1.   Media reports said farmers have threatened to blockade the airport in Iraklion, the largest city on the island of Crete, later this week.

2.   On Tuesday, bomb threats closed major shopping malls, protesters blockaded the airport and a bank was strafed by gunfire.

3.   The Croatian government has not publicly acknowledged their presence, though the hotel would normally close in winter and the nearby small airport is blockaded by Croatian military police.

4.   Thousands of Sydney residents plan to blockade the airport to protest the noise of jetliners diverted over their neighborhoods by the opening of a new third runway.