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.

European Council President Donald Tusk has set out a plan for keeping Britain in the European Union to a mixed reception.

Family of murdered Swedish refugee worker blame migration crisis for her death as police warn they cannot cope with rising violence.

There are reports police are using water cannons on board the ship in an attempt to get the refugess to leave.

Looking back at economies impacted from major world events in 2015.

In Europe the daffodils are in bloom and ski fields are bare in the warmest December ever. John Vidal asks how worrying is the world's strange weather.

Kate Camp shares her experience of visiting the former battlefields of Ypres in Belgium.

In a castle in Scotland, Kevin Pilley quaffs mead in the search of a new coiffure.

Mancunian Steve McCabe revisits his hometown and finds a cosmopolitan city has sprung up among the dark satanic mills.

McDonald's may have unfairly exploited a pact with Luxembourg to avoid tax on hundreds of millions of euros in profits for more than half a decade.

For Berliner Anke Seemann, Germany's energy transformation is the chance to exercise her green conscience.

In one region in Italy, some are rethinking the future of tourism, writes Venetia Sherson.

Paul Rush, a roving hobbit, discovers the true meaning of the 'craic' in the west of Ireland.

As the world tries to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and combat climate change, policymakers have pinned hopes on electric cars.

On a fine Croatian island, Winston Aldworth learns of local claims to a great traveller.

Ireland is about to get a new biggest company, and it's only a little smaller than the nation's entire economy.

With Mads and Borge in harness, Grant Bradley is in safe paws gliding through the pine forests above the Arctic Circle.

James Edgar accomplishes his mission of skiing in the tracks of 007 in Soelden.

On a freezing evening in Berlin, Ewan McDonald walks among the ghosts of those who paid the ultimate price for a new life.

He lived, he loved, he sang, he ate. Ewan McDonald hangs out in Luciano Pavarotti's modest retreat in northern Italy.

A 2009 Gallup survey of European Muslims showed they are just as likely, if not more so, to identify with the country in which they live, than the rest of the population.

Kiwis starting to think about next year's holidays have plenty to choose from in Europe, writes Victoria Clark.

Richard Lawson discovers Greek temples, Christian shrines and many other treasures on a luxurious Mediterranean cruise.

They represent the historic face of Britain and are a famous tourist attraction in their own right, Susan Buckland discovers.

Any excuse will do for a visit to one of the great southern European capital cities, writes Michael Lamb.