Cup next as Barcelona step up treble bid (Gulf Times) MADRID: With one hand already on the domestic championship, Barcelona begin the second stage of their treble bid when they take on Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Kings Cup today.

Madrid airport plagued by delays and cancellations (AFP via Yahoo! News) Dozens of flights were cancelled, and hundreds more delayed, at Madrid's Barajas airport on Saturday due to a labour dispute involving flag carrier Iberia as well as a shortage of air traffic controllers, airline and airport officials said.

Madrid airport plagued by delays and cancellations (TODAYonline) Planes of Spanish carrier Iberia are seen at Barajas airport in Madrid in 2007. Dozens of flights were cancelled, and hundreds more delayed, at Madrid's Barajas airport on Saturday due to a labour dispute involving flag carrier Iberia as well as a shortage of air traffic controllers, airline and airport officials said.

eft.com (eyefortransport.com) Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has extended its sixteen-year working partnership with European Cargo Services (ECS) with the awarding of a new GSA contract to provide sales representation for the airline across Europe and worldwide.

A mother’s love and a broken heart healed (Newton Tab) Gabriella Garcia’s hope was dwindling quickly. Her son lay in a hospital bed, blue in the face and struggling for air. Much of her own energy had washed away after spending two months in a hospital in a foreign country, living on one meal a day and sleeping in a hospital chair.

French court calls trucker back over drugs case (icNewcastle - Evening Chronicle) WHEN innocent trucker John Vasey was freed from a French jail, he thought his nightmare was over.

Where the Government has got it wrong, says Gibraltar Liberal Party leader (Panorama) NEW YEAR MESSAGE 2009 by DR JOSEPH GARCIA MP – GIBRALTAR LIBERAL PARTY LEADER: This year, 2009, will see the 40th anniversary of a series of important events which have marked our history and have had an impact on the development of our identity as a people.

Andorra Aims For New 2008 Skiers (PIZZAHEROS) While some might consider this year - when the first meaningful snow fell in mid March instead of mid November - a rare event, others are considering a future where diversification could be the key to their survival and continued profitability.

Stress and the city (Crain's New York Business) New York is gripped by fear. Are we headed back to the bad old days of the 1970s?

Wrong way? The 2008 travel review (Belfast Telegraph) Could 2008 go down as the traveller's 'annus horribilis'? At the end of a year that saw multiple airline failures, the pound in freefall and record oil prices, Simon Calder reviews 12 dismal months