at 8pm. This is in addition to their regular scheduled routes between the French and UK capitals on Friday. The extra services were announced as being "due to the Heathrow incident".