News: Austria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Austria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Austria – overview

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• 'Second man' at Austrian cellar – Austria coach Hickersberger quits
• Austria detects bird flu in cats – Austria probes 'army Nazi video'
• Austria releases ex-Kazakh envoy – Austrian 'hid daughter in cellar'
• Austrian detectives study cellar – Austrian rivals in coalition deal
• Austrian satire – Confusion on Iraq hostages' fate
• Court bans veiled terror suspect – Euro 2008: Spain v Italy
• Europe flooding death toll rises – Fritzl daughter letters published
• Fritzl hears daughter's testimony – Germany confirms bird flu cases
• Girl relives kidnap ordeal on TV – In pictures
• In the spotlight – Kidnap girl 'wants an education'
• Kidnap girl grapples with freedom – Mixed legacy
• Mother pleads to see kidnap girl – Penalty win puts Turkey in semis
• Plutonium leaks at Austrian plant – Rival presence
• Salzburg says 'So long, farewell' to plan ... – Terror 'distorts' image of Islam
• Thousands attend Haider funeral – Vienna knock Villa out of Europe
• Vienna talks seek climate plan – World celebrates Mozart's genius

Austria: news

'Second man' at Austrian cellar

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 15:27

A lodger tells the BBC he saw another man go to the cellar where Josef Fritzl is accused of abusing his daughter.
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'Still not free'

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 18:21

Austria cellar girl Kampusch, three years after escape
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'White magic'

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 8:49
related countries: Nigeria

The Austrian priestess of Nigeria spirit world
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Actor cuts throat on Vienna stage after real knife mix-up

Thursday, December 11th 2008, 12:04
related places: Vienna

An actor escapes death after slashing his throat on a Vienna stage with a real knife, instead of a harmless prop.
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Al-Qaeda claims Austrian hostages

Monday, March 10th 2008, 18:01
related countries: Tunisia

Militant group al-Qaeda in Islamic North Africa says it has taken two Austrian tourists hostage in Tunisia.
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Arrests in Austria camp attacks

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 15:21
related places: Ebensee

Five youths are arrested after shouting Nazi slogans at people visiting the former Ebensee concentration camp in Austria.
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Asylum girl makes public appeal

Friday, October 12th 2007, 17:23

A 15-year-old asylum seeker who threatened suicide over her family's deportation from Austria comes out of hiding.
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Austria 0-1 Germany

Monday, June 16th 2008, 20:57
related countries: Germany
related places: Vienna

Germany beat co-hosts Austria 1-0 to book a Euro 2008 quarter-final against Portugal.
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Austria 1-1 Poland

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 20:44
related countries: Croatia, Germany, Poland

Co-hosts Austria draw 1-1 with Poland after Croatia stun favourites Germany at Euro 2008.
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Austria air collision kills eight

Monday, March 5th 2007, 14:39

Eight people die as a light plane and helicopter collide near an Austrian ski slope, officials in Austria say.
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Austria cellar daughter conscious

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 11:48

Kerstin Fritzl, the Austrian woman who fell ill after her father locked her in a cellar for her whole life, emerges from a coma.
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Austria cellar plan 'from 1978'

Monday, May 5th 2008, 14:38

Austrian police say Josef Fritzl may have planned his daughter's dungeon in 1978, when she was just 12.
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Austria cellar probe 'oppressive'

Saturday, May 3rd 2008, 16:07

Forensic work in the dungeon where an Austrian allegedly held and raped his daughter is "oppressive", police say.
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Austria coach Hickersberger quits

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 19:32

Austria coach Josef Hickersberger resigns after their disappointing showing at Euro 2008.
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'Second man' at Austrian cellar – Austria coach Hickersberger quitsAustria detects bird flu in cats – Austria probes 'army Nazi video'Austria releases ex-Kazakh envoy – Austrian 'hid daughter in cellar'Austrian detectives study cellar – Austrian rivals in coalition dealAustrian satire – Confusion on Iraq hostages' fateCourt bans veiled terror suspect – Euro 2008: Spain v ItalyEurope flooding death toll rises – Fritzl daughter letters publishedFritzl hears daughter's testimony – Germany confirms bird flu casesGirl relives kidnap ordeal on TV – In picturesIn the spotlight – Kidnap girl 'wants an education'Kidnap girl grapples with freedom – Mixed legacyMother pleads to see kidnap girl – Penalty win puts Turkey in semisPlutonium leaks at Austrian plant – Rival presenceSalzburg says 'So long, farewell' to plan ... – Terror 'distorts' image of IslamThousands attend Haider funeral – Vienna knock Villa out of EuropeVienna talks seek climate plan – World celebrates Mozart's genius