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Cost-cutting begins to bear fruit at Carrefour

US, emerging markets come to aid of Pernod Ricard

Zurich chairman quits after finance chief's death

Poll: French hesitant about Syria military action

Italy repeals property tax in bid for stability

Bertolucci hopes to be surprised by Venice entries

UK's Hague says UN discussions could take days

Swedish boarding school shut down for hazing

France: Living the simple life

At a remote spot deep in the French countryside, Britons Bob and Diane Kirkwood have created an eco-friendly refuge that is like taking a step back in time.

Norway: Water therapy

The fjord-indented coastline delights Gillian Orr during the long daylight hours.

Visiting the ABBA museum

Sweden unveiled a permanent monument to arguably its greatest cultural influences since the Vikings this northern Spring... Abba The Museum.

Five weird festivals you didn't know about

If the annual cheese roll in England or wife carrying competition in Finland is too boring for you, here are five very strange ones that might be worth visiting, even if it's just to tweet a pic from.

England: Dark and dastardly deeds

The murky mists of time have thrown up many bizarre tales of legendary Dartmoor, writes Paul Rush.

Turkey: Postcard from a revolution

Ewan McDonald went on a family holiday. The riot police came along too.

Europe missing out on fracking boom: Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron says Europe is "missing out big time" on fracking and Britain will be making a "big mistake" if it shuns shale gas extraction.

Greece: Odyssey to ancient isles

The Greeks invented the most enduring, most popular, most commercially sophisticated and prescient system of governance ever devised, but the nation that perfected democracy seems to be struggling to preserve its economy.