Connected by a scene-stealing Swiss rail journey and close enough to be combined in a week's skiing, these resorts offer an embarrassment of activities and diversions.

Two of the Swiss resorts that invented winter sporting pastimes are still the best, writes Leslie Woit.

Scaling the Matterhorn is something best done while you're young, says Alpine guide Rudi Steindl.

Executives in Zurich, Geneva and Sydney are the best paid in the world after taxes, according to a survey by Swiss bank UBS - but Auckland workers are not flourishing to the same extent.

Brooke Fraser hochster Neu-Einstieg in die Charts. That's right, the lovely Kiwi songstress "is the highest new entry in the German charts" and her third album, Flags, has sent the European world a-Twitter.

British anti-euthanasia campaigners accused Sir Terry Pratchett and the BBC of "cheerleading" for a change in legislation.

Megan Singleton discovers beautiful cities in a whistlestop train journey.

Jaguar will take the covers off a new sedan at the Geneva motor show next week.

Old name brought back for new model.

Switzerland upheld its reputation for having one of the most liberal yet lethal firearms laws in Europe.

Australian soccer chiefs are optimistic the Wellington Phoenix's current economic crisis would be solved before the playoffs.

The Wellington Phoenix remains confident in their future, despite the Inland Revenue seeking to liquidate the company which owns the club.

Terry Serepisos is heading to Switzerland in a bid to save the Wellington Phoenix from liquidation.

Peter Andre has called in lawyers after he found his daughter Princess Tiaamii with a three-inch burn on her back.

New Zealand wines of genuine distinction and world class status are not legion, but they do exist. Some tick some of the boxes some of the time. A few seem to get it dead right most of the time.

Power elite look down on the rest of us, but they still want to be admired. Well, tough.