An independent Scotland would find it extremely difficult if not impossible to join the European Union, the President of the European Commission has warned.

Jared Savage confronts a tourist who's seemingly unaffected by the former concentration camp's sombre atmosphere.

Bare-breasted feminists hurled knickers at the archbishop of Madrid as he arrived at church in protest at his support for a tightening of Spain's abortion law.

Catherine Masters cruises the Danube, taking in central Europe's stunning cities.

Jamie Morton learns the definition of super-sizing in Munich's leafy beer gardens.

Among the ruins, Russell Maclennan-Jones imagines life in ancient Ostia.

Billionaire Tom Perkins has apologised after he sparked outrage by saying that rich Americans are being persecuted like 'Jews in Nazi Germany'.

Nigella Lawson's ex-husband Charles Saatchi has challenged a journalist to a karate cage fight, after he wrote a column critical of him - and it's being taken up.

Wynyard Group has signed a global partnership deal with UK-based Arquebus Solutions to deliver gun crime intelligence software for the law enforcement market.

She may be a professional rider and former Olympian, but sporty Zara Phillips has no intention of being a hands-off mother.

An Italian MP has “blacked up” to deliver a staggering anti-immigration rant in the country’s parliament.

Who's taking the brunt of the Hollande affair? In a very French twist, it looks like it's the jilted first lady - who's been hospitalised since she found out.

Julie Gayet, the actress thought to be having an affair with French President Francois Hollande, is reported to be pregnant.

A cruise along one of Europe's most famous waterways aboard the MS Beethoven takes in the sights of Hungary, Slovakia and Austria.

The cruisy life on a river ship appeals to Justine Tyerman.

William Hageman revisits a favourite haunt and is relieved to find its character has endured a recent spruce-up.

Belgian citizenship may be a big draw for French stars looking to ease their tax bills, but it seems their neighbours are increasingly discerning about who they accept.

The United Nations has said it will need nearly $13 billion in aid in 2014 to reach at least 52 million people in 17 countries, including the millions of Syrians who have been displaced by their civil war.

About 200,000 anti-government protesters converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital in a dramatic show of morale after nearly four weeks of daily protests.