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Genoa: Lost and found in old byways
Memories come flooding back when Susan Buckland revisits a city of grace and grandeur.
Denmark needs more babies!
The birth rate in Denmark is at a 27-year low. This advert from Danish Travel agency Spies wants the Danish People to solve their population crisis... in the old fashioned way. And it's also a competition for the locals to win. Courtesy Spies Rejser
Mafia's annual income now surpasses that of the EU
The combined turnover of Italy's Mafia groups has now overtaken that of the European Union's budget as the mob spreads its tendrils overseas, a senior government adviser has warned.
Bar/fly: The Oxford Bar, Edinburgh
Ewan McDonald cops a serve in Detective Inspector Rebus' favourite watering-hole.
Tenerife: Secret seaside
A wrong turn on the motorway led Colin Nicholson to Las Teresitas, one of the best beaches in the Canary Islands.
Judge blasts ludicrous divorce cases
A High Court judge has launched an extraordinary attack on out of control foreign divorce cases being fought in England by wealthy couples who are squeezing out needy litigants.
Ireland: For the love of the game
In the south of Ireland, the sport of hurling is the focus of a community's sense of itself, writes Peter Calder.
Paris finds bizarre solution for smog
Paris drastically reduced its smog problem by banning half of all private cars and motor-bikes and almost all trucks on Monday.
Europeans have gotten whiter
European humans have become "whiter" in the past 5,000 years, undergoing a distinct change in their DNA due to natural selection, according to scientists.
Five top castles to holiday at
Live like the royals did - if only for a night. Lynn O'Rourke Hayes scopes out cool castles.
Bar/fly: Wales
A century after the Welsh poet's birth, Kevin Pilley wonders what Dylan Thomas would make of his old boozer.
Switzerland: Face to face with human pain
The impact of tragedy is made real to Rosemarie North at Geneva's Red Cross museum.
European cruise: History passing you by
Catherine Masters enjoys a kaleidoscope of European sights from her floating hotel.
Ireland: The walls hatred built
Graham Reid feels the impact of grand gestures at Ireland's infamous Jealous Wall.
Five top things to do in Dublin
Megan Singleton reveals her spoon skills in a quest to find five things to do in Dublin.
Test the endless autobahn
Germany drives home its rich automobile history, writes Diana Plater.
Croatia's crystal coastline
Jared Savage joins a yacht trip that opens his eyes to high-spirited fun on Balkan waters.
Scotland told entry to EU 'impossible'
An independent Scotland would find it extremely difficult if not impossible to join the European Union, the President of the European Commission has warned.
The etiquette of Auschwitz
Jared Savage confronts a tourist who's seemingly unaffected by the former concentration camp's sombre atmosphere.
Topless protesters fight abortion law
Bare-breasted feminists hurled knickers at the archbishop of Madrid as he arrived at church in protest at his support for a tightening of Spain's abortion law.
Cruising: Capital view of history
Catherine Masters cruises the Danube, taking in central Europe's stunning cities.
Bar/fly: Munich
Jamie Morton learns the definition of super-sizing in Munich's leafy beer gardens.
Italy: Viva bella Roma
Among the ruins, Russell Maclennan-Jones imagines life in ancient Ostia.
Billionaire sorry for saying rich are like Jews in Nazi Germany
Billionaire Tom Perkins has apologised after he sparked outrage by saying that rich Americans are being persecuted like 'Jews in Nazi Germany'.