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.

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• July 10th 2015 – May 26th 2015
• May 24th 2015 – January 17th 2015
• January 16th 2015 – October 19th 2014
• October 16th 2014 – May 18th 2014
• May 14th 2014 – October 22nd 2013
• October 22nd 2013 – June 4th 2013
• May 22nd 2013 – November 22nd 2012
• November 22nd 2012 – July 30th 2012
• July 28th 2012 – March 23rd 2012
• March 16th 2012 – October 14th 2011
• October 7th 2011 – May 5th 2011
• May 3rd 2011 – August 28th 2010
• August 26th 2010 – December 14th 2009
• October 13th 2009 – March 17th 2009
• March 16th 2009 – October 28th 2008
• October 24th 2008 – August 7th 2008
• August 4th 2008 – May 7th 2008
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• October 11th 2007 – March 5th 2007
• March 4th 2007 – August 7th 2006
• July 24th 2006 – January 16th 2006
• January 7th 2006 – November 14th 2005

Austria: news

VIDEO: From middle class to hiding on trains

Tuesday, October 22nd 2013, 10:04
related countries: Italy, Syria
related places: Lampedusa, Vienna

The BBC's Matthew Price rejoins a Syrian refugee family after their long journey from the Italian island of Lampedusa to Vienna in search of a better life.
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Austria finds Iceman's descendants

Thursday, October 10th 2013, 15:18

Austria finds that 19 Tyrolean men are related to Oetzi, the 5,300-year-old Iceman whose body was found in the Alps in 1991.
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Narrow win for Austria ruling bloc

Monday, September 30th 2013, 16:40

Austria's two main political parties win just enough votes to extend their ruling coalition for another five years.
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Austria coalition set for poll win

Sunday, September 29th 2013, 23:50

Austria's ruling two-party "grand coalition" appears to have scraped another five-year term in polls - but the far-right Freedom Party gets a boost.
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Austria police find body after siege

Wednesday, September 18th 2013, 9:30

Austrian police find a body they believe is a man suspected of shooting dead three policemen and a paramedic, after storming his home.
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Austrian police storm farmhouse

Tuesday, September 17th 2013, 21:33

Austrian special forces storm a farmhouse where a man suspected of killing three policemen and an emergency worker is holed up.
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Trapattoni departs as Republic boss

Wednesday, September 11th 2013, 10:48
related countries: Ireland

Giovanni Trapattoni's five-year tenure as Republic of Ireland boss ends after the World Cup qualifier defeat in Austria.
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VIDEO: Austrians unveil Diana memorial

Monday, September 2nd 2013, 15:02
related places: Vienna

A memorial plaque and bust paying tribute to Princess Diana have been unveiled in Austria's capital, Vienna.
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Giant panda born at Vienna zoo

Friday, August 16th 2013, 17:17
related places: Vienna

A giant panda in Vienna zoo gives birth naturally, an event so rare it is only the third successful attempt in Europe.
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Dutch royals bury Prince Johan Friso

Friday, August 16th 2013, 14:22
related countries: Netherlands

A funeral is held for Dutch Prince Johan Friso, who died on Monday after 18 months in a coma caused by a 2012 Austrian ski accident.
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VIDEO: Dutch prince dies after 18 month coma

Monday, August 12th 2013, 19:31
related countries: Netherlands

Dutch Prince Johan Friso has died after a year and a half in a coma following an accident at an Austrian ski resort.
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Austria could return to F1 calendar

Tuesday, July 23rd 2013, 13:05

The Austrian Grand Prix could return to the Formula 1 calendar for the first time in more than a decade, at the Red Bull Ring.
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Vienna finds lost Jewish tombstones

Thursday, July 11th 2013, 15:40
related places: Vienna

Jewish leaders in the Austrian capital Vienna announce the recovery of ancient Jewish tombstones that were hidden underground from the Nazis.
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VIDEO: Bolivian plane diversion row

Wednesday, July 10th 2013, 1:52
related countries: Bolivia, United States

In Washington a special meeting has been held by The Organization of American States to discuss why the Bolivian president's plane was forced to divert to Austria after it was suspected Edward Snowden was on board.
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Bolivia 'could close' US embassy

Friday, July 5th 2013, 9:58
related countries: Bolivia

President Evo Morales has threatened to close the US embassy in Bolivia, blaming Washington for urging European countries to ban his plane.
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Bolivia anger over jet 'aggression'

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 20:22
related countries: Bolivia, Spain, United States

Bolivia accuses European states of "aggression" after its presidential plane was apparently forced to land and searched for Edward Snowden.
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VIDEO: 'Snowden suspicion' diverts Morales

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 5:57
related countries: Bolivia, United States
related places: Morales

Bolivian President Evo Morales's plane had to be diverted to Austria amid suspicion that US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was on board, the Bolivian foreign minister has said.
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'Snowden suspicion' diverts flight

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 3:41
related countries: Bolivia, United States

Bolivia reacts with fury as its president's jet is diverted to Austria, after an apparently groundless tip that US leaker Edward Snowden was on board.
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British climber dies in Austria

Saturday, June 29th 2013, 14:16
related countries: United Kingdom

A British climber dies after falling 200m (656ft) when he loses his balance while walking in the Austrian Alps, local police say.
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Musical of The Third Man planned

Thursday, June 27th 2013, 19:22
related places: Vienna

The classic Oscar-winning film The Third Man, which starred Orson Welles, is to be made into a musical in Vienna.
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VIDEO: Fritzl cellar to be filled with concrete

Thursday, June 20th 2013, 21:26

Work has begun to fill in the cellar in which Austrian Josef Fritzl held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children.
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Fritzl cellar filled with concrete

Thursday, June 20th 2013, 20:43

The cellar where Austrian Josef Fritzl kept his daughter captive for 24 years, and fathered seven children with her, is being filled with concrete.
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Austria begins Golan UN withdrawal

Tuesday, June 11th 2013, 15:59
related countries: Syria

Austria begins the withdrawal of its 377 soldiers monitoring the UN buffer zone in the Golan Heights, because of the increased fighting in Syria.
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VIDEO: Floods couple 'lucky to be alive'

Thursday, June 6th 2013, 15:15

Two ski instructors from West Sussex said they were lucky to be alive after their home in Austria was destroyed by flooding.
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Floods bear down on Central Europe

Tuesday, June 4th 2013, 11:43
related countries: Czech Republic, Germany

Cities in southern and eastern Germany are on high alert for flooding as the waters begin to recede in Prague.
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