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Feeling the heat
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.
Belgium: From the ends of the Earth
Kate Camp shares her experience of visiting the former battlefields of Ypres in Belgium.
Bar/fly: Moniack Castle, Inverness
In a castle in Scotland, Kevin Pilley quaffs mead in the search of a new coiffure.
Manchester: Industrial revelation
Mancunian Steve McCabe revisits his hometown and finds a cosmopolitan city has sprung up among the dark satanic mills.
Does McDonald's deserve an EU tax break?
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.
Scenes from German energy revolution
For Berliner Anke Seemann, Germany's energy transformation is the chance to exercise her green conscience.
Italy: Battle for Abruzzo's heart
In one region in Italy, some are rethinking the future of tourism, writes Venetia Sherson.
France: The angel's scent
Farrah has a nose for divine earthy truffles buried deep in the Bordeaux soil. Catherine Masters meets a talented collie.
Electric cars boosts demand for coal
As the world tries to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and combat climate change, policymakers have pinned hopes on electric cars.
Croatia: Exploring Marco's origins
On a fine Croatian island, Winston Aldworth learns of local claims to a great traveller.
Pfizer's Viagra tax dollars head to Dublin
Ireland is about to get a new biggest company, and it's only a little smaller than the nation's entire economy.
Norway: Leaders of the pack (+VIDEO)
With Mads and Borge in harness, Grant Bradley is in safe paws gliding through the pine forests above the Arctic Circle.
Bonding with the mountain
James Edgar accomplishes his mission of skiing in the tracks of 007 in Soelden.
Berlin: Over the wall to freedom
On a freezing evening in Berlin, Ewan McDonald walks among the ghosts of those who paid the ultimate price for a new life.
Italy: Access all arias in Modena
He lived, he loved, he sang, he ate. Ewan McDonald hangs out in Luciano Pavarotti's modest retreat in northern Italy.
Donna Miles-Mojab: West must work with Muslims to fight Isis
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.
London: A Kiwi in the Tower
They represent the historic face of Britain and are a famous tourist attraction in their own right, Susan Buckland discovers.
Portugal: Idle romanticism in Lisbon
Any excuse will do for a visit to one of the great southern European capital cities, writes Michael Lamb.
Cruising: Where the wild things are
Danger is never far away on an Arctic expedition, writes Sarah Marshall.
Croatia: The TV star of Dalmatia
On the cobbled streets of Dubrovnik, Winston Aldworth marvels at one of the world's prettiest cities.
VW boss tells workers to have more fun
New CEO's surprising message for employees at embattled carmaker.
Italy: Coasting into euphoria
Charming vistas and idyllic villages of Italy's Ligurian coast fuel an indecent obsession for Carol Smith.
A trek around peaks of perfection
What's not to love about a country that offers mind-blowing scenery and a bit of James Bond?
Matt O'Brien: Global zero interest rates likely to stay
Europe is going to have zero interest rates for a lot longer, and that is going to make it harder for the United States to stop having them itself.
Can Silicon Valley solve the Syrian refugee crisis?
Kickstarter, Twitter, Airbnb and Instacart - are working to adapt their platforms and technologies to help solve the refugee crisis.
France: Wining up the river
Catherine Masters travelled Bordeaux by river ship - here she takes a look at some of the destinations and ancient history of the famous wine region.
Bar/fly: Jamaica Inn, Cornwall
Bookworms, history buffs and thirsty hikers are all in their element at the Jamaica Inn, writes Steve McKenna.
England: Concise Oxford history
The historic nooks and crannies of the classic, sedate university city leaves Patricia Greig feeling like Alice in Wonderland.