Climate activists disrupt air traffic at German airport; UK police arrest nine

YEREVAN, JULY 24, ARMENPRESS. Germany's Cologne-Bonn airport temporarily stopped all flights on Wednesday after climate activist group Last Generation glued their hands to a runway and said that was "just the beginning," with similar action planned globally within weeks, Reuters reports.

Also on Wednesday, British police said in a post on X they had arrested nine activists from climate campaign group Just Stop Oil for conspiring to disrupt Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest.

According to Reuters, it was not clear if the two actions were coordinated, though the German group said British airports would be among several targeted by climate activists on Wednesday.

Cologne-Bonn airport, Germany's sixth-largest, said it resumed operations during the morning after halting all flights shortly before 0400 GMT.

Last Generation earlier said on X that it had blocked air traffic at the airport, and published pictures of several activists with their hands glued to the runway.

"That was just the beginning today. Over the next few weeks, we will repeat this in Germany, Europe and globally," Activist Ronja Kuenkler of Last Generation said at a media briefing.

The group earlier predicted protests at airports across Europe and North America for Wednesday, but no major disruptions have been reported, and some attempts were foiled, the report adds.

In Norway, three activists were apprehended early on Wednesday after cutting a hole in a fence and briefly making it onto a runway at Oslo Airport, local police said.