Whanganui tight four offer plan to halt nationwide rugby player number decline

The dreams that drove the anti-Communist revolutions of 1989 are still alive but fading.

A myth-filled medieval marvel, but the Dracula-based tourism trade is a pain in the neck.

Escape the tourist traps and malaise of Europe and head East. You'll thank us.

'I thank God I am alive. I have energy to play with my boys,' says Sione Vaiomoʻunga.

Court refuses to overturn a man's death certificate, even though he appeared in person.

Ailing Tongan player Sione Vaiomounga is set to be given the gift of life.

These chilling photographs reveal what was once a glamorous establishment fit for a king.

Amir Khalil puts his life on the line to rescue animals in need as director of Four Paws.

A Romanian weather girl caused quite a stir by almost slipping out of her dress on live TV, as this cheeky video shows.

Instead of getting down on one knee a man in Romania delivered a shock proposal to his bewildered girlfriend using masked hijackers.

It's got hints of Hobbiton, but this whimsical hotel's a long way from Matamata.

If you're looking for a holiday home with a spooky twist, this could be the property of your dreams - or maybe nightmares.

A 44-year-old kiwi tourist has drowned in the Black Sea, in a coastal town in south-east Romania.

Justin Capra claimed to have beaten the Americans to make the world's first jetpack and went on to design dozens of vehicles.

Even bloodthirsty Count Dracula likes a sundowner now and then, learns Kevin Pilley.

"I placed the suitcase containing the paintings in the stove." The mum of an art heist suspect says she "destroyed any evidence" - quite permanently.

A group of Romanians have been prevented from entering New Zealand amid suspicions they were planning a crime spree down Auckland's Queen St.

Romania's fascinating capital city is a contradictory cityscape with ancient churches next to crumbling Communist-era flats; deserted shopfronts with broken windows next to vibrant cafes; sophisticated hipsters texting on iPhones and sharing the footpath with packs of feral dogs.

Bucharest is a fascinating city of old and new, writes Laurie Hertzel.

The Independent's Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the shocking realities of human trafficking.