English

More about this topic

Belgium

Belgian foreign minister temporarily steps down to care for husband

Sophie Wilmes' husband has been diagnosed with "aggressive brain cancer".

Switzerland

Family jumped off balcony in 'collective suicide', say Swiss police

Three adults and a child died after falling from a seventh-floor balcony in Montreux. a 15-year-old boy survived but was seriously injured.

Eco-Innovation

What is a cargo bike and could it really replace your car?

These bikes are designed to carry a heavy load and could be the answer to making short, inner-city journeys without using your car.

Sport

Ajax reaches settlement agreement with Abdelhak Nouri's family

The young Dutch player suffered severe and permanent brain damage after collapsing during a preseason friendly in 2017.

ADVERTISEMENT

Italy

Discovery of woman two years after her death sparks loneliness debate

The body of a 70-year-old woman was found in her Prestino home, more than two years after her death.

Culture news

'Bacha posh: where young girls secretly live as boys in Afghanistan

'Bacha posh' presents both harrowing joys and traumatic limitations to families who choose to partake in the Afghan custom with their daughters.

Conscious Travel

Struggling to entertain your teenagers on holiday? Take a field trip

If your teenager is a budding documentary maker or archaeologist in the making, Black Tomato’s new Field Trip collection has the perfect holiday for the whole family.

Italy

Man asks police to jail him because life at home is 'unbearable'

The carabinieri in Tivoli said the 30-year-old Albanian national, who was under house arrest, "could no longer cope with the forced cohabitation with his wife".

Travel News

Post-pandemic travel trends and what they say about us

For the first time in more than a year, Europe is travelling again. We spoke to experts on post-pandemic travel trends and what they say about us.

Living

What’s worse for the climate crisis: Your child or your pet?

Research shows a way to bring down carbon emissions is to limit family numbers and forego pet ownership.

Work

Spain poised to trial four-day working week

Spain could become one of the first countries in the world to trial a four-day working week.

Eco-Innovation

Meet the cycling obsessed family who spend their lives on the road

Safe, accessible roads are "the biggest gift we can give our children."

Moments

16 and 60: Travelling through Europe with my grandmother

Adam English was a teenager when he travelled to Vienna, Budapest, Prague and Germany by coach with his grandmother.

No Comment

COVID-friendly cuddle room boosts pensioners in southern Italy

The inflatable installation allows retirement home residents to have contact with relatives without fear of picking up the virus.

Destinations

Coastlines and culture: Family trips to plan around Europe

Everything from the sunny beach holidays to the best places to spot wildlife.

United Kingdom

Under-16s 'unlikely to make informed choice' on puberty blockers

Hormone blockers are drugs that can pause the development of puberty and are sometimes prescribed to help children with gender dysphoria by giving them more time to consider their options.

Europe News

'Til coronavirus do us part': Lockdown separates newlyweds for months

"It truly feels that our marriage is not even real," says Adrien Deslande who has been separated from his wife for months as she waits for a visa in Turkey.

No Comment

COVID-19: 'Hug curtain' used in Brazilian nursing homes

Elderly patients in a nursing home in Sao Paulo can hug their loved ones through a plastic 'hug curtain,' a way to bring families together amid the pandemic that is ravaging Brazil, with over 41,000 deaths and more than 800,000 cases

World News

Meet the 87-year-old Instagram influencer helping fight COVID-19

Across Europe, the older generation is hoping that if people won't listen to the police or health authorities about why they should stay home, they will listen to grandma.

France

In pictures: Entertaining children through the coronavirus crisis

As schools are closed amidst the coronavirus pandemic, this family is travelling around the world from their living room.

family