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Train strike over pay disrupts 8,000 connections across Austria
The 24-hour walkout comes after a fifth spherical of negotiations fell by, affecting rail transport in any respect ranges.
Austrian rail site visitors has floor to a halt, impacting about 8,000 connections and a few a million passengers, as employees maintain a 24-hour strike after one other spherical of pay negotiations fell by.
Monday’s strike affected transport in any respect ranges, from public transport to regional providers and long-distance evening trains, in addition to rail freight traces.
The primary rail employees’ union had referred to as for a 400 euro ($417) month-to-month pay rise for the sector’s 50,000 staff. They have been provided 208 euros ($217) as an alternative, plus a one-off fee of 1,000 euros ($1,042).
The union referred to as Monday’s “warning strike” after a fifth spherical of negotiations fell by on Sunday.
The top of the nation’s rail community mentioned providers could be roughly again to regular by the next day.
“I don’t wish to rule out the opportunity of irregularities on one prepare or the opposite, however basically I count on that we are going to be again to serving our prospects with the same old high quality as of Tuesday,” OeBB chief Andreas Matthae informed the ORF radio broadcaster.
Wedged between eight nations, together with the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Switzerland, Austria is a vital hub for European rail journey.
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The mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico has been killed just one week after he took office, officials said Sunday.
Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, hijacked a government armored car and took police hostage in 2023 to win the release of arrested suspects.
Chilpancingo is the capital of Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located.
The state prosecutors’ office issued a statement Sunday confirming Arcos had been killed, but provided no details.
SHOOTING NEAR LUXURY MEXICO RESORT LEAVES 1 DEAD, SUSPECTS FLEE ON JET SKIS Alejandro Moreno, the national leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, lamented Arcos’ killing and said the newly installed secretary of the city council had also been murdered three days earlier.
“They had been in office less than a week,” Moreno wrote on his social media accounts. “They were young and honest public servants who were seeking progress for their community.”
Supporters of slain Mayor Alejandro Arcos place candles and flowers at the entrance of the municipal building one week after he took office in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
Chilpancingo has long been the scene of bloody turf battles between two drug gangs, the Ardillos and the Tlacos. The battle has resulted in dozens of gruesome killings and some high-profile scandals.
A previous mayor was caught on video apparently holding a meeting with leaders of one of the gangs at a restaurant. She was subsequently expelled from her party. In July 2023, federal officials said a demonstration held by hundreds of people in Chilpancingo that month had been organized by the Ardillos gang to win the release of two gang leaders arrested for drugs and weapons possession.
The demonstrators largely blocked all traffic on the highway between Mexico City and Acapulco for two days, battled security forces and commandeered a police armored truck and used it to ram down the gates of the state legislature building.
The demonstrators abducted 10 members of the state police and National Guard, as well as three state and federal officials, and held them hostage to enforce their demands before releasing them.
How can the EU break the current deadlock in the Middle East? And what stance can we expect from the EU’s next top diplomat, Kaja Kallas? Radio Schuman spoke to Martin Konecny, director of the European Middle East Project.
Monday marked a year since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, which led Brussels to repeat its calls for a ceasefire and the immediate release of hostages.
One year later, Europe is still not on the same page, and in just a few weeks, Kaja Kallas, the former Estonian prime minister, will become the EU’s new foreign policy chief.
But Kallas is known to be less committed and outspoken on the Middle East than the current High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borell.
So, what can we expect from Kallas, and how can the EU break the current deadlock in the Middle East? Martin Konecny, director of the European Middle East Project, an independent civil society hub on EU policy towards Israel and Palestine is our guest today.
On the EU’s daily menu, get ready for a first taste of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Ahead of his big speech on Wednesday outlining his vision for Hungary’s six-month turn at the EU’s rotating presidency, Orbán will hold a press conference with MEP Kinga Gál at 2:30 pm today that could steal some of the limelight from a parliamentary debate on the EU’s car industry and… himself.
Lastly, Radio Schuman dives into one of the EU’s toughest challenges: a serious shortage of doctors, nurses and other healthcare pros. Curious about which countries rely most on foreign medical staff? Here’s a hint: Northern Europe’s where to look.
You can read the full story on Euronews Health.
Radio Schuman is hosted and produced by Maïa de la Baume, with journalist and production assistant Paula Soler, audio editing by Zacharia Vigneron and music by Alexandre Jas.
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