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Siberia: Cold shouldered on the tundra
The Russian village of Oymyakon is generally known as the world's coldest permanently inhabited place.
Govt forced paper to destroy files
The British Government has forced the Guardian to destroy files or face a court battle over its publication of US security secrets leaked by Edward Snowden.
Northern Ireland: King country
Fantasy nerds: if you've ever fancied yourself on the throne at Kings Landing, battling for the right to the Seven Kingdoms, here's your chance.
Norway: Water therapy
The fjord-indented coastline delights Gillian Orr during the long daylight hours.
France: Living the simple life
At a remote spot deep in the French countryside, Britons Bob and Diane Kirkwood have created an eco-friendly refuge that is like taking a step back in time.
Visiting the ABBA museum
Sweden unveiled a permanent monument to arguably its greatest cultural influences since the Vikings this northern Spring... Abba The Museum.
Five weird festivals you didn't know about
If the annual cheese roll in England or wife carrying competition in Finland is too boring for you, here are five very strange ones that might be worth visiting, even if it's just to tweet a pic from.
England: Dark and dastardly deeds
The murky mists of time have thrown up many bizarre tales of legendary Dartmoor, writes Paul Rush.
Turkey: Postcard from a revolution
Ewan McDonald went on a family holiday. The riot police came along too.
Europe missing out on fracking boom: Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron says Europe is "missing out big time" on fracking and Britain will be making a "big mistake" if it shuns shale gas extraction.
Greece: Odyssey to ancient isles
The Greeks invented the most enduring, most popular, most commercially sophisticated and prescient system of governance ever devised, but the nation that perfected democracy seems to be struggling to preserve its economy.