Latest from Europe

Kiwi votes too late for UK election
Britain's beleaguered election officials face more criticism after it emerged eligible voters living in New Zealand missed out on casting their ballot.

Ash cloud causes sky-high traffic jam
The ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano is still causing havoc for flights across the Atlantic.

Big parties woo Britain's kingmaker
Britain's election has turned into political drama, with David Cameron making an offer to the Lib-Dems.

Regulators search for clues to market plunge
Did a single trader mistakenly punch in 'billion' instead of 'million' when making a trade?

Good reason for an epic adventure
Before hitting the road for a 25,000km motorbike odyssey, Rob Gray meets some of the children at Living Hope, the charity in Vladivostok that will benefit from funds raised on the trip.

World shares keep falling on Greek worries
World shares markets have kept plunging overnight, as fears about Greece's debt problems fail to subside.

Chic incarnate
Intelligent, mischievous and absurdly glamorous, French model and eternally beautiful style icon Ines de la Fressange gives a rare interview.

Three dead in Greek riots
Riots over harsh new austerity measures left three bank workers dead and engulfed the streets of Athens overnight.

Forward thinking: A send-off fit for a Captain
He was prepared to steer his boat into any weather, ride his Harley fast and drive his Corvette faster. I never knew the guy, but it's clear he was a legend - and a hoot.

Athens braces for strikes, rioting
A general strike in Greece over the next 24 hours is expected to paralyse the country.

Ask Lonely Planet: Glugging and gloating around Tuscany
Everywhere in Tuscany is well-travelled - especially in summertime - but after Florence, anywhere will seem comparatively peaceful, even the hubs of Siena and Lucca.

Smugglers' high-tech tricks
EUROPE: Traffickers mixing cocaine with plastic to make innocent-looking goods for shipment.

Cordoba: A world away
Liz Light explores the Spanish city of Cordoba - Hamilton's antipodal opposite.

Polanski breaks silence over US extradition case
The filmmaker said yesterday that the US is demanding his extradition from Switzerland on a 33-year-old sex case largely to serve him "on a platter to the media".

Thorny issues set to make actress a household name
At 20, actress Imogen Poots has already tackled the issues of incest, one-night stands and sex with older men without missing a beat.

Burqa banned in Belgium
The first European ban on the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public is poised to come into force in Belgium.

Greece agrees to savage cuts
Greece and the wider eurozone scrambled back from the brink of disaster again on Friday as the outline of an IMF/eurozone rescue package emerged.