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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.

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.

Norway: Slow train into the cold yonder

Hardy men with pick-axes cut through tough terrain a century ago so a snug Grant Bradley could relish views that can only be described as spectacular.

Italy: What they do in the shadows

They talk a lot about the light in Tuscany, but Michael Lamb found the darkness just as intriguing in Siena.

EU Commissioner seeks trade with NZ

Yesterday European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström, announced she would seek approval from the European Union to launch trade negotiations with New Zealand.