Roger Hall cruises the Baltic and relishes his time in fascinating ports of call without having to think about about much else.

A foreign rowing official who was caught by police driving over 80 km/h over the speed limit has had the charges dropped.

Soaring 36m towards the heavens, a new statue in Poland has dethroned the landmark Jesus of Rio de Janeiro as the world's tallest statue of Christ.

In a world of spirits that aim to be the biggest tasting and most highly flavoured, vodka has always been something of an enigma.

A brilliant day for the Kiwis at the RS:X World boardsailing championships in Denmark.

Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced Sunday's early election.

Protesters say President Lech Kaczynski and his wife should not be buried in Wawel Cathedral -normally reserved for poets and kings.

Russian authorities insist that pilot error was behind the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

Acting Prime Minister Bill English has joined the list of international leaders offering condolences to Poland.

Some of NZ's first national standards-based student reports have been issued by a Hamilton school amid concerns from its principal.

Man so enraged crew couldn't pay him on the spot that he ate his winning ticket.

A 76-year-old Polish beekeeper has been discovered alive as he was about to be buried.