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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."

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Experiences

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.

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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.

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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.

Malta

Euroviews. LGBTIQ+ communities are today valued members of Maltese society ǀ View

Among the LGBTIQ+ community there are persons who are either raising their own children, or who have adopted or fostered children. As a society, we have a responsibility to ensure that these children thrive and reach their full potential, like all other children.

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Families enjoy a bout of box cart racing in La Paz

Hundreds of children and parents who are still young at heart took to the streets of La Paz for a bout of box cart racing on Sunday (July 28)

USA

Dying dad writes book to show his toddler son how much he loves him

He wanted "to do something thoughtful for his son to show him how much he loved him."

World News

Switzerland and the UK ranked among the worst countries for families

According to a new report from the UN's children charity, Switzerland and the UK are among the least family friendly places in Europe.

Sweden

New mothers' health improves if fathers can stay home, study claims

The research, conducted by two Stanford economists, studied the effects of a reform in Sweden introducing more flexibility in the parental leave system

World

Syrian families search for over 140,000 detained or missing

Eight years into the Syrian Civil War, families are trying to find those detained or missing.

Italy

Protests in Italy as far-right party holds family values conference

Demonstrators say long-established rights like abortion and divorce are under threat

World News

What are the origins of Mother's Day around the world?

For many countries the commercial success of Mother's Day is inspired by the US — but what about its origins?