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France, Italy in push to scrap 2025 car emission fines
Fining carmakers counterproductive and no good for EV transition, French minister says.
Eurostar is Europe’s worst-ranked rail operator – study
Eurostar ticket prices do not correlate with higher service quality, study says.
Kiwi skier wins bronze at Slopestyle World Cup
Ruby Star Andrews has claimed her second slopestyle World Cup medal.
In Hitler’s birthplace, soul-searching over a poisonous past
New York Times: Debate over what should be done with house Hitler was born in.
Adolf Hitler’s birthplace to become police station
Police are expected to occupy Adolf Hitler's birthplace in early 2026.
Artworks returned to heirs of performer killed in Holocaust
The works were stolen while their owner was held in Dachau.
Tourist dies after falling from 'stairway to heaven'
It was an adventure of a lifetime. It ended in a 42-year-old losing his life.
She danced with Putin at her wedding. Now the former Austrian foreign minister has moved to Russia
Former Austrian foreign minister has moved to Russia.
Austrians block tunnel to picturesque lake in overtourism protest
Residents of a photogenic Austrian blocked access roads this weekend.
Country offers free rail travel … if you get a tattoo
Young festival-goers gladly put their skin on the line for €1000 of free travel.
Steve Braunias: Making life more beautiful: A portrait of my father
OPINION: "I grew up in the shadow of my father's name, on a sign above the garage."
NZ or Australia? Global index reveals which country is best to live in
One country is a clear winner in this year's ranking.
F&P Healthcare cleared for $275m land deal, 104ha expansion
The new site will be a second R&D and manufacturing campus to grow operations.
Let it go: Town that inspired Frozen builds selfie barriers for tourists
The wooden barriers blocked the village's top photo spot.
Austrian officials in meeting with Northland iwi for return of stolen taonga
Austrian grave robber Andreas Reischek stole Ngāti Hine taonga in the late 1880s.
The monster speaks: Josef Fritzl reveals dark hopes for the future
The notorious Austrian has spoken about his disturbing hopes for the future.
My stay at a weight-loss clinic that costs $150,000 a week
Times: Clients stay in 7-star luxury with a team of experts - but does it actually work?
Vienna nudists oppose plans for cable car over their beach
Austrian nudists up in arms over cable car planned to pass over beach.
Love letters, 'good man': Incest monster Josef Fritzl's disturbing new book
Fritzl has made astonishing claims in a new book detailing lack of remorse.
Daughters of ex-prisoners of war talk of their fathers' lives
Joanne Ruscoe and Suzanne Roberts discovered they had something extraordinary in common.
Who is helping? The massive aid effort underway after Turkey quake
Engineers, soldiers, paramedics, search dogs & handlers on way as world pitches in.
'Amazing' Kiwi schoolboy ski champ killed in avalanche
Three people are said to have died in the disaster.
Kiwi teen reportedly killed in avalanche in Austria
Three people are said to have died in the disaster.
Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100
Glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, study finds.
Christmas travel: Visiting the Austrian town where Silent Night was born
Stand in the very spot where Silent Night was first sung.
Capital of cool: Why Vienna is a must for art fans and coffee-lovers
It's been named as the most liveable city, and it ticks all the boxes for visitors too
New fire trucks to replace ageing vehicles at South Island airports
Firefighters from South Island airports trained with four new fire trucks from Austria.