These athletes in Canada are braving -20°C and heavy snow to race canoes across the ice
Canoes line up at the foot of Old Quebec City in Canada. 50 teams are getting ready to brave dangerous…
How Spanish cities are working to reduce cars and encourage bikes
Pontevedra was a city people were leaving because the car was choking the life out of its medieval centre. Determined…
EU court removes mother of Russia’s Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin from bloc’s sanctions list
The mother of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military company, was on Wednesday excluded from the European…
Brussels terror threat ‘unlikely’ after European Commission receives alarming emails
A terrorist attack in Brussels is “unlikely”, according to the Belgian Federal Police, after the European Commission received two threatening…
Car-free future: Europe’s longest cycle tunnel aims to cut traffic in this Norwegian city
Norway‘s Bergen is gearing up to open the world’s longest purpose-built pedestrian and bicycle tunnel. On 15 April 2023, the…
Behind the scenes with the environmental lawyers who are taking Shell’s Board of Directors to court
Last month, environmental law organisation ClientEarth announced that it was taking Shell to court. This may not sound out of…
‘They are completely flooded’: Rising sea levels endanger life in Marseille’s coastal huts
On a beach in the southern French city of Marseille, there’s a community living in a terrace of small whitewashed…
Which country is the most welcoming? It’s all down to visas, according to this new index
Which country is the most welcoming? From the friendliness of the locals to the availability of tourist infrastructure, there are…
Hong Kong is giving away 500,000 free airline tickets. Here’s when they’ll be available to Europeans
Hong Kong is giving away 500,000 airline tickets in an effort to woo tourists back to the region. The tickets…
New EU border checks delayed until the end of 2023. Why are airlines supportive?
The EU’s post-Brexit Entry-Exit System (EES) has been delayed once again. This means non-EU travellers entering the Schengen Area will…