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The tiny country with 40,000 residents and a ruling prince: What life is really like in one of the world’s richest countries

Hidden among the Alps, surrounded by larger neighbours and home to roughly 40,000 people, Liechtenstein is one of the world's richest and least-known countries. Despite its small population, the nation attracts travellers interested in royalty, European microstates, hidden destinations, luxury economies, cultural heritage and off-the-beaten-path travel experiences. Many visitors arrive…

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'It was very very good': Ötzi the Iceman's body is covered in ancient yeast — and scientists just used it to make a sourdough

A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ago in the Alps.

LiveScience

Paraglider narrowly escapes death after mid-air collision with plane over Austrian Alps

A clip posted online shows the propeller of the light aircraft ripping her paragliding chute to shreds

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Paraglider Cheats Death in Terrifying Incident as Plane Tears Through Her Parachute Canopy in Mid-Flight

A paraglider survived a mid-air collision with a plane in the Austrian Alps, deploying her reserve parachute just in time to avert disaster.

International Business Times UK

'They test the body and mind in ways rarely experienced': Discover the three savage alpine climbs that offer a breathtaking alternative to Europe's crowded peaks

Less well known than their French cousins, the Alps in Austria offer just has tough a challenge

Cycling Weekly

Kitzbühel: Where the World’s Best Athletes Come to Play

The Austrian Alps town is one of Europe’s most compelling destinations for sports lovers and adventure seekers.

Sports Illustrated

World record made in Europe: The world’s longest railway tunnel is being built under the Alps

Deep below the Alps, huge tunnelling machines are cutting their way through the mountain massif. The longest railway tunnel in the world is being built at the Brenner Pass. An engineering masterpiece made in Europe.

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'I realised, sh*t, I'm actually quite good at cycling' – the amazing journey of the surprise winner of Tour of the Alps stage 4

German former speed skater Lennart Jasch takes the biggest win of a very short career

Cycling Weekly

From Milan to Lake Como: why Italy's dual escape never disappoints

The opening of the Lake Como EDITION makes the case for a jaunt to Lombardy

Evening Standard

Sarah Ferguson Allegedly Using 'Burner Phones' To Evade US Lawmakers While Hiding In Austrian Alps

Sarah Ferguson is reportedly lying low in the Austrian Alps while US lawmakers push for her testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein affair. Commentators claim she is relying on 'burner phones' and wealthy friends to help keep her out of sight.

International Business Times UK

Tour of the Alps: Giulio Pellizzari shoots to victory and seizes race lead atop stage 2 mountain finish

Italian celebrates first win on home ground at Val Martello as Thymen Arensman and Mattia Gaffuri round out podium

Cycling News

Sarah Ferguson 'claims royals have abandoned her and fears returning to UK'

Source close to former Duchess of York speaks out as she tracked to a £2,000-a-night chalet in the Alps

Evening Standard

Sarah Ferguson spotted in Austrian Alps

The former duchess was last at a royal event when she attended the christening of their granddaughter Athena.

Evening Standard

From gentle strolls to zipline thrills: summer hiking in the Swiss Alps

The vertiginous Valais canton offers adventures aplenty, from abseiling down gorges to wild swims in glacial pools – and nights swapping hiking tales in mountain huts

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Why this Londoner abandoned his dream of buying one holiday home — and snapped up shares in five others

Meet one couple who swapped a flat in Spain for houses in the Cotswolds, French Alps, Tuscany, Mallorca and the south of France

Radio France Internationale

French ski resorts face 'downward spiral' amid climate change and funding meltdown

This winter’s heavy snowfall in the Alps and Pyrenees has given a welcome boost to France’s ski resorts, but it's only a temporary reprieve as global warming threatens mid and low-altitude sites with closure. To survive, resorts must diversify – a shift that requires not just investment, but a significant…

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This Kelly Wearstler-Designed Restaurant Proves Brutalist Interiors Don't Need to Feel Hostile — Its Nature-Inspired, Textural Look Captures the Edgy Face of Alpine Style

The powerhouse's debut hospitality venture across the ocean takes her signature Cali-cool style to the French Alps. Enter L'Apogée Courchevel's Beefbar

The Guardian - UK

My stay in Switzerland’s oldest mountain inn – where winter sports aren’t allowed

Perched high above a frozen lake, Grimsel Hospiz in the Bernese Oberland offers an unusual winter escape, with gourmet food, a hot tub, star-filled skies and no distractions

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The Independent UK

Behind the scenes of one the world’s scariest jobs

During the height of the season, Philippa Jenkins spends a day with ski patrollers in the Alps – in a year where the avalanche risk has been particularly severe

Euronews

What's the real environmental and financial impact of artificial snow?

By the end of the century, all ski resorts across the Alps may be forced to use snow cannons, with dire consequences for local nature.

The Conversation

Deadly avalanches: Why skiers underestimate the risks, despite warnings

“Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous,” said the great Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Once again this year, events have proven him right. Harsh weather has triggered deadly avalanches around Lake Tahoe in California, as well as across the Alps in Europe.

Evening Standard

Bernina Express: the perfect first solo trip for a woman in her thirties?

Nervous about her first holiday alone, Hayley Spencer booked a seat on an affordable £90 scenic rail route through the Alps

The Independent UK

The fine margins of a magical Winter Olympics leaves Team GB with a huge question

WINTER OLYMPICS : At the end of Milano-Cortina, the Olympic magic is back for Team GB, writes Flo Clifford in Italy, but a series of near-misses will only fuel the fire ahead of the French Alps 2030

Radio France Internationale

France receives Olympic flag for 2030 Winter Games, as Milan-Cortina closes

The Olympic flag has been officially passed to France, which will host the next Winter Games in 2030 in the French Alps. Some 1,500 athletes filed into the arena for the closing ceremony that paid tribute to Italian dance and music

The Independent UK

Women's Olympic freeski halfpipe final postponed because of heavy snow in the Italian Alps

The women’s Olympic freeski halfpipe final at the Milan Cortina Games has been postponed because of heavy snow in the Italian Alps

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