Thomas Bywater charts Dom Perignon's rise with the winemaker's outgoing chef de cave.

Visiting charming old towns is as easy as one-two-three on an organised overland tour.

NATO warned Moscow may try to open a new front along Europe's eastern flank.

New study on cannabis' mental harms reflects earlier findings - New Zealand expert

The answer to Europe's stalling birthrates might just be to take a vacation.

Italy's cave town Matera has been named as one of the EU's Capitals of Culture for 2019.

NZ World War I photographer's medals to be displayed before Anzac Day.

COMMENT: Europeans are not in a mood to help Britain through Brexit, Shane Te Pou finds.

Two new landmark agreements between the EU and Japan have come into effect.

A Nazi war criminal is facing a new investigation for hate speech.

Those who eat breakfast consume significantly more calories than those who skip the meal.

Eli Orzessek goes off piste on an art-lover's trek from Switzerland to Germany and back.

What hasn't changed is that we still wish to keep in touch and share our experiences.

The painting was a tribute to the victims of 2015 terror attack at Bataclan music hall.

First wife of missing English footballer Emiliano Sala's pilot lives in Auckland.

PM has completed with trip to Europe with high-level meetings with EU leaders

'Investigate the football mafia because I don't believe this was an accident.'

Auckland communist grocer convicted over seditious books.

Fonterra says milk production is running ahead of forecast.

Amsterdam is still the wonderful place Anthony Horowitz remembers from his student days.

All the news and comment about the developments.

Disaster for Theresa May as Brexit deal hammered in vote by MPs.

UK PM Theresa May's job on the line in crucial Brexit vote this morning.

The world of blue has a breathtaking home in Morocco's ancient Rif Mountains.

The cobbled streets are a top attaction but few realise they are walking on a dark secret.

The Guardian reports that the EU is preparing to delay Brexit until at least July.

At least four people are dead and almost 50 injured after explosion at Paris bakery.

When the arch collapsed into the sea it was a tragedy, for film and beach lovers alike.

Reported drone sighting grounded flights at UK's busiest airport for an hour.

Details have emerged about the deaths of five teens who were killed inside a escape room.