BRUSSELS — The airspace over Europe is almost completely free of any remnants of the volcanic ash cloud that caused massive flight disruptions over the past week, the European air traffic agency said today.

Eurocontrol said the ash cloud is restricted to an area between Iceland and the northwestern tip of Scotland.

For the first time since the April 14 eruption, Iceland's major international airport was closed today after shifting winds blew the ash cloud toward the capital of Reykjavik, west of the volcano. Trans-Atlantic flights on Icelandair that usually stop in Iceland were being rerouted through Glasgow in Scotland.

The small airports at Kirkwall, Wick, Inverness and Stornoway in northern Scotland also were closed because of ash.

Flights across the rest of Europe were expected to proceed normally, said Eurocontrol spokeswoman Kyla Evans. About 29,000 flights were scheduled.

MADRID — A hospital in Spain said it carried out the world's first full face transplant.The Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona said the patient, a young man, was given an entire new face, including skin, jaws, chin, nose, cheeks, teeth and muscles in a 24-hour operation performed in late March by a 30-member medical team.The hospital said the patient lost his face in an accident five years ago and has since had to breathe and be fed through tubes.

BEIJING — Chinese authorities said today Buddhist monks were advised to leave an earthquake zone in a Tibetan region because specialized personnel were needed for reconstruction work, rejecting accusations they had been told to leave for political reasons.The death toll from last week's earthquake rose to 2,187, with schoolchildren accounting for some 200 deaths.