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Genoa: Lost and found in old byways

Memories come flooding back when Susan Buckland revisits a city of grace and grandeur.

UK smog dangers remain clouded

Denmark needs more babies!

The birth rate in Denmark is at a 27-year low. This advert from Danish Travel agency Spies wants the Danish People to solve their population crisis... in the old fashioned way. And it's also a competition for the locals to win. Courtesy Spies Rejser

Mafia's annual income now surpasses that of the EU

The combined turnover of Italy's Mafia groups has now overtaken that of the European Union's budget as the mob spreads its tendrils overseas, a senior government adviser has warned.

Bar/fly: The Oxford Bar, Edinburgh

Ewan McDonald cops a serve in Detective Inspector Rebus' favourite watering-hole.

Tenerife: Secret seaside

A wrong turn on the motorway led Colin Nicholson to Las Teresitas, one of the best beaches in the Canary Islands.

Judge blasts ludicrous divorce cases

A High Court judge has launched an extraordinary attack on out of control foreign divorce cases being fought in England by wealthy couples who are squeezing out needy litigants.

Ireland: For the love of the game

In the south of Ireland, the sport of hurling is the focus of a community's sense of itself, writes Peter Calder.

Paris finds bizarre solution for smog

Paris drastically reduced its smog problem by banning half of all private cars and motor-bikes and almost all trucks on Monday.

Five top things to do in Dublin

Megan Singleton reveals her spoon skills in a quest to find five things to do in Dublin.

Test the endless autobahn

Germany drives home its rich automobile history, writes Diana Plater.

Croatia's crystal coastline

Jared Savage joins a yacht trip that opens his eyes to high-spirited fun on Balkan waters.

Scotland told entry to EU 'impossible'

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

The etiquette of Auschwitz

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

Topless protesters fight abortion law

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.

Cruising: Capital view of history

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

Bar/fly: Munich

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

Italy: Viva bella Roma

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