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Travel news: more Europe airport strikes, Chinese New Year, world’s most expensive Big Mac

January 30, 2014

Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Photo by Ralf Smallkaa, CC BY 2.0

Lonely Planet’s team of destination editors has scoured the web and curated today’s top news stories from around the world: more air traffic control strikes are affecting flights in Europe today, much of Asia begins Lunar New Year celebrations, and where can you find the world’s most expensive Big Mac?

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Stories by Lonely Planet’s Europe Destination Editors: Jo Cooke, James Smart, Brana Vladisavljevic, Kate Morgan and Gemma Graham.

Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Photo by Ralf Smallkaa, CC BY 2.0

Montenegro’s Herceg Novi hosts 45th Mimosa Festival
Montenegro’s Adriatic coast town of Herceg Novi‎ hosts the traditional Mimosa Festival for the 45th time, from 1 to 15 February. The annual festival is named after the bright-yellow Mediterranean flower, which is in full bloom at this time of the year, and celebrates the end of winter, with various tourist, cultural and sports events, including the famous marching majorettes. Source

Boat travel to Bulgarian volcanic-rock island to start in May
From May 2014, five daily boat trips will take visitors from Burgas to St Anastasia Island (known as Bolshevik Island during the communist era) on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. The tiny volcanic-rock island – which was the setting of the 2011 movie The Island – has a monastery, guesthouse, restaurant and a small museum. Source

Firefighters battle to control Norway fires
More than 300 residents have been evacuated from their homes on the island of Fr

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