The impact of tragedy is made real to Rosemarie North at Geneva's Red Cross museum.

Catherine Masters enjoys a kaleidoscope of European sights from her floating hotel.

Graham Reid meets a New Zealander who is living the dream in Spain.

Graham Reid feels the impact of grand gestures at Ireland's infamous Jealous Wall.

Megan Singleton reveals her spoon skills in a quest to find five things to do in Dublin.

Germany drives home its rich automobile history, writes Diana Plater.

Jared Savage joins a yacht trip that opens his eyes to high-spirited fun on Balkan waters.

An independent Scotland would find it extremely difficult if not impossible to join the European Union, the President of the European Commission has warned.

Jared Savage confronts a tourist who's seemingly unaffected by the former concentration camp's sombre atmosphere.

Jamie Morton learns the definition of super-sizing in Munich's leafy beer gardens.

Among the ruins, Russell Maclennan-Jones imagines life in ancient Ostia.

Billionaire Tom Perkins has apologised after he sparked outrage by saying that rich Americans are being persecuted like 'Jews in Nazi Germany'.

Nigella Lawson's ex-husband Charles Saatchi has challenged a journalist to a karate cage fight, after he wrote a column critical of him - and it's being taken up.

Jamie Morton stops by the Swiss lakeside and its romantic grand hotel.

The Pope’s new Spanish Cardinal has called homosexuality a physical “defect” that can be cured, it has been reported.

Wynyard Group has signed a global partnership deal with UK-based Arquebus Solutions to deliver gun crime intelligence software for the law enforcement market.

She may be a professional rider and former Olympian, but sporty Zara Phillips has no intention of being a hands-off mother.

Julie Gayet, the actress thought to be having an affair with French President Francois Hollande, is reported to be pregnant.

The cruisy life on a river ship appeals to Justine Tyerman.

A cruise along one of Europe's most famous waterways aboard the MS Beethoven takes in the sights of Hungary, Slovakia and Austria.

Mother Nature puts on an unexpected show for Graham Bright and his wife during a cruise aboard Cunard's Queen Elizabeth.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking creator Astrid Lingren lived for more than half a century is set to be opened to the public.

William Hageman revisits a favourite haunt and is relieved to find its character has endured a recent spruce-up.

Belgian citizenship may be a big draw for French stars looking to ease their tax bills, but it seems their neighbours are increasingly discerning about who they accept.

The United Nations has said it will need nearly $13 billion in aid in 2014 to reach at least 52 million people in 17 countries, including the millions of Syrians who have been displaced by their civil war.