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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.

Bar/fly: Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Peter de Graaf enjoys a brew in the Czech Republic.

Europeans have gotten whiter

European humans have become "whiter" in the past 5,000 years, undergoing a distinct change in their DNA due to natural selection, according to scientists.