Crispian Balmer
Crispian Balmer works from Rome. Reuters' chief correspondent, Italy, based in Rome. Previously in Jerusalem, Paris, Milan and Madrid. Comments are my own, not Reuters etc etc. Crispian Balmer has over 4856 followers on Twitter.
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/ 21 November 2007

Sabotage hits French railways, strike continues

Widespread sabotage has damaged France’s high-speed rail network and caused huge delays to services already hit by an eight-day transport strike, a senior executive at the SNCF state railways said on Wednesday. The majority of railwaymen are now back at work ahead of the resumption of negotiations in their dispute over pension reform.