An upside of the euro crisis is that Australians have a lot more buying power, writes Craig Tansley.

Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, speeds down the course on her way to win an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Vonn captured her 50th World Cup career victory by winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course on Saturday.

Base tours offer an easy way to see Europe with other members of the military community. Marcus Klöckner compiled this list of scheduled trips. Email updates to travel@estripes.osd.mil at least two weeks before the desired print date. Prices are based on double hotel occupancy. Listings are printed as space allows.

Base tours offer an easy way to see Europe with other members of the military community. Here is a list of scheduled trips.

IT is pouring when the first bike in the Malaysian convoy arrives. The temperature is a chilly 11C although it is summer in Europe. Mohamed Assir Ariff gets off his bike, pulls off his helmet and marches into the hotel lobby in Penzberg, Germany.

Base tours offer an easy way to see Europe with other members of the military community. Marcus Klöckner compiled this list of scheduled trips. Email updates to travel@estripes.osd.mil at least two weeks before the desired print date. Prices are based on double hotel occupancy. Listings are printed as space allows.

WE have just spent a few days in Germany, meeting with riders from all over the world at BMW Motorrad Days festival, one of the biggest bike gatherings in Germany.

Mike De Butts adds the finishing touches to a giant Baobab Tree sculpture entitled 'Under the Baobab', outside the Southbank Centre on May 24, 2012 in London, England.

Russia is trying to establish global censorship on the Internet, predicting the imminent change in the principles of war and the advent of cyber-terrorism. This conclusion made by a number of Western experts who attended the international forum dedicated to information security.