EUROPE'S BRUISED 'QUEEN' MERKEL LIVES ANOTHER DAY

AFP Tobias SCHWARZ German Chancellor Angela Merkel's pragmatic style still plays well in an ageing nation that tends to favour continuity over change... READ MORE›

EUROPE'S BRUISED 'QUEEN' MERKEL LIVES ANOTHER DAY

Biographers say life in a police state taught Merkel to hide her true thoughts behind a poker face... READ MORE›

ROME BLANKETED BY SNOW AS ARCTIC STORM SETS EUROPEAN RECORDS

Even the Circo Massimo became a hotspot for snowball fights, while Piazza Navona, with its famed Bernini fountains, turned into a snow-dusted winter wonderland... READ MORE›

FRENCH WOMAN FACES CHARGES FOR 'AIDING' ASYLUM SEEKERS

Martine Landry was charged with 'aiding' two Guinean asylum seekers on the French side of the France-Italy border... READ MORE›

FRENCH CHEF VEYRAT SEALS COMEBACK WITH THIRD MICHELIN STAR

Only a tiny club of 28 chefs hold three stars from the Michelin guide, the bible of French gastronomy... READ MORE›

THE VIA DOMITIA, FRANCE'S SOUTHERN HIGHWAY IN ROMAN TIMES

YOU ARE HERE The Via Domitia is a 600-kilometre-long route running through the south of France, linking the Pyrenees to the Alps... READ MORE›

THE VIA DOMITIA, FRANCE'S SOUTHERN HIGHWAY IN ROMAN TIMES

YOU ARE HERE The Via Domitia is a 600-kilometre-long route running through the south of France, linking the Pyrenees to the Alps... READ MORE›

WILD PARTIES AND WILDER SCHMOOZING: BEHIND THE SCENES AT DAVOS

Then there are the evening drinks parties, known in Davos-speak as nightcaps ... READ MORE›

A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE ALPS

At the heart of the Italian Alps, flanked by Mont Blanc, the Skyway Monte Bianco has become the pride and joy of locals... READ MORE›

MISSING SWISS COUPLE FOUND FROZEN IN ALPS AFTER 75 YEARS

A Swiss couple who disappeared from their farm in the Alps during World War II have finally been found, 75 years later, mummified in a glacier... READ MORE›

CLARE HOLLINGWORTH, REPORTER WHO BROKE NEWS ABOUT START OF WORLD WAR II, DIES AT 105

In early 1939, peace activist Clare Hollingworth arrived on the Polish-German border to aid Jews and other refugees fleeing from the Sudetenland, newly annexed by Nazi Germany... READ MORE›

MELTING GLACIERS IN SWISS ALPS COULD REVEAL HUNDREDS OF MUMMIFIED CORPSES

Police in Valais expect the bodies of many more missing persons to emerge because of global warming... READ MORE›

IT S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

The Munich Krampuslauf celebrates the history of the custom, including the artistry of the hand-carved, hand-painted masks... READ MORE›

ISIS-LINKED NEWS AGENCY RELEASES VIDEO OF BERLIN ATTACKER SWEARING ALLEGIANCE TO THE RADICAL GROUP

Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked Italian authorities Friday while adding that the Amri case raises a number of questions... READ MORE›

The Munich Krampuslauf celebrates the history of the custom, including the artistry of the hand-carved, hand-painted masks... READ MORE›

ACCLAIMED CHEF TO MICHELIN TAKE MY STARS

At the time, some fellow chefs asked whether the pressure of retaining his three Michelin stars had pushed him to take his own life... READ MORE›

WORLD'S LONGEST PEDESTRIAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE OPENS IN THE SWISS ALPS

High and handsome amid beautiful Swiss scenery, the Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge offers hikers a time-saving, jaw-dropping experience... READ MORE›

CLARE HOLLINGWORTH, REPORTER WHO BROKE NEWS ABOUT START OF WORLD WAR II, DIES AT 105

In early 1939, peace activist Clare Hollingworth arrived on the Polish-German border to aid Jews and other refugees fleeing from the Sudetenland, newly annexed by Nazi Germany... READ MORE›

GERMANWINGS AIRBUS CRASHES IN FRENCH ALPS, 150 FEARED DEAD

DARK DAY Lufthansa Chief Executive Carsten Spohr, who planned to go to the crash site, spoke of a dark day for the airline... READ MORE›

