Verdi has also called for strikes at German airports on Monday. At 13 airports in Germany, employees in passenger control, ...

The workers began their strike at 4:00 am (0300 GMT ... 85 of the 417 flights scheduled for Sunday, a day when the Geneva airport was expecting 52,000 passengers to travel through.

International Women's Rights Day saw some 4,800 demonstrators march in the Swiss cities of Lausanne and Geneva on Saturday.