The world needs to act together on the refugee crisis gripping Europe, European Council president Donald Tusk said yesterday.

Thousands of Kiwis are packing their sunhats and sun cream, preparing for a winter getaway.

We entered the clearing and stopped, breathing hard after snowshoeing through deep powder.

Eurostar rail passenger numbers have fallen as travellers "remain cautious" following the Brussels terror attacks.

The plan was three weeks and then back home. But Kirrily Schwarz has found a way to stretch her money and is still going after eight weeks.

They are the bucket-list destinations tourists are loving to death. Some of these sites have been shut down, while for others the risk lingers.

Britain could sink into a year-long recession if it votes to leave the European Union, finance minister George Osborne warned.

Gliding along the river with a cocktail in hand, as stars twinkle above me, I'm certain there is no better way to travel.

Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homelands.

Well, for one, it's pretty magical to get to experience a white Christmas - sure, it'll be extremely cold, but Europe does Christmas exceptionally well.

Half of Western European men are descended from one Bronze Age "king" who sired a dynasty of nobles which spread throughout Europe, a study has shown.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was asked to reminisce about her fondest moments with President Barack Obama during the seven years of his presidency.

Swiss watch exports posted the biggest quarterly drop since 2009 as the industry faces declining demand across all its main markets.

Three writers share their exciting cruise ship discoveries

Swiss police raided the Uefa yesterday about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers signed by the head of the global football body Fifa.

COMMENT: The only way to seal a frontier is to kill people who try to cross it illegally. The Iron Curtain worked pretty well, for example.

Mention Arnold Schwarzenegger and almost no one will imagine glow-in-the-dark condoms.

To the Belgian beer drinker, the term "craft" beer is not the johnny-come-lately preserve of beardy hipsters quaffing the latest microbrew from jam jars.

Fausto Mottalini, 65, is out to tell the world that a human being can live with a few simple things: food, shelter and above all, uncontaminated nature.

A top European security official warned yesterday that the threat of Isis (Islamic State) attacks is greater than previous assessments.

The final resting place of England's greatest king is somewhere under the asphalt of the car park of a leisure centre in his capital, Winchester.

Survivors tell of chaos and confusion after attacks on the 'Washington of Europe'.

Last week counterterrorism officials and experts gathered in Brussels for a conference on a threat quietly gathering in the city around them.

Erme says the locals' united stand has gone some way to alleviate the climate of fear that once existed, and the violence once demonstrated so publicly by the mob.

Hollande urged the people of Britain not to leave. "I don't want to scare you," he said, "but there will be consequences if the UK decides to leave the EU."

The European Parliament's decision to support negotiations on a free trade agreement with New Zealand has been welcomed by Trade Minister Todd McClay.

Croatia is to Game of Thrones what a Waikato hillside is to fans of The Hobbit.

There's a certain level of chaos in the small beachside writing shed where Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas spent a good amount of time.

Tourists packing cheap new camera drones for tours of Germany might want to leave them behind

Depending on who you ask, it's either the perfect testing site, or a terrible one.