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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Austria: news

'Bionic' driver dies after crash

Friday, October 22nd 2010, 15:10

A man thought to be the first person to drive a car using a bionic arm dies after a road accident in Austria.
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Bionic-armed driver in car crash

Thursday, October 21st 2010, 20:10

A man thought to be the first person to drive a car using a bionic arm is badly hurt in a crash in Austria, according to local media.
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Six jailed over Austrian attack

Tuesday, September 28th 2010, 9:47
related countries: India
related places: Vienna

Six men are convicted in connection with the murder of an Indian preacher in a temple shooting in Vienna last year.
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Kampusch releases book on ordeal

Wednesday, September 8th 2010, 10:44
related places: Vienna

Natascha Kampusch, who was kidnapped and held in a cellar for more than eight years as a child, launches her autobiography in Vienna.
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Missing Austrian rafters 'found'

Saturday, August 28th 2010, 13:52

All the whitewater rafters missing after their boats capsized on an Austrian river have now been found, the Red Cross says.
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Sloppy Villa dumped out of Europe

Thursday, August 26th 2010, 20:42

Aston Villa are sent crashing out of Europe by Rapid Vienna for the second year running after missing a second-half penalty in a 3-2 loss.
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Live - Europa League play-offs

Thursday, August 19th 2010, 16:04

Aston Villa draw with Rapid Vienna before Liverpool host Trabzonspor and Manchester City travel to FC Timisoara on a busy night of Europa League play-off action.
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Gherkin exhibition opens in Austria

Thursday, August 12th 2010, 4:01
related places: Salzburg

A curious exhibition involving pickles has opened at a museum in Salzburg.
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Big powers reject direct EU taxes

Wednesday, August 11th 2010, 12:16
related countries: Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom
related places: Eu

France and Germany join the UK in rejecting direct EU taxation - but Austria and Belgium are more receptive.
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Peak project

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 10:00
related countries: United Kingdom

British sculptor's figures erected in the Austrian Alps
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Peak project

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 10:00
related countries: United Kingdom

British sculptor's figures erected in the Austrian Alps
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Schiele row costs museum $19m

Wednesday, July 21st 2010, 9:32

An Austrian museum agrees to pay a Jewish woman's estate $19m (£12m) for a painting that the Nazis stole from her during World War II.
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Spy playground

Friday, July 9th 2010, 8:09
related places: Vienna

Vienna lives up to reputation of being intelligence hub
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Italy farmers protest at imports

Wednesday, July 7th 2010, 6:37
related countries: Italy

Thousands of Italian farmers protest on the Austrian border against the importation of food with Italian-sounding branding.
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Million dollar coin fetches $4m at auction

Saturday, June 26th 2010, 14:43

The forced sale of the world's largest gold coin fetches $4 million at an auction in Austria.
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Record Austria child porn seizure

Friday, June 18th 2010, 12:29

Police in Austria seize more than one million child pornography photos and hundreds of videos from the home of a 53-year-old man.
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Utopian vision

Tuesday, May 25th 2010, 8:24
related countries: North Korea
related places: Vienna

Vienna hosts rare display of North Korean art
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Charges for Vienna preacher murder

Tuesday, May 18th 2010, 12:30
related countries: India
related places: Vienna

Six men have been charged in connection to the murder of an Indian preacher killed in a temple shooting in Vienna last year.
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Chechen leader denies murder role

Wednesday, April 28th 2010, 14:50

Chechnya's leader played no part in a dissident's murder in Austria, his spokesman says, despite Austrian police claims.
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Austrian leader wins second term

Sunday, April 25th 2010, 21:30

Austrian President Heinz Fischer is elected to second term in office with almost 79% of the vote, early figures show
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On the march

Friday, April 23rd 2010, 8:06

Austria spooked by Nazi past in election campaign
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