Tintin, perhaps Belgium's most famous son, is celebrated from the moment you step off the train.

Liliane Bettencourt, France's wealthiest woman, was yesterday declared to be suffering from dementia.

Experts disagree over when single women who want children should resort to freezing their eggs.

A missing letter 'G' that threatened to set the Scrabble World Championship on fire this weekend.

When the sumptuous Great Gardens of Italy series recently screened here, you couldn't help but notice quite a few shots of its host, British garden guru Monty Don, staring pensively out at the scenery, chiselled chin on hand.

Illicit prescription drugs are being sold to children on the streets of a major British city for 50p.

Coronation Street veteran Betty Driver has died at the age of 91.

Almost 2000 protesters plan to occupy Auckland's Aotea Square for the next six weeks.

People have sought out the sulphur springs at Ayii Anargyri for centuries, writes Minty Clinch.

Costume jewellery created for the woman at the heart of a royal scandal raised several thousand pounds at auction.

Youngest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore among celebrity offspring attending debutante ball in Paris.

Romance was in the air at the Paris collections, where that sentiment was widespread almost to the point of ubiquity.

Bold claim comes after a gathering of "Yeti experts" in Siberia's Kemerovo region.

Many tourists never venture beyond Hungary's capital but there's a lot more to the country than Budapest's charms: from spas and vineyards to wetlands teeming with birds.

From spas and vineyards to wetlands teeming with birds, a holiday in Hungary has much to offer, writes Mike Unwin.

If you are always seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, be warned - it could be an oncoming train.

From the world's tennis number one, Rafael Nadal, to the globe's top restaurant, El Bulli, it seems we can't get enough of all things Spanish, including sherry.

Whether the British parliament is leaning to the left or right depends on your point of view but Big Ben is officially tilting.

World markets rose overnight after intervention by the Bank of England and the European Central Bank eased fears about the European debt crisis.

Marc Jacobs pulled out all the stops for what is widely believed to be his final show for Louis Vuitton in Paris yesterday.