AIRLINES ACROSS THE WORLD TO CHANGE SAFETY POLICIES

Airlines across the world have begun requiring two crew members to always be present in the cockpit, in the wake of the French Alps crash... READ MORE›

FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS IT'S 'LIKELY' BRITS DIED IN DISASTER

Revealed germanwings flight 4u9525 received safety warning just four months ago after sister plane went into tailspin... READ MORE›

GIRO-WINNING CYCLIST SCARPONI KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT WHILE TRAINING

Michele Scarponi, the 2011 Giro d'Italia champion, is killed in a road accident after being hit by a van while training close to his home in Italy... READ MORE›

WORLD'S LONGEST RAIL TUNNEL TO OPEN IN SWITZERLAND UNDER ALPS

EU heads to take 57km maiden voyage in EUR11bn Gotthard base tunnel on Wednesday... READ MORE›

ALPS AIR CRASH KILLED THREE BRITONS, SAYS HAMMOND

At least three Britons died in the Alps air crash that killed 150 people, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says... READ MORE›

CO-PILOT WAS 100 PERCENT FLIGHTWORTHY AIRLINE SAYS

Lubitz was accepted into the pilot training program in 2008, and did his training in Bremen, Germany, and in Phoenix... READ MORE›

GERMAN CO-PILOT HID ILLNESS FROM EMPLOYER

The statement did not disclose the nature of Lubitz's illness, although German media outlets reported he may have suffered from depression... READ MORE›

STORM AND DROUGHT: WHAT EUROPE HAS TO FEAR FROM CLIMATE CHANGE

But climate change could transform this landscape and erase the cultivation of Andalucian olives... READ MORE›

THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

The fall of the berlin wall what it meant to be there... READ MORE›

CONQUERING THE CENT COLS CHALLENGE IN THE PYRENEES

For more information, visit Cent Cols Challenge or go to rapha.cc... READ MORE›

TEACHER 'HAD SEX ALL OVER SCHOOL'

Teacher had sex with pupil all over the school... READ MORE›

SWISS RESORT LAUNCHES SPECIAL TRAIN FOR CHINESE TOURISTS

A special train for Chinese tourists has been launched at a mountain resort in Switzerland, following tensions over cultural differences... READ MORE›

BUS CRASH IN AUSTRIAN ALPS AVERTED AFTER TOURIST APPLIES BRAKE

A quick-thinking French tourist has been praised for preventing a bus from plunging over a cliff in the Austrian Alps after the driver passed out... READ MORE›

16 TEENAGERS TWO OPERA SINGERS TWO BABIES AND A FATHER THE VICTIMS OF THE GERMANWINGS FLIGHT

'Air crash investigators will need to examine the black boxes, the flight data recorder and the voice recorder to determine exactly what happened,' he said... READ MORE›

MYSTERY DEEPENS OVER CO-PILOT WHO CRASHED JET

Andreas Lubitz was a skilled pilot, who was happy with his job and had no terrorist ties... READ MORE›

GERMANWINGS CO-PILOT ANDREAS LUBITZ WAS 'ON SUICIDE MISSION' PARENTS LEARN

The parents of killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz only discovered the truth of their son's suicide mission moments before French prosecutors released the information to the world... READ MORE›

GERMANWINGS CO-PILOT DESCRIBED IN HOME TOWN AS 'NORMAL GUY'

The small town of 12,000 in western Germany was in shock on Thursday at the news that French prosecutors suspect Lubitz, 28, of deliberately crashing the Airbus plane... READ MORE›

AIRLINES ANNOUNCE NEW COCKPIT CHANGES IN WAKE OF GERMANWINGS TRAGEDY

Airlines are changing procedures to ensure two crew are in the cockpit at all times following the Germanwings tragedy that killed 150 people... READ MORE›

SWISS MARK OPENING OF WORLD'S LONGEST AND DEEPEST RAIL TUNNEL

The new tunnel through the Alps is 35.5 miles long, exceeding by 2 miles the current record-holder, Japan's Seikan Tunnel... READ MORE›

SKIERS TRAPPED IN THE ALPS AFTER HUGE BOULDER BLOCKS MOUNTAIN ROAD

Val thorens and les menuires were cut off after a 50-ton boulder came crashing down onto the road leading to the popular ski resorts... READ MORE›