PARIS (Reuters) -Air France said on Thursday it did not expect any disruption to its flight schedule after minority pilot union Alter called for a strike on June 25 at Air France and its low-cost unit Transavia.

At a sprawling nuclear site in north western France, a banner next to a crane and a still-under-construction water reservoir confidently states: "Final stretch to get Flamanville 3 started safely and securely."

PARIS (Reuters) -Pilot union Alter said on Thursday it was calling for a strike on June 25 at Air France and its low-cost unit Transavia, escalating a labour dispute when Europe's air industry is struggling with staff shortages.

British low-cost carrier EasyJet on Thursday won EU antitrust approval to acquire 18 daily slots at Lisbon airport from Portuguese airline TAP as part of the latter's rescue plan agreed with EU regulators last year.

Pilot and cabin crew unions of Brussels Airlines plan to strike on June 23-25, coinciding with a summit of European Union leaders in the Belgian capital next Thursday and Friday.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Japan's government bond market is being pushed to breaking point in a contest between foreign speculators and the Bank of Japan, creating challenges for loan pricing and bond sales and raising the prospect of government financing tangles down the track.