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Binge travel: Reinventing the bucket list for 2024

Fans are travelling to locations where their favourite shows are shot, and where their top artists perform

Russia’s Putin stands firm against Nato

President Vladimir Putin on Friday maintained Russian opposition to a United States missile defence system and Nato’s enlargement during talks with alliance leaders, officials…

Tensions rise at Russia-Nato summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday started a tense summit with Nato leaders amid mounting tensions over United States anti-missile defence plans and the alliance’s…

Bigger role for Afghan army

Afghanistan’s President, Hamid Karzai, is expected to propose a radical expansion of the Afghan army and call for his troops to take over security responsibilities in Kabul from…

Bush sets up Nato clash over Ukraine, Georgia

United States President George Bush set the stage for a clash at his last Nato summit on Wednesday by pressing reluctant West European allies to set former Soviet republics…

Return of Dracula’s Castle ‘was illegal’

Romanian lawmakers said on Tuesday that the Transylvanian fortress commonly known as Dracula’s Castle was illegally returned to an heir of Romania’s royal family and called on…

Heatwave, fires wreak havoc in Europe

Twelve Romanians died and firefighters, soldiers and volunteers battled wildfires across south-eastern Europe on Tuesday as a heatwave broke temperature records across the…

Case against God dismissed in Romanian court

A Romanian man who sued God for ”fraud” and ”betrayal of trust” for failing to answer his prayers has had his case dismissed in court, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Mircea…

Killer heatwave and floods hit Europe

A searing heatwave has killed at least 44 people across southern Europe, while in Britain torrential rain claimed three lives and forced hundreds to flee a creaking dam.…

Bulgaria, Romania make it to EU

Bulgaria and Romania made it into the European Union on New Year’s on Monday, a historic moment that drew thousands to midnight concerts although leaders warned that painful…

Romania probes ‘foreign plot’ to worsen weather

The Romanian Senate has opened an inquiry into ”indications” that floods that have battered the country were the result of a ”meteorological war waged by a foreign power”, a…

Hundreds evacuated after Romanian dyke bursts

About 1 000 people were evacuated on Monday morning in southern Romania, after high water levels on the Danube opened two cracks in a dyke in Macesu de Jos, flooding about 400…

Danube dyke bursts, forcing many to flee

A thousand people fled on Monday and at least another 9 000 were on stand-by for evacuation in Romania after the swollen River Danube burst its banks. As well as the worst-hit…

Romania ruptures dyke to save residents

Romania has ruptured a dyke on the River Danube to save homes elsewhere from floods and launched a 24-hour watch on the bulging embankments during Orthodox Easter as the swollen…

Record floods threaten Romanian dykes

Thousands of Romanians prepared on Wednesday to flee homes threatened by flood waters from the rising River Danube, as emergency crews desperately sought to reinforce damaged